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Saturday, March 15, 2025

In other words, -arking, et al.

  • barking, present participle of verb bark. (of a dog or other animal) To utter an abrupt, explosive cry or a series of such cries.
  • captatio benevolentiae, noun. A rhetorical technique aimed to positive rapport with an the audience at the beginning of a speech (Latin, meaning “capture of goodwill”).
  • carking, adjective. Distressful; causing distress, anxiety.
  • coterie. noun. A small, exclusive group of people with shared interests or tastes; a club or clique.
  • darking, noun. (US slang) The practice of intentionally ignoring someone by turning off one’s phone and ignoring all calls to pursue other activities (especially in a courting context).
  • harking, present participle of verb hark. Used to tell someone to listen; also an acronym for hypothesizing after the results are known (coined by social psychologist Norbert Kerr).
  • hubris, noun. Overbearing pride, exaggerated self-confidence, or presumption; arrogance.
  • marking, noun. A mark, or a number or pattern of marks; the act of a person or thing that marks.
  • narking, (US slang) To secretly tell the police or someone in authority about something bad or illegal that someone has done (especially regarding narcotics).
  • parking, noun. The act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle; a space in which to park vehicles.
  • rapport, noun. A friendly, harmonious relationship; especially a relationship characterized by empathy that makes communication possible or easy.
  • rhetor, noun. A teacher or master of rhetoric; an orator.
  • sarking, noun. A timber or felt cladding placed over the rafters of a roof before the tiles or slates are fixed in place.
  • sparking, noun. (US, somewhat obsolete) The process of courting or wooing someone; that is, pursuing someone romantically.

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