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Sat 27 Apr, 2013 04:14 am
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E-tattoo monitors brainwaves and
baby bump
26 April 2013 by Sara Reardon
An electronic patch can analyse complex brainwaves and listen in on a fetus’s heart
MIND reading can be as simple as slapping a sticker on your forehead. An "electronic tattoo" containing flexible electronic circuits can now record some complex brain activity as accurately as an EEG. The tattoo could also provide a cheap way to monitor a developing fetus.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829146.000-etattoo-monitors-brainwaves-and-baby-bump.html
@oristarA,
Well here:
baby bump
September 2, 2008 Urban Word of the Day
The abdomen area of a pregnant woman. As the fetus/baby grows so does a woman's belly. Thus it is referred to as a "baby bump."
@oristarA,
Yep, that's it.
I think it is a fairly new term, and it is very informal. I don't remember hearing it even 10 years ago.
I would never use the term. I have only heard it on celebrity gossip type news snippets. I don't like these cute trendy cliches.
"Baby bump" has become a very popular term in the British press, especially (but not exclusively) in the tabloid section when talking about pregnant celebrities. It probably appeals because it is infantile, alliterative, and less scholarly sounding than "protuberant abdomen". It is mostly used in connection with the early part of pregnancy.
@maxdancona,
Quote:and it is very informal
It occurs most often in one of the registers of the English language that is not usually thought of as 'informal', Max, that being the
News register.
@JTT,
JTT wrote:
Quote:and it is very informal
It occurs most often in one of the registers of the English language that is not usually thought of as 'informal', Max, that being the
News register.
You haven't read a British tabloid lately, I take it.
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
You haven't read a British tabloid lately, I take it.
Does "I take it" mean "I guess"?
@oristarA,
Quote:Does "I take it" mean "I guess"?
It's short for,
I take it to mean that you blah blah blah.
I take it to mean that you like pizza.
@roger,
Quote:In other word, "Yes".
"in other word
s".
See what I mean about being a butcher, Roger.
@roger,
Quote:Only one word. No s
The idiom is "in other words". See what I mean about being a butcher posing as a heart surgeon, Roger.
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