amalgamate

memory palace
roman room
method of loci

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by Texas A&M University

1. Start with a broad understanding of the word: brief research. 
2. Find antonyms, synonyms, word origins.  
3. Write our several sentences using the word. 

reductive

re·duc·tive

Clip one goes with clip two.

altruism

"Ui = U(X, Y, Uj)"

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ui+%3D+U(X%2C+Y%2C+Uj)&rlz=1C1LENP_enUS528US528&oq=Ui+%3D+U(X%2C+Y%2C+Uj)&aqs=chrome.0.57j62.24407j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#rlz=1C1LENP_enUS528US528&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22Ui+%3D+U(X%2C+Y%2C+Uj)%22&oq=%22Ui+%3D+U(X%2C+Y%2C+Uj)%22&gs_l=serp.3...2876.2876.3.3144.1.1.0.0.0.0.112.112.0j1.1.0...0.0.0..1c.1.12.psy-ab.P-5CFsczwqc&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.aWc&fp=290c805241f20a31&biw=1366&bih=667

platitude

plat·i·tude

prosaic, trite, meaningless, biased

Happiness is a choice 
...it’s just some trite platitude.


~RISK podcast - 23:30-end
What I'm Made Of #429.Whatever Doesn't Kill Me by Ed Gavagan
It is about 20 min of audio.


http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauvoir/

http://sqapo.com/aphorism.htm



"I feel like I'm a drowning man, who has just been thrown a kit to build a boat."

--They meant well, they just had no fuck'n idea what to say; and instead of saying nothing and listening they...
1) Everything happens for a reason.
2) You can't dwell on the past.
3) What ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.


related-
banal

anonymity

an·o·nym·i·ty

nonexistent in reality tv...and almost all tv shows

~RISK podcast
Dirty Work #427. Six Ways To Bomb on Americas Got Talent by Melinda Hill
It is about 20 min of audio. (If downloaded from iTunes, skip the 6 min sales plug.)

pretentious

pre·ten·tious

Greek yogurt

nar·cis·sist

hu·bris

temerity

condescension

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/PQF6R9YAHK8Z

http://whitmanpioneer.com/feature/2011/11/03/pretentious-majors/

http://failureconfetti.smackjeeves.com/comics/1345046/pretentious/

http://favim.com/image/105934/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pretentious&defid=6271883

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pretentious&defid=2842990
similar to [that fallacy]...those "who use the word pretentious are usually pretentious themselves" sic


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pretentious%20hipster

http://fourlitrechocolatemilk.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-be-pretentious-fuck.html