snoop, bloop, blooper, enunciate, the moneyed, outtake

Other countries will watch China to see whether its digital snooping can provide lessons in how to control the virus’s spread 中國推廣健康碼監控疫情和民眾

當局用健康碼判斷人們是否有傳染風險、規範人們的生活。但時報分析發現，該軟件似乎與警方共享數據，為新的自動化社會控制方式設定了模板，可能長期存在。

John Hickenlooper Thinks He Can Unite America, Bloopers and All

Democrats have never nominated a presidential candidate from west of the Central time zone. The former governor of Colorado believes he can change that.

Snooping in the Bathroom to Assess Credit Risk in China

By NEIL GOUGH

Extensive consumer databases are not in place for lenders to check, but companies are scrambling to crack the credit code.

"'The sherry sounds fine,' Rebecca said. She enunciated her words distinctly, but in a faint, thin voice that disclaimed for them any consequence."
--from THE MAPLE STORIES by John Updike, born on this day in 1932


The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market, writes Robert Reich.


Nick Clegg is a decent, courageous man. He went into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010 with the noble intention of stabilising Britain’s economy. Yet on May 7th his party was pulverised at the polls. What went wrong? Lib Dems could point to five years of restraining the Conservatives on a range of issues—from helping to sink a “snoopers’ charter” to preventing the scrapping of the Human Rights Act (both of which might now be pushed through by the Tories). For floating voters, the party failed to enunciate a clear message. And by entering government with the Tories in 2010 it had already lost its place as a protest party. Now the party is picking up the pieces and trying to rediscover what it stands for. In a tearful farewell speech, Mr Clegg lamented the demise of liberalism and the “fear and grievance” evident in the rise of Scottish and English nationalisms. He vowed that he would not allow “decent liberal values” to die. But they have nothttp://econ.st/1L1fitV

Vice president's web bloopers.

I adhere firmly to the blooper snooper's code, taking only what I find and contriving nothing.

blooper
n.

1. Informal. A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.
2. Baseball.
   1. A weakly hit ball that carries just beyond the infield.
   2. A high pitch that is lobbed to the batter.

[From BLOOP, a high-pitched howl on the radio caused by interference (of imitative origin), and imitative of the sound made by hitting a ball weakly.]

n. - 引起雜音的收音機, 大挫折 n. - 大失敗, テキサスヒット

blooper

NOUN

North American 
informal 

• 1An embarrassing error.

  ‘he poked fun at his own tendency to utter bloopers’

  as modifier ‘blooper shows consisting of out-takes from films’
• 2Baseball 
  A weakly hit fly ball landing just beyond the reach of the infielders.

  ‘Hunter's the only guy to get a hit, a blooper over the shortstop's head’

Origin

1926 (originally US, denoting a radio which caused others to bloop, i.e. emit a loud howling noise): from imitative bloop + -er.

outtake

n.

1. 1. A section or scene, as of a movie, that is filmed but not used in the final version.
   2. A complete version, as of a recording, that is dropped in favor of another version.
2. An opening for outward discharge; a vent.

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Pronunciation: /ˈmʌnɪd/

(also monied)
Definition of moneyed in English:

adjective

1Having much money; affluent:the industrial revolution created a new moneyed class

1.1Characterized by affluence:a moneyed lifestyle

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snoop 
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition] INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
1 to look around a place secretly, in order to discover things or find out information about someone or something:
People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses.
She's the sort of person you can imagine snooping about/around your room when you're not there.

2 to try to find out about other people's private lives:
I don't mean to snoop, but is there something wrong?
Clara's husband is snooping on her because he thinks she is seeing another man.

snoop 
noun
1 [S] INFORMAL the act of snooping:
I think someone's been having a snoop around my office - I didn't leave that drawer open.

2 [C] (ALSO snooper) INFORMAL DISAPPROVING someone who snoops:
He's such a snoop - he's always going through my mail.
Most journalists are snoopers by nature.

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Pronunciation: /snuːp/informal 

Definition of snoop in English:

verb

[NO OBJECT]

Investigate or look around furtively in an attempt tofind out something, especially information about someone’s private affairs:your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping about(as adjective snooping) snooping neighbours

noun [IN SINGULAR]

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1A furtive investigation:I could go back to her cottage and have another snoop

1.1 A person who furtively tries to find out information about someone’s private affairs:

I start talking without admitting that I’m aprofessional snoop

 enunciate

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Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌnsɪeɪt/

Definition of enunciate in English:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Say or pronounce clearly:she enunciated each word slowly

1.1Express (a proposition, theory, etc.) in clear or definite terms:a written document enunciating this policy