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If you don’t know, now you know. South Korea is a full-blown coffee haven, far exceeding any notions of kimchi-eating, sriracha and tea slugging. In fact, coffee shops in Seoul reached a whopping 18,000 spots in 2016, surpassing the coffee-per-capita in Seattle and San Francisco.
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The (Any)Thing is taking Netflix and chill to another level, reanimating the celluloid dreams of staunch film fans all across Europe, beginning with the Netherlands.
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An online and print zine is bringing sexy back with blogging galore from 2009 and a bitty website from 1999.
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President-elect is defined as “a person who has been elected president but who has not officially become president yet.” This term has been in used since the early 1700s, before the United States became a country, a time when president was used to mean simply “the presiding officer of a company or meeting” and was considered a bureaucratic and even unglamorous title, which is partly why it was selected by the Founders, who wished to avoid the trappings of royalty in the new nation.
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Malarkey is defined as “insincere or foolish talk; bunkum.” The word has been in use since the early 20th century, and is of unknown origin. If someone tells you they do in fact know where it came from, well, you know what word to use in response. Joe Biden’s favourite word appears to be malarkey. It has trended in lookups multiple times over the past several years, always as the result of Mr. Biden’s use.
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An intimate exploration through the spectrum of nature’s beauty – Paula Codoñer Muñoz’s analogue floral photography sits up there with the oil painting greats.
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AWESOMESAUCE
Awesomesauce first emerged in the naughts as a colloquial expression for something that is amazing or incredible. The word first popped up in the internet cartoon Homestar Runner. In the 2003 episode Strong Bad Email #75, the character Strong Bad says, “Well, aren’t you gonna go get your 409 or Awesome Sauce or whatever you’re gonna clean this up with?” It referred to a made-up cleaning product that supposedly mopped up ketchup spills on computers.
By the time 2010 rolled around, awesomesauce became both a noun and an adjective for anything and everything that was especially great. It made a cameo in the 2001 episode of the show Parks and Recreation when Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt), says “That’s awesomesauce” when his girlfriend professes her love for him. In 2013, awesomesauce landed in a commercial for Discover credit cards and a mayonnaise spread by “Just foods.” It was also often used in GIFs by comedian Steven Colbert in his comedy sketch The Colbert Report.
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AMAZEBALLS
You either love it or you hate it. Amazeballs officially made its way into the Collins Online Dictionary in 2012, which had tongues wagging. It was defined as “an expression of enthusiastic approval.” The Urban Dictionary pegs it as “basically beyond amazing. Being so awesome that a regular word can’t describe you.”
Sources are divided on where awesomesauce first picked up speed, with PerezHilton.com as one contender and fashion blogger Elizabeth Spiridakis as another. If you’re a foodie, then you’ve perhaps seen every recipe under the sun for amazeballs, from the Willy Wonka renditions to the uber pimped out health versions. It also made its way into the musical comedy-drama television series Glee, with Gwyneth Paltrow referring to one character’s riff on Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t No Way” as “amazeballs.”
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Elements of nostalgia, relationships, subtlety of fashion and the feeling of remembering things – Kshitij Kankaria’s work merges East and West in the rawest format.
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In the natural world, a wellspring is the head of a large body of water, such as a spring, river or stream. As a metaphor, wellspring adapts a similar connotation, pointing to the origin or source of something that is practically inexhaustible. From an etymological point of view, the root words of well and spring each possess independent significance in forming the compounded wellspring. The origin of the word well dates back to before 900 from the Middle English and Old English wel(l) (adj. and adv.); cognate with Dutch wel, German wohl, Old Norse vel and Gothic waila. Well can be taken to mean an issue of water from the earth, or a pool fed by a spring. To spring is to jump forth with speed or force, or to move as though by elastic force.
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From a topographical point of view, a fountainhead is a fountain or spring from which a stream flows, or the very origin of a stream. Metaphorically speaking, a fountainhead signifies the principal or main source of something. The Russian-American author Ayn Rand’s first literary success, The Fountainhead, was published in 1943. The novel expounded upon her objectivist philosophy, depicting a visionary artist’s struggle against the machine and the inspidly conformist dogma of his peers. Rand’s penned words speak to ambition, power, love and, well, gold. A black-and-white film based on the book was produced by Warner Bros. in 1949 and directed by King Vidor.
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Helmut Lang Eau de Parfum Vintage
Head over to Qompendium Work Shop to purchase a rare collection of new, authentic and sealed Helmut Lang perfumes.
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Korean Jjimjibang Gloves
Made from pure viscose, with four black stripes running along the seams, the ultra-abrasive cloths are a staple at Korean spas the so-called Jjimjilbang.
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Caran d’Ache Rotary Pencil Sharpener
Paying homage to its fatherland and its creative roots, Caran d’Ache has chosen to produce 4,478 numbered copies of the “Matterhorn” collector’s edition of its rotary pencil sharpener.
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Monami Ball Point 153
The Monami 153 classic was the first ball point pen of its kind and still a must have among writing device lovers.
