2023-10-07 11:00:08
At the FundéuRAE we once again scan the media in search of words or expressions that have caught our attention, whether due to their novelty, their linguistic interest or for any other reason.
The purpose of this scout is nothing more than to collect a selection of them, without inclusion on the list implying acceptance or censorship.
⇒ A very popular weapon in martial arts, as can be seen in a good number of movies, is the nunchaco (also written nunchaku), which consists, as explained by Current Spanish Dictionaryin a ‘hardwood staff that, attached to another by a strap or a nylon rope, is used in martial arts’.
⇒ At gray infrastructure are opposed green infrastructure. The first refers to the usual color of the materials used for the artificial collection and channeling of water (cement, various plastics), while the second applies to those that are based on the capacity of natural elements to absorb, retain or drive this liquid.
⇒ With the renewed interest in lunar exploration, the concept of space ultraterrestre. As explained in the Pan-Hispanic dictionary of legal Spanishis the space of international interest located beyond the airspace whose exploration and use, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is subject to a special legal regime that seeks to safeguard the general interest of humanity.
⇒ A cultural and thought movement originating in France is the pataphysics, which presents nonsense imitating science. Currently this word is sometimes used in reference to the proposal of intentionally absurd or unrealistic solutions to problems. The name comes from a Greek expression that is translated in various ways, but basically it is ‘what is above metaphysics’.
⇒ As punishment, the mythological character Sisyphus had to tirelessly push a stone to climb to a peak that was not possible to reach, as it ended up rolling down the slope. From there comes sisifemia, which is a work disorder motivated by the overload of unattainable tasks, which leads those who suffer from it to consider that they are not productive enough and that they should work even harder.
⇒ The mixology is about creative drink pairing. It doesn’t focus so much on cocktail preparation, which is the cocktailas in innovation and in the study of the aromatic, chemical, etc. characteristics of its ingredients.
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