Thursday, April 12, 2007
Lawrencium
Lawrencium is a man-made radioactive element. It's named after someone, just not Lawrence of Arabia. The famous Lawrence in question was actually E.O. Lawrence, an American physicist. I think the invented meanings, as usual, suit the word much better of course. Amalia's meaning is the favourite among pollsters. Well done and welcome back, Amalia. Good to see you again.
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A Lawrencium is an overused phrase from the 90's television sitcom "Martin". The star of the show was Martin Lawrence.
Lawrencium describes a style of architecture used in modern corporate offices.
You can tell if an office building is Lawrencium because it has an ENORMOUS atrium. The point is that because real estate is so expensive the bigger the empty space of the atrium the richer the company is. A Lawrencium Atrium often features a sculpture originally designed for an outside space and a fully grown tree. Of course the reception desk must be at the mid point from door to lifts so you have lots of echoing heel clicking going on.
Lawrencium architecture also employs large amounts of plate glass.
Lawrencium is the technical name for stomach growling.
This is easy. Lawrence was a guy that lived in Arabia at some time. Ages ago they made a film about him that was at least four hours of boring tedium.
"Lawrencium" is the term used to describe someone that looks as though they're being jerked around by riding a camel even though they are in fact watching TV.
Lawrencium is the scientific name for the sap, or pitch, from the Lawrence variety spruce tree. The lawrencium is used as the base for spruce gum.
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