grey literature (librarian n.): a subtractive genre: neither academic nor commercial nor amateur writing. NGO reports, government whitepapers, think tank bilge, treaties. Perfectly named. Whatever you think of the average quality of academia, I guarantee you this is worse. It is not clear how much of the world's decisions depend on it. hoʻoponopono (Hawaiian n.): "making RIGHT"; a particular conflict resolution ritual. Recently rehashed into a Standard New Age form of narcissistic self -forgiveness. Behold: we can now complain about the cultural appropriation of intangibles: “ When things are taken out of our cultures and applied in ways in which those outside the culture want to apply them, especially for profit, there is almost always a problem. ” frummer (Yiddish n.): a highly observant Jew. From פֿרום; pious. shadow welfare system (sociology n.): things that poor people do to get by outside of government benefits, e.g. food banks, not paying for the su