WASP
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an
informal, sometimes disparaging term for
a closed social group of high-status and influential white Americans of English Protestant ancestry. It is also sometimes applied
to those of Scottish Protestant and Irish Protestant ancestry. The term applies
to a group who control disproportionate financial, political and social power
in the United States.
Scholars agree that the group's influence has waned since the
end of World War II in 1945, with the growing influence of other ethnic groups.
The term is also used in Australia and Canada for similar elites. The term is occasionally used by
sociologists to include all Americans of Northern
European ancestry
regardless of their class or power. People rarely call themselves WASPs, except
humorously. The acronym is
typically used by non-WASPs.
YOLO
YOLO is
an acronym for "you only live once". Similar to Latin "carpe diem" ("seize the day"), it implies
that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks, as if there
would not be another chance for it. The phrase and acronym are both used in youth
culture and music, and were both popularized by the 2011 song "The
Motto" by rapper Drake.
arch- : rule,
most important
Examples: archbishop, archenemy, hierarchy and so on.
an- : without, lacking
Examples: anarchy, anecdote, anesthesia and so on.
-ary : of or relating to
Examples: literary, military, budgetary and so
on.
-ant : a person who
Examples: applicant, immigrant, servant and so
on.
anti- : against, opposite of
Examples: antibody, antiseptic, antisocial
and so on.
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