Wednesday word: sharenting

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sharenting:

noun:   Another modern buzz word, but one I'm hearing frequently enough in my line of work. Sharenting is the not-so-healthy practice of a parent regularly using social media to share way too much information about their children.  

Thursday word: maquette

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maquette (ma-KET) - n., a preliminary scale model of a sculpture or work of architecture.


A 3D sketch of sorts -- a rough model or mock-up, which allows the artist or architect to try different ideas. Adopted around 1880 (though not widely used until the turn of the century) from French, itself from Italian macchietta, little sketch, diminutive of macchia, sketch/complex of lines, from Latin macula, mesh/spot, from maculāre to stain/spot. So by etymology, if not by definition, a maquette cannot be immaculate.

We start the puppet-building process with a maquette.

---L.