build-a-lex

Building my personal lexicon- one word at a time.

Thought: Could this be a collection of flashcards?

Glockenspiel

noun

a percussion instrument known to be used as a audio cue indicating a transition.

bravado

google.com • Caixa de entrada

epicycles

capacious

Imagine a “situational thesaurus.” Instead of just unpacking related words, you unpack all the contexts that a word can apply. Examples:

addle — social media, work, disinformation (dilution from quantity)
faustian — VR / AGI or e/acc, finance, cloning, influencers, adderall, steroids
platonic — solids, relationships, education, leisure, cognition

extol verb
praise enthusiastically

~~What the hell is “quizenard”?~~

Seems I hallucinated the word. it does not exist. Well eff that! I’m adding that word to my lexicon.

grok

Unlike other animals, we humans retain what is known as neoteny— mental and physical traits of immaturity— well into our adult years.

Greene, Robert. Mastery - Robert Greene (Kindle Locations 1686-1687). Kindle Edition.