Sook Wilkinson Show: Slang and Cultural Expressions
Alan Headbloom
Approx.
time
Expression
Explanation
1:00
clinical psychologist
someone who assesses,
diagnoses, and treats mental disorders
1:10
Michigan Asian Pacific
American Affairs Commission
http://1.usa.gov/1hyGki6
1:35
way back then
in that very distant time,
many years ago.Sook, who is
recently retired, was referring to her earliest days in the U.S. as a college
student.
2:26
siblings
brothers and sisters
3:02
a couple bucks
a few dollars
3:06
FaceTime
a communication
application on Apple iPhones that allow callers to hear and see each other
3:21
family reunion
when many family members
gather in one location to be together
3:36
back and forth
go there and then return
(many times)
3:46
special education
educating students who
have special needs, including learning challenges, physical disabilities,
emotional disorders, behavioral challenges, and developmental disorders
3:50
doctorate
a post-graduate research
degree, for example, Ph.D., Ed.D., or Th.D.
4:02
devote your attention
place most of your focus
4:24
excruciating
severe, painful, intense,
violent, or acute
4:36
aha moment
is a moment when you
suddenly realize something new or surprising and say, “Aha!”
4:54
puzzling
unknown, hard to answer
5:11
Korean heritage
Korean family
background
5:53
phenomenological research
studying experience that
people have lived (not theoretical)
5:57
qualitative methodology
investigating the “how”
and “why” of behavior
6:03
play therapy
treatment that engages the
patients in play activity as part of their healing
6:40
distressed
upset, anxious, sad,
troubled
7:17
anxiety
worried, nervous
7:30
Caucasian
white people,
racial-ethnic tribes from Europe
7:36
clinical experience
work done in treatment
clinics
8:39
crib at an orphanage
infant bed in a home for
parentless children
8:54
caregiver
someone who takes care of
someone very young, very old, or very weak.
8:56
forge a relationship
build a strong
relationship
9:27
adoptees
children who are given a
new home by non-birth families
9:33
cyclical
happening over and over
again (in an ongoing cycle)
10:10
profound philosophical
answer
very deeply thoughtful
answer
10:15
resurface
to come up again
10:47
inopportune times
at times which are not
convenient
11:21
advocacy
working and speaking to
influence economic, political, or educational policy and resources
11:33
ethnic group
socially defined group
based on common ancestry or culture