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The term comes from the Japanese phrase kami no Itte (神の一手), meaning 'move of God' or 'Godly move'. The ear-reddening move played by Hon'inbō Shūsaku in 1846 is considered to be an example of a divine move [citation needed].
Jargon, also referred to as "technical language", is "the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group". [8] Most jargon is technical terminology (technical terms), involving terms of art [9] or industry terms, with particular meaning within a specific industry.
The opening sequence of the Star Trek television series contains a well-known example, "to boldly go where no man has gone before", wherein the adverb boldly was said to split the full infinitive, to go. Multiple words may split a to-infinitive, such as: "The population is expected to more than double in the next ten years."
A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that choices are available. The best known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it", wherein "leaving it" is strongly undesirable.
Recognizing that "type" is an imprecise term, an alternate way to classify types of choices is to look at outcomes and the impacted entity. For example, using this approach three types of choices might be: [8] business; personal; consumer; Or politicians may choose to support or oppose options based on local, national, or international effects.
A commercial organization that sells stories, photographs, or other journalistic products to the news media and which carries out reporting tasks on behalf of media clients. The Associated Press is an example. [1] news aggregator news bureau news cycle The period of time that elapses before one news story or set of stories is replaced by another.
Quintilian and classical rhetoric used the term color for the presenting of an action in the most favourable possible perspective. [5] Laurence Sterne in the eighteenth century took up the point, arguing that, were a man to consider his actions, "he will soon find, that such of them, as strong inclination and custom have prompted him to commit, are generally dressed out and painted with all ...
In the abortion debate, for example, the term "freedom of choice" may emerge in defense of the position that a woman has a right to determine whether she will proceed with or terminate a pregnancy. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Similarly, other topics such as euthanasia , [ 5 ] vaccination, contraception , [ 6 ] and same-sex marriage [ 7 ] are sometimes ...