For good reasons, disruption has become one of the key terms in discussions about innovation, economic and societal change.
These days, however, gentrification is perhaps the most widely used term in any discussion about contemporary cities, and invariably carries with it sinister implications of deep social division and exclusion.
On Thursday, after the interview was released, Mr. Young tried to explain his remarks, saying that he "meant no disrespect" by using the term in a discussion about the labor market.
Frye comes closer to our everyday understanding of the term in his discussion of the ironic persona, which is essentially a kind of literary straight man; the ironist pretends to be ignorant of everything, Frye says, even of his own irony.
Top mayoral aides are making their case against a third term in casual discussions, many outside City Hall.
The litmus test is whether you've ever heard or used the term "paradigm shift", which is probably the most used – and abused – term in contemporary discussions of organisational change and intellectual progress.
In the course of the 19th century, as philosophy of science and science became two distinct endeavors, the term "discovery" became a technical term in philosophical discussions.
It is particularly important to define the terms employed in discussions about assisted death.
The most misleading term in the entire discussion may be "on average"— a fact that Dr. James M. Tanner, the British growth researcher, pointed out 40 years ago.
"It's really become the dominant cultural medium of our time in terms of discussion, in terms of inspiration, in terms of excitement".
