Emily Lee: Slang and Cultural Expressions

Note: Emily's book is called Living Alterities.  "Alterity" is a formal word that means being different, otherness.

Approx. time	Expression	Explanation
0:40	Guam	U.S. island territory located in the western Pacific Ocean
0:48	the Bronx	one of the five boroughs of New York City
0:51	introspective	thoughtful, looking inwardly
1:32	Queens	one of the five boroughs of New York City
2:22	tomboy	a girl who likes to dress and play hard like a boy
2:29	freckles	many small dark spots on the skin, frequently on the face
2:44	contemplative	thoughtful, reflective
3:23	in lay terms	in language that everyday people can understand
3:25	the crux of	the focus or essence of
3:34	phenomenology	the philosophical study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience
4:07	jumping-off point	place to start
4:36	assaulted	attacked
4:38	criminality	being a criminal
4:49	humanities	the academic subjects that study human culture
4:56	embodiment	the physical form of something; represented in a body
5:08	theorize	philosophize, hypothesize, speculate
6:16	tenured faculty	professors who are now permanent teachers at a school
6:50	grad school	graduate school is for masters and doctoral students
7:18	Taoism, Confucianism	Asian philosophies: http://bit.ly/1IR9IxZ, http://bit.ly/1Di10Xl
7:27	discipline of philosophy	studying philosophy as an academic field
7:46	lucrative	easy to make money
8:41	pragmatic act	practical behavior or action
9:40	“You speak English good.”	incorrect grammar, should be: “You speak English well.”
10:01	Syracuse, NY	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York
10:07	pockets of	small (or isolated) areas of
10:54	idiomatic usage	informal, conversational, everyday ways of using language
11:01	not your cup of tea	not something you like or are good at
11:25	Tiger Mom	an Asian mother who is strict in raising her children (based on a book by Amy Chua)
11:28	adamant	strongly insisting, unwilling to change one’s mind
11:35	up to her	her decision, her choice
12:10	or whatnot	or other related items