John J. McLaughlin

Terms such as 'microaggression,' describing an inadvertent act of offense, have entered the college lexicon, empowering an atmosphere of prior restraint on speech. And many colleges are also disinviting speakers in fear of offending certain elements of their student communities.

American Journalist

Michael Gerber

I don't know why the word 'solopreneur' is in our lexicon. Nobody can physically do it all by themselves, and more importantly, why would they want to? Being the sales team, the HR department, management, and production all by yourself is terrible. Period.

American Writer

Keith Maitland

Active-shooter scenarios have become part of the education lexicon. I had fire drills. My parents had duck and cover - nuclear and atomic bomb drills. Kids today grow up with this idea that this could happen at any point in time.

American Actor

Julian Baggini

One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.

British Author

Kimberly Bryant

Technology is a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives, and the accompanying geeky lexicon has infiltrated every facet of our modern day society.

American Scientist

Susie Dent

Every sport, every profession, every group united by a single passion draws on a lexicon that is uniquely theirs, and theirs for a reason.

English Scientist

Martha MacCallum

Poise is a word that seems to have slipped out of the lexicon. There's no emoji for it.

Robby Mook

A lot of campaign lexicon is very militaristic - even the term 'campaign.

American Public Servant

Jason Segel

I've been 6'4" since I was 12. Goofy is somewhere in the lexicon.

Bob Dylan

The songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs.

American Musician

Use 'lexicon' when referring to a source you look in for word meanings.

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Complex 'lexicons' can make new fields of study seem intimidating to beginners.

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'Lexicon' refers to the entire set of words you personally understand or use.

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Expanding your lexicon is a sign of language proficiency and learning.

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A rich lexicon helps express ideas more clearly and effectively.

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 which, really -- it has no equivalent in the English lexicon. The best definition would be something like an extreme grace or an extreme humility. But that doesn't quite get the job done. So I'll give you an example. If two gentlemen were walking by each other, it'd be very common for the first one to say,

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 And I've been writing about these creatures ever since. Few topics in biology enthrall me more. It's like the parasites have subverted my own brain. Because after all, they are always compelling and they are delightfully macabre. When you write about parasites, your lexicon swells with phrases like

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 effort we've made a few hits a few I think embryonic discoveries we think there's a future to this but it's our way of going in and redefining with a new lexicon a mathematical and actually as opposed to the standard ways that we think about mental illness characterizing these diseases by using

What we're learning from...

 a few, I think, embryonic discoveries. We think there's a future to this. But it's our way of going in and redefining, with a new lexicon, a mathematical one actually, as opposed to the standard ways that we think about mental illness, characterizing these diseases, by using the people

Read Montague: What...

 Devices like the cymascope, which you can see here, have been used to scientifically observe cymatic patterns. And the list of scientific applications is growing every day. For example, in oceanography, a lexicon of dolphin language is actually being created

Evan Grant: Making sound...

 and then help people understand that they already have a really good comprehension and foundation in science already like you already know a lot of science you already know a lot of behavior and i use their vernacular and cultural lexicon that is already

The Wonders of Urban...

 There is of course no specific script for the language of consent. The tone and words will be unique to you. It's just a slight reframing of our lexicon to inject choice any time we're interacting with others' bodies intimately or otherwise. For example,

An aerialist on...

 what i'm doing is i'm trying to capture vocal sequences between elephants and the clearing in order to build up an elephant lexicon what these vocalizations mean because i know the individuals i can also anticipate these vocal events

Lost Elephant Calf Cries...

 lexicon you can have even more fun with the language and casteth in the language I developed for Syfy's defiance I used linguistic evolution as a characterization tool as a way of basically giving insight into the

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 came words with “ch” like “cancha,” “chullo,” and “poncho.” Some of these words describe things that hadn’t existed in the Spanish lexicon before,

Lexicon

A book or list of words and their meanings.

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The words used in a particular subject or profession.

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