Reply 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
 
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 04:18 am
@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."
maxdancona
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 04:49 am
@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.
contrex
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 07:06 am
"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.
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JTT
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 04:41 pm
@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.
contrex
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 05:39 pm
@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.

oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 08:31 pm
@contrex,
contrex wrote:


You haven't read a British tabloid lately, I take it.



Does "I take it" mean "I guess"?
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 08:45 pm
@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
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 09:03 pm
@JTT,
In other word, "Yes".
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 09:17 pm
@roger,
Quote:
In other word, "Yes".


"in other words".

See what I mean about being a butcher, Roger.
roger
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 09:28 pm
@JTT,
Only one word. No s
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 27 Apr, 2013 09:42 pm
@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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