Day to Day 1 Flashcards
surreptitious
done in a secret way.
Ex. The surreptitious brag is different from the humble brag because there is no deprecation involved. The perpetrator instead embeds the brag within some other detail to make it seem like they aren’t bragging.
inflect
to vary the intonation or pitch of the voice to express mood or feeling
intonation
the rise and fall in pitch of the voice in speech
pitch
the degree of highness or lowness of a tone
meta
Self aware, self referencing.
“This is a meta mansplain.” He was mansplaining to explain what mansplaining is.
mansplain
(of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.
“I’m listening to a guy mansplain economics to his wife”
humble brag
an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud.
“social media status updates are basically selfies, humblebrags, and rants”
ASMR
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a euphoric experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine, precipitating relaxation.
euphoric
a feeling of great happiness and excitement.
mesotherms
animals with medium-powered metabolism
“Grady said an intermediate metabolism may have allowed dinosaurs to get much bigger than any mammal ever could. Warm–blooded animals need to eat a lot so they are frequently hunting or munching on plants.”
About the study: Scientist evaluated the metabolisms of dinosaurs by comparing their body mass (size of thigh bones) to their growth rates (growth rings in fossil bones similar to rings on a tree).
ectotherms
cold–blooded animals with low metabolic rates that do not produce much heat and bask in the sun to warm up
endotherms
warm–blooded animals that use heat from metabolic reactions to maintain a high, stable body temperature
how do endotherms generate body heat?
heat production is a byproduct of metabolism, or the sum of the chemical processes in the body. When the body breaks down food molecules, the energy in the chemical bonds of the food is released, which powers the body. However, the human body is only about 25 percent efficient, meaning that 75 percent of the energy from the food is released as heat.
receptors
biology : a nerve ending that senses changes in light, temperature, pressure, etc., and causes the body to react in a particular way
Why does drinking a hot beverage cool you down?
there are many of a type of heat sensing receptor in the tongues nerve cells.
When the brain gets the message “It’s hot in here,” it thermoregulates by sweating and dilating the blood vessels. While the hot drink makes you hotter temporarily, the bodies thermoregulation response exceeds the hot beverage’s effect in terms of heating your body.
