minyan
(en)
a quorum of ten men (or in some synagogues, men and women) over the age of 13 required for traditional Jewish public worship
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No meeting could start without the minyan of Elliot Schrage and David Fischer
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No meeting could start without the minyan of Elliot Schrage and David Fischer
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kibitzed
(ji)
(from Yiddish) look on and offer unwelcome advice, especially at a card game OR to chat, gossip, or make small talk
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we kibitzed about the various internal dramas
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we kibitzed about the various internal dramas
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hecatomb
(en)
(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen OR an extensive loss of life for some cause
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a hecatomb of human effort sacrificed at the false altar of Murthy's ego
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a hecatomb of human effort sacrificed at the false altar of Murthy's ego
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7 years, 7 months ago
encomium
(en)
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory
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PG's one-line encomium of RTM was as absolute as it was brief
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7 years, 7 months ago
PG's one-line encomium of RTM was as absolute as it was brief
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7 years, 7 months ago
passel
(en)
(informal) a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack
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a passel of Silicon Valley acquisitions
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a passel of Silicon Valley acquisitions
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bloviation
(en)
(verb) to speak or write verbosely and windily
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often in the form of ponderous blog posts or a bookshelf of bound B-school-level bloviation
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7 years, 6 months ago
often in the form of ponderous blog posts or a bookshelf of bound B-school-level bloviation
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frippery
(en)
(noun) showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language
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diplomatic frippery and double-dealing
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diplomatic frippery and double-dealing
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chiaroscuro
(it)
(noun, Italian for light and dark) an oil painting technique developed during the Renaissance that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms
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Given the moral chiaroscuro we're entering
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Given the moral chiaroscuro we're entering
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clerestory
(en)
the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows
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Clerestory windows set into the nave's back and side
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Clerestory windows set into the nave's back and side
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tovarish
(en)
(in the former Soviet Union) a comrade (often used as a form of address)
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Welcome to our new collectivism, tovarish.
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Welcome to our new collectivism, tovarish.
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