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Unit 2. Vocabulary 1

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  • Earworm: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind.
    Noun. Dear Crazy Future Sheldon, you were driven mad by an earworm.
  • Downvote/upvote: to click (= choose) a symbol to show that you dislike or disagree with something you have read or seen on the internet
    Verb. Do not hesitate to upvote or downvote the Pokémon around you.
  • Crowdfunding: the practice of obtaining needed funding (as for a new business) by soliciting contributions from a large number of people especially from the online community
    Noun. It's similar to crowdfunding but with digital money
  • poetry: metrical writing
    noun. It's urban poetry, sir.
  • Clickbait: something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink especially when the link leads to content of dubious value or interest
    Noun. A typical example of using fear is clickbait titles.
  • Bling: flashy jewelry worn especially as an indication of wealth or status broadly : expensive and ostentatious possessions
    Noun. Without the ring, you don't get the bling, and the girl has the bling, but you got to give her the ring.
  • trend: a prevailing tendency or inclination
    noun. The international trend encouraged adoption through special agencies.
  • apologize. to express regret for something done or said : to make an apology
    verb. Sincerely, I cannot apologize enough...
  • Staycation: staycation
    Noun. Staycation
  • Tweet: a post made on the Twitter online message service
    Noun. Damon Lindelof favorited my tweet once.
  • take off: a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
    noun. Whoever it is, must take off his shoes and socks.
  • Look Up: an act, process, or instance of looking something up (as in a reference work or listing)
    Noun. Software dictionaries let you look up words very quickly.
  • turned on: keenly aware of and responsive to what is new and fashionable
    adjective. I need you to leave your phone turned on at all times.
  • turned off: a place where one turns off
    noun. I'm guessing you've got your phone turned off.
  • Meme: an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media
    Noun. the band encouraged fans to make memes to advertise the U.S. release of their EP
  • Binge-watch: to watch many or all episodes of (a TV series) in rapid succession.
    Verb. I'm going to binge-watch TV.
  • Check out: the action or an instance of checking out
    Noun. Educators receive new library card privileges, including 100 simultaneous checkouts …
  • rhythm: marked by or moving in pronounced rhythm
    adjective. The rhythm of economic growth accelerated, the international financial crisis notwithstanding.
  • Google: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (someone or something) on the World Wide Web.
    Verb. Could you google symptoms of labor?
  • Photobomb: to move into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken as a joke or prank
    verb. to move into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken as a joke or prank