What is the opposite of Feminist?

A feminist is a person who supports the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men. Feminism refers to all the movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. The feminist activities have undoubtedly helped a lot in changing the position of women in the society.

Well, it is now clear that a feminist is one who advocates equal rights for women. But what about a person who supports and defends the rights of men? The word is ‘hominist’! Don’t think it is a newly invented word; the term was coined by George Bernard Shaw, more than a century ago.

However, the word hominist did not gain much popularity. Now another word ‘masculinist’ (also masculist) is widely used instead.

WATCH OUT! SPYWARE ON YOUR COMPUTER!

In this Internet-driven era, the Net users are continually bombarded with a lot of technical vocabulary – spyware, adware, malware, spamming, phishing and phreaking to name a few. In addition, new terms are coined virtually each passing day that may confuse even a techie.

Of course, if you are a casual user of the Internet as I am, you do not need to know what all these jargon mean. But you must be familiar with a few of such terms; not just for knowledge but for safety online.

To begin with, let us see what a spyware is. It is computer program that helps someone to gather some information about a person or organization without their knowledge. The concept will be clearer if we take an example. Probably you have downloaded many kinds of software from the Internet free of cost. While installing some of them step by step, you might have checked many boxes such as ‘I agree with the terms & conditions’, ‘send me newsletters occasionally’, ‘also download a free toolbar’ etc.

If you have ever downloaded a toolbar (knowingly or unknowingly) while downloading particular software, you are probably welcoming an uninvited guest – a spyware. The downloaded toolbar which is a spyware, always appears at the top of your Internet browser. It acts like a CC camera in a building – monitoring whatever you do! Spyware can also make their way into your computer when you download free music, movies, TV shows and so forth.

A spyware closely but in a friendly way observes what types of websites you frequently visit, what pictures or videos you often watch, what kind of information you usually share with others online, who you send the highest number of emails and so on. Then the spyware sends a detailed report about your online activities to the developers of the program. Those findings are then sold to a third party who may annoy you with pop-ups, unsolicited emails etc. Some of the more serious types of spyware are even capable of recording your credit card or bank information.

CHILLAX! I'm on a STAYCATION!!

Good Evening Guys!

 Have you ever defriended someone, or organized a tweetup? Blown on a vuvuzela or bought something bargainous? If so, the Oxford Dictionary of English would like to recognize your achievements.

The World Cup, credit crunch and social networking have all made a recent mark on the way we talk. The Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) —not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) — is duly paying attention. The ODE is a dictionary based on how language is used in everyday life, and has 200 new phrases in its latest edition out today.

The dictionary, which was first published in 1998 with this being its third edition, now includes words such as frenemy (a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike), LBD (Little Black Dress), cheeseball (someone or something lacking taste, style or originality) and bromance (a close but non-sexual relationship between two men.

"The dictionary reflects the way the language has changed over the last few years," Catherine Soanes, head of online dictionaries at Oxford University Press, tells TIME. "We run the biggest language research program in the world with an online database of over two billion words."

So, do you feel it's time to chillax (calm down and relax), take a chill pill (a notional pill taken to make someone calm), or maybe even take a staycation (a holiday taken in one's home country)? Then why not curl up with some steampunk (a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery), or even the new Oxford Dictionary of English, which NewsFeed is more than happy to call a national treasure (something regarded as emblematic of a nation's cultural heritage).




Jacob Nova English Campus
Source: Internet (http://newsfeed.time.com/)

Feel......................

THE FEEL= the feeling that you get when you touch sth/are touched. (You can tell it's silk by THE FEEL)

GET THE FEEL OF SOMETHING= to be familiar with sth. (I haven't GOT THE FEEL OF the brakes in this car).

FEELINGLY= with very strong emotions. (He spoke FEELINGLY about his dead father).

FEEL SOMEBODY UP= to touch sb sexually, especially when they don't want you to. (The passengers beat him when he tried to FEEL A GIRL UP in the bus).

FEEL THE PINCH= to not have enough money. (After losing the job, I started FEELING THE PINCH).