The word-sniffer: “t-shirt”, “agrovoltaic”, “prosopometamorphopsia”…

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2024-05-04 08:02:45

Once again, in the FundéuRAE search engine we track new words or words that we found curious in the news of recent days, regardless of the topic.

We clarify, as usual, that the purpose is simply to compile them, without this necessarily implying acceptance or censorship.

⇒ When an athlete changes teams, it is common to use the metaphor change shirt, since each set has its own design. If the change is sudden and unexpected, we are talking about great t-shirt.

⇒ With energy agrovoltaica Agricultural production and electricity production are combined with solar panels, in order to make better use of the land surface. It is based on capturing light to generate energy while creating shade for crops that need not be exposed directly to the sun.

⇒ The prosopometamorphopsia It is a strange disorder that causes those who suffer from it to see distorted faces, with deformations that can give them a demonic character. Four elements of Greek origin intervene in its formation: the voice prosopon (‘face’), the prefix goal- (to which the value ‘change’ can be associated), the voice morphed (‘form’) and the suffix -⁠opsía (‘vision’).

⇒ A sheet of gold just one atom thick has been created. In the news he is being called goldenbased on the English name of this chemical element (gold). The termination -⁠eno is the usual Spanish adaptation of -⁠enecommon in newly created substances.

⇒ The union delegates of the Subte, which is what the Buenos Aires metro is called, have their own name: metrodelegados.

⇒ And, finally, another formation with classical roots. He nasolabial fold or, less technically, the sadness wrinkle It is a line on the skin that separates the cheeks from the nose and mouth. It is characteristic of aging and its name comes from Latin the nose (‘nose’, from which it also derives nasal) and Greek generation (‘chin’).

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