I came across the term when looking up some code in Rosetta Code. A very apt description.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Chrestomathy
From Wikipedia, a chrestomathy is: "a collection of choice literary passages, used especially as an aid in learning a foreign language."
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Aptronym
A person's name that also describes the job that they do, for example, a person with the surname Baker that is also a baker.
The word is a play on the word patronym - which describes a name derived from one's father (as in a surname).
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Latin for "After this, therefore because of this". A logical fallacy where event B follows after event A so event A is assumed to have caused event B.
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