Conan's Dictionary

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Muckraker:

A person who expresses their opinions through certain works (ie photography, storytelling, etc)

Fact:

Upton Sinclair was a famous muckraker, and although his goal of touching Americans' heart about the plights of immigrants, he ended up strengthening health regulations.

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Paradox: When two statement contradict each other.

Fact: The most popular paradoxes are Logical Paradox

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OCD:

Stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; the people who have OCD are prone to be 'perfectionists', up to the point that anything out of order would give them the unstoppable urge to correct it. Although not particularly life-threatening, more serious cases of OCD affect the person in many ways.

 

Fact:

A common symptom is the urge to continuously wash your hands, believing that it's not clean enough.

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Allergy: It is a sickness induced by your immune system which is triggered by causes that aren't threatening at all. Those causes are called ALLERGEN. (e.g. inhaling dusts. In a healthy person, dusts aren't threatening)

Fact: One of the most common allergy is hay fever.

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Pseudonym:

A pen name that authors use to credit their books to.

Fact:

Dr. Seuss is a pseudonym.

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Angel: In the bible, they are the servants of God. It is stated there that they were created before the living things on earth.

 

Fact: Satan, in fact, is a fallen Angel. He disobeyed God's orders and was jealous of him.

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Communism:

In a very simple explanation, communism is the idea that there should be no high or low class. It wants to get rid of the division between people in different parts of the economy, as well as poverty.

Fact:

Socialism is a less extreme for of communism.

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Universe: Encompasses everything that exists.

 

Fact: It is suggested by the scientist that the whole Universe is 13.4 billion years old.

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Multi-verse:

The theory that our universe is not alone, but in fact one of many other universes like "holes in a slice of cheese".

Fact:

It this was proven to be true (it's highly likely), that would mean all our components would be considered unique/rare.

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Emoticons: A small image that shows different face expressions.

 

Fact: is an emoticon

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Hemorrhage:

A medical term used to describe blood clots caused by excessive bleeding from a traumatic force (I think).

Fact:

... Internal bleeding is related. (I think)

Emoticons: A small image that shows different face expressions.

 

Fact: is an emoticon

Don't forget ^-^

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Hemorrhage:

A medical term used to describe blood clots caused by excessive bleeding from a traumatic force (I think).

Fact:

... Internal bleeding is related. (I think)

Don't forget ^-^

yeah lol and "xD"

 

Hard Drive: It is a secondary storage device that stores data for a long time even when there is no power supply.

 

Fact: The most popular type of Hard Drive is the Magnetic Ones, which has rotating motors inside. The other type is Solid State Drive.

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Cumulative:

An adjective that describes something that will keep adding up.

Fact:

If your teachers tell you about having a cumulative test, be prepared to suffer.

[Metantei Kiddo]

Cumulative:

An adjective that describes something that will keep adding up.

Fact:

If your teachers tell you about having a cumulative test, be prepared to suffer.

xD

Fact: Truth on the time being

Fact: In Science, no facts are certain.

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Friendship:

A word that many find hard to define, but is really just something that describes the relationship between two people who experience a mutual understanding of one another.

Fact:

Friends can hate each other, but still be friends.

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objective view: Is a type of view that is free from bias.

Fact: No matter what you do... you cannot avoid bias.

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Irony:

When whatever happens contradict to what the person/reader/character had expected to happen.

Fact:

O. Henry has written many great examples of irony.

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Sol: The latin term for the star in the solar system which is also the sun.

Fact: The solar system is the only known star system which has around 8 planets.

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Eureka:

A word used to describe someone having a sudden realization/idea.

Fact:

Often associated with a lightbulb.

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Deja vu: An event that seems to have happened before

Fact: It has been suggested that Deja Vu might be just the brain tricking itself

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Parasitism:

A type of symbiosis in which one organism feeds directly off another.

 

Fact:

An example is vines on trees.

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Orchid: A flower that grows and hangs on top of a plant

Fact: They suck off the nutrients from the parent plant.

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Fracking:

A mining technique that involves injecting liquid into the foundation and cracking the rock.

Fact:

Its full name is hydraulic fracturing.

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Hydraulics:

Uses liquid for mechanical use

 

Fact: Almost all big machines use it.

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Simple Machines:

Very simple mechanisms that contribute in making things easier, other by themselves of in other, more complex, machines.

Fact:

They include wedge, pulley (both types), inclined plane, screw, wheel and axle, and lever.