karma splice (kahr-muh splahys), n. Education, informal. 1. a teacher’s suspicion that she must have done something very bad in a previous life to deserve the grammatically incoherent essays turned in by her students. 2. a student’s suspicion that a teacher’s obsession with grammar indicates that the teacher must have been an authoritarian despot in a previous life.
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What I’m reading: Fantasy, sci-fi, Buddhism, politics, and pedagogy
I don’t usually like reading more than a couple books at the same time, but I currently find myself in the middle of four or (depending on how you count) six different books.
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manplain
manplain (man-pleyn), v. Informal. (of a man) to express dissatisfaction, annoyance, or resentment at the perceived injustice against, or victimhood of, men. Ex.: “It’s a very scary time for young men in America”; “If it could happen to him, it could happen to any man.”
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Arrogance, fear, and the fixed mindset
I started this blog to encourage myself to write. So far: not a lot of progress on that front.
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wish hunt
wish hunt (wish-huhnt), n. a strong desire to dismiss reasonable inquiries into alleged disloyalty, dishonesty, subversive political activity, etc. as politically motivated and unjustified campaigns, based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence, against honestly held, unpopular opinions. Ex.: Trump’s and his supporters’ dismissal of the Mueller investigation.
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psychopompous
psychopompous (sahy-koh-pom-puhs) [< Greek: ψυχοπομπώδης], adj. Mythology. characterized by an affectedly grand, solemn, pretentious, or self-important guidance into the afterlife. Ex.: That Charon is a psychopompous ass.
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religioscopy
religioscopy (ri-lij-ee-os-kuh-pee), n. an internal examination of ardent religious feeling, investigating symptoms such as excessive or affected piety, superficiality, ostentation, or hypocrisy; requires sedation.
