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What does it mean? New words and slang, explained with sources
Slang, acronyms and old words with new uses, in plain English: where each one turns up, how it is used, and what the explanation rests on.
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Interstitial means relating to a gap or interval between things; in medicine it often refers to spaces between cells or tissues, and as a noun it can mean a full-screen ad shown while a page loads.
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A Möbius strip (also spelled Mobius or Moebius) is a one-sided geometric surface made by giving a rectangular strip a half-twist and joining the ends.
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Fogerty is an Irish surname, a spelling variant of Fogarty, from Ó Fógartaigh—“descendant of Fógartach.”
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A vaporetto is a public motorboat that works like a city bus on the canals of Venice, Italy.
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Vibe coding is writing software by telling an AI what you want in everyday language and letting it generate the code, often without carefully reading or understanding every line it produces.
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