“We talk ‘through’ our clothes, if we want [sic] or not.” – say a research team from Queen Mary University of London, who have recently created ‘Smart Arse’ – a pair of ‘sensing trousers’ (that’s ‘sensing pants’ US) – which can reveal details of the ‘conversational engagement’ of the wearers. “People continually adjust their posture […]
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When Buttock Implants Shift – and what to do about it (new patent)
“Simply put, any male or female who feels or perceives their buttock size, shape, &/or proportions are not adequate . . .” – might consider gluteal implants. But gluteal implants, like many other implants, are prone to shifting : “[…] current implants are unstable and prone to shifting after implantation, which can cause a host […]
The intensifier ‘ass’, in snippets
snippets journal publishes notes that contribute to the study of syntax and semantics in generative grammar. The notes are brief, self-contained and explicit. For an example of the content, can we recommend a 2011 paper by Professor Daniel Siddiqi (Carlton University, US) who examines the ‘ass’ intensifier. “English has recently developed a new intensifier, ass, […]
Watson and Crick and Pippa Middleton’s bottom
A three-page study called “And Bringing Up the Rear: Pippa Middleton, Her Derrière and Celebrity“, written by a Birkbeck, University of London scholar, Janet McCabe, marks Britain’s instant new status as top dog and intellectual driver of an entire academic field. It is, in that respect, as mentally electrifying as was a one-page study called A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic […]