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Powerless Attire

Headwear, clothing, and footwear designed, produced, marketed and sold primarily in retail store chains which are intended to make the wearer appear less powerful and preferably powerless.

The "flat cap" exemplifies "powerless attire," garment which make the wearer look powerless. Though or perhaps because flat caps have been worn for centuries, so very few individuals realize how it really affects the appearance of the individual who wears one, the way others treat him, his identity and his self-concept. The history of the flat cap is very telling. It began to be worn in Northern England after a 1571 Act of Parliament decreed that on Sundays and holidays, all males over 6 years of age, except for the nobility and "persons of degree", were to wear woollen caps on pain of a fine of three farthings (3/4 penny) per day. The flat cap became firmly entrenched as a recognized mark of a non-noble subject, such as a burgher, tradesman, or apprentice. Police or military officer's caps have the elevation in the front and make the individuals who wear them look powerful.

by but for October 11, 2017

uglyist

A human being who is biased against those he or she considers ugly.

"Three people I saw in the city I just relocated to, look ugly", is an uglyist statement.

by but for September 24, 2018

Obeyer

An individual who obeys.

Subordinates, employees, students, taxpayers, slaves and followers are ultimately obeyers.

by but for May 31, 2018

Lifestyle Acuity

The degree to which individuals are able to live their life the way they choose to. To work at what they love to do, to be in a relationship with or married to the man or woman they want to be married to, to live where and how they want to live, etc.

After relocating to another state in the nation, working hard to achieve a higher mental and physical state and doing so, Charlie has been able to raise his Lifestyle Acuity far more and faster than he imagined. The only thing he has not found is an acceptable female companion, but he is optimistic and patient.

by but for October 18, 2017

Covert Intent Word

One or more words which state something other than—or the opposite of—what the words which have no covert ulterior motive express in a message.

One example of a Covert Intent Word is, “The Test Administrators will do their best to make your testing experience as smooth and stress free as possible.” The word “stress” reminds the test takers that there is such a thing as "stress." And makes anyone who is exposed to that word feel some level of stress—if only by remembering what stress is to grasp what the writer is saying.

by but for October 18, 2017

mobile divide

What mobile devices really are, devices which divide people by zapping real face-to-face, in-person interaction.

Iguey whipped out his mobile divide, err, I mean mobile device, and made a video call.

by but for June 11, 2018

underliving

A substandard way of living in which the individual may be unaware or is fooling himself into believing that he or she is living at the highest or correct level.

Underliving is usually a consequence of factors such as ignorance, mental blocks, emotional disturbances, trauma, a lack of imagination, the habit of underliving, having grown-up in a family and/or neighborhood where most people underlived, the lack of good examples and role models, and other foolish reasons such as fear of success.

Because different people have different goals and standards, what one individual may consider to be underliving, another individual may consider to be living correctly, thus well.

Overall, compared to Americans and people in other highly (materially) highly developed nations, approximately 90% of the people who live in developing nations can be said to be underliving. Some Americans also underlive.

The Ph.D. candidate realized that he was not eating and dressing as well as he could afford to because he was stuck in the habit of underliving.

by but for October 23, 2017