According to this definition, clickbait is manufactured to be shared: Clickbait is a pejorative term describing web content that is aimed at generating online advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-thro...

In my story, I'm describing the streets of London during the plague. Which was dirty and very smelly, as people threw excrement on the streets. My character is describing the smell as he is throwing away poo. I'm thinking to make a starter "I grabbed the bucket filled with our urine and took it t...

Is there a name for a place where total character change occurs? A place specifically meant for human inner metamorph? Metaphorically speaking, it is meant to refer to the place where change occurs as when diamond is created from carbon under immense pressure or how an egg changes when boiled. A...

I am creating an application for resource management, it will have a huge database and all the information related to a resource/employee of a company. What should I name it? I am new to this site so please feel free to correct my tags or anything else which should not be here. I am thinking of...

Anyone know the word you would use when you let something bad happen just to prove a point? "You're being _____."

In comparison with each other what would you call Perfectly normal people capable of understanding figurative sinister undertones, innuendo on first go while the other Perfectly normal people capable of not picking up figurative sinister undertones or innuendo unless they particularly bother ...

She has 5 headphones but she does not like to share even though we live under the same roof.

Bionics is the application of principles found in nature to design engineering systems. Which (new) term would be better if we wanted to borrow some principles from technology and apply them in biology: “reverse bionics” or “inverse bionics”? (or maybe other word?)

I'm looking for a word that means all knowledge. Preferably, the word would be a noun and could refer to knowledge abstractly, inclusive of that which is written and not. This excludes encyclopedia as a word.

In my native language Tamil, arusuvai means six tastes namely Uvarppu(salty), inippu(sweet), kasappu(bitter), pulippu(sour), kaarppu(pungent e.g. chilli) and thuvarpu. I am looking for a word in English for the last one. It's neither umami nor astringent. It's the taste you realize when biting ...

I need a term that generalizes following areas: electronics mechanic engineering mechatronics thermotechnics etc., but not includes: gene engineering drug engineering etc. Thus, “engineering” does not fit in my case. I was suggested “technology”. But it was not by native speakers. Thus I would...

This would be referring to a position likely held in the ancient world. I thought it was 'hierophant', but that turned out to be wrong. I do have the impression that the two words are related, and vague as it may be I think it starts with an 'S'. An example would be "The doors of the temple were...

Mansplain is an interesting term that has been added recently to the Oxford, Merriam-Webster, and Cambridge dictionaries. Here is the definition as per Oxford. (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. I ask for a...