yikes, flabbergasted, Hellenicity

I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me. Yikes.

By BRIAN X. CHEN

Using a tool that Facebook offers its users, our columnist found out more than he wanted to know about the social network, the ad industry and himself.

The Economist

2016年4月8日 9:24 · 

Chinese officials were flabbergasted when the pope received a more rapturous response than president Xi Jinping in New York last September

Will relations between China and the Catholic church start to thaw?

1/2: A portrait of China's complex relationship with Christianity

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Plato shares his two favorite #Laingprize winners: David Grene's masterful translation of Herodotus, and Jonathan Hall's "Hellenicity," on the emergence of Hellenic identity in ancient Greece.

What are your picks? Vote for your favorite past winner and leave your thoughts at http://bit.ly/laingprize Voters will automatically be entered to win 5 previous #Laingprize recipients and a copy of the 2018 winner, to be announced 4/26.

yikes

jʌɪks/

exclamation

informal

1. expressing shock and alarm, often for humorous effect.

   "I had a dip in the 40 degree pool (yikes!)"

Hellenicity

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hellenic +‎ -ity

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɛlɛˈnɪsəti/

Noun[edit]

Hellenicity (uncountable)

1. The quality or condition of being Ancient Greek

flabbergast

ˈflabəɡɑːst/

verb

informal

past tense: flabbergasted; past participle: flabbergasted

1. surprise (someone) greatly; astonish.

   
   

   "this news has left me totally flabbergasted"