F2F Class Notes 30th September (Eddie)
ratio = proportion
signal-to-noise ratio = how much relevant content out of a message or conversation
1:1
scale 1:40
to get one’s foot in the door =
E.g.
Now that I’ve got my foot in the door, they won’t be able to say no.
to get cold feet = to hesitate or change one’s mind about a decision or a plan
E.g.
Tom was excited about the wedding, but Trisha started getting cold feet and even thought about calling it off.
to get a headstart = to have an advantage over other competitors, such an early start or early performance
we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it = to not worry about something just yet
staycation = stay (at home) + vacation =
portmanteau = a word formed using two different words
smog = smoke + fog
brunch =
chillax =
man + explain = mansplaining
man + spread =
these are the reasons: (colon 🙂 precedes before a statement, an enumeration etc
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; (semi-colon 😉 used to keep two messages within the same sentence when they are related enough, but cannot be separated by a comma (,).
Electric cars are the vehicles of the future; our past has taught enough about storing energy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/13/stop-using-periods-period-2/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/09/brevity-in-email/501986/
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