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schlep
verb (used with object)
to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
More about schlep
The slang term schlep 鈥渢o lug, carry鈥� is used mostly in the United States. Schlep is from the Yiddish verb shlepn 鈥渢o pull, drag鈥� (German schleppen 鈥渢o draw, tug, haul鈥�). The derivative noun schlepper, 鈥渙ne who schleps,鈥� appears slightly earlier than the verb. Schlepper entered English toward the end of the 19th century; schlep appeared in the early 20th.
how is schlep used?
She had drawn notice as the doctor who would help mechanics schlep gear, fetch coffee and even massage the overworked massage therapists.
After a bit of trial and error, you鈥檒l find car-free travel is a liberating choice that forces you to schlep considerably less.
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hypermnesia
noun
the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
More about hypermnesia
Hypermnesia, a medical or psychological term meaning 鈥渢he condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory,鈥� is composed of the familiar prefix hyper-, which usually implies excess or exaggeration, the Greek noun 尘苍锚蝉颈蝉 鈥渕emory,鈥� and the Greek abstract noun suffix –ia. Hypermnesia entered English in the late 19th century.
how is hypermnesia used?
Psychologists have investigated some persons with exceptional memories 鈥� said to exhibit 鈥�hypermnesia鈥�. The most famous of these was a Russian, code-named 鈥淪鈥�, who could recall long random series of numbers or words without error, many years later.
This sharpened memory is called hypermnesia. A frequent experience in dreaming is a hypermnesia with regard to childhood scenes.
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More about bromide
The original meaning of bromide was 鈥渁 chemical compound of two elements: bromine and a second element, such as potassium or sodium.鈥� Potassium bromide and sodium bromide are used in medicine as sedatives and anticonvulsants. The extended use of bromide, 鈥減latitude or trite saying鈥� (from its sedative effect), was originally an Americanism, first appearing in print in the early 20th century. Bromide entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is bromide used?
the work is its own reward. That may sound like just another bromide, but Gilbert鈥檚 love of creativity is infectious ….
I鈥檓 intrigued by the way in which his political success … contradicts bromides about the importance, professionally, of making friends and using honey instead of vinegar.
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