This is a small sachet containing tobacco-free nicotine and a flavour, designed to be placed under the tongue so that the nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream.
ZG: 3
Another item in the constant battle against nicotine use.
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I was familiar with the Dark Web and the Deep Web but I had not heard of the Surface Web. This term has been derived as the opposite of the Deep Web.
ZG: 4
Possibly a term that is on the rise.
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Recently I have come across the verb to barrow (a particular cause). It is a very likely offshoot from the phrase to push a barrow, be it yours or someone else’s, meaning to campaign vigorously for a proposal or cause.
ZG: 4
Given the Australian tendency to say push one’s barrel it’s surprising we don’t have the verb to barrel in this sense.
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Some countries are experiencing the economic miracle of immaculate disinflation. Inflation is cooling but the unemployment numbers are not going up. Akin toy that other miracle — immaculate conception.
ZG: 3
This has against it that it is in the jargon of economists — who have probably all moved on to the next scenario by now.
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This stands for least-cost routing and is a scheme initiated by the Reserve Bank to cut card payment processing fees for businesses in the hope that this will result in less cost to consumers.
ZG: 4
This term may have increased exposure if the Reserve Bank is obliged to enforce it.
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No one can predict the future, particularly when it comes to the development of a disease. The best we can do is evaluate the risk of acquiring one. This is where genomic analysis may be able to help.
ZG: 4
This is a piece of medical jargon but one which we may all get to know, despite the complications.
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This is not a new term but one that has entered mainstream communications because of the large number of battery fires we are getting from e-scooters and e-bikes that have lithium batteries.
ZG: 4
While there is a lot of concern about exploding batteries, in discussions of the subject people tend to steer clear of explaining how a battery works.
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There has been much discussion about which sector of the community has been suffering most from inflation, and which sector has been contributing to inflation. The activities of business in putting up prices has come to be seen as a significant driver of inflation.
ZG: 5
There is keen interest in the issue of greedflation at the moment and various proposals that will work their way through parliament.
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It has been around since 2016 but just surfaced in mainstream media in Sydney because the man accused of murdering Jesse Baird and his partner was described as an ex-boyfriend and a clout chaser.
ZG: 6
A word in common use in the world that focuses on celebrities and influencers.
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Free birthing or wild birthing is giving birth without the assistance of a medically qualified person. Such a birth is also called an unassisted birth or an unregulated birth.
ZG: 4
This is an attractive name that gives a glossy shine to a doubtful practice.
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This is a strategy, adopted frequently by political parties and given its name by Katherine Murphy (pictured above) in her time as a journalist for the Guardian Australia. She used it to describe the behaviour of the Labor opposition at the time but it is being used now for the Liberal Party in opposition.
ZG: 7
Anyone interested in Australian politics will be discussing the bitch and fold at the moment, and it will be there for us to pick up and use as seems appropriate in the future.
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In the IT world a fast-follow is the release of a product with pretty well all of the promised features with an update asap to complete the just-published version rather than save it for the next version.
ZG: 4
The specialised jargon of the IT industry.
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The latest discovery in the field of microorganisms has been named the obelisk by the Stanford University team which discovered it. The obelisk (so named from its rod-like shape) is comprised of loops of RNA and an enzyme which allows it to replicate when it enters a human cell.
ZG: 3
There is too little known about these micro-organisms for us all to get engaged with them.
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Our new right is the right to disconnect, that is the legal right to not respond to work calls or messages or emails once you have finished work for the day.
ZG: 5
it is something that affects the working population so it is reasonably well known.
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People who have ADHD can find it beneficial to have a dose of natural dopamine at different times, particularly when they are struggling with focus or motivation. The dopamine menu has been popularised by a couple of bloggers in the ADHD arena and is set out to make it easier to categorise activities and make it more fun.
ZG: 4
This is a restricted to those with ADHD although we could all benefit from a sprinkling of rewards and treats to help us get through the day.
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There’s always something to spoil perfection. Just as we discover this wonderful new toy, generative AI, that will create texts for us while we go off and have a cup of tea, we find that it is capable of making mistakes, and of presenting those mistakes in its generated texts with all the plausibility of Donald Trump making election promises.
ZG: 6
This is an interesting one because we should all be aware of the danger that hallucinations present in AI-generated text, but I suspect we are not taking it as seriously as we should.
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This is the person employed because they have charisma rather than technical know-how. A capacity to establish rapport with colleagues and make everyone happy will be increasingly important.
ZG: 5
This is a term that is popular in business jargon at the moment. It will probably endure as the workplace character and culture changes.
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This is the opposite of just-in-time. They are both systems for managing inventory for production. Just-in-time (JIT) supplies materials more or less just as they are needed whereas just-in-case (JIC) secures materials ahead of time to make sure that they are available when they are needed.
ZG: 5
Very much a jargon word of particular businesses but part of the current preoccupation with supply lines and production.
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This is short for delusional and become a smear word ten years ago in K-Pop for obsessive fans who really thought that their idol would fall in love with them and marry them.
ZG: 8
A colloquialism that has taken off.
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Carl Jung expounded on the idea of the shadow self, a term he coined for the parts of the self that are hidden in our consciousness. We all present an image of ourselves to the world that is as we want ourselves to be, but buried in our unconscious mind are other aspects of ourselves that are equally potent but not to our liking.
ZG: 6
A jargon word of the wellness business. You are either wholeheartedly into shadow work or you have never heard of it.
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