pseudo-life

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“With a precision denying the seemingly eccentric or at best random movements of the rest⟳ of his limbs — which now fluttered and twitched like⟳ those of a dead frog, electrically coerced into a pseudo-life of their own⟳—the arm and hand of the naked man swept down and sliced open⟳ the corpse from just below the ribcage, through the navel and down to the mass of wiry grey pubic hair.”

“Participation structure⟳: the number⟳ of active or potential participants in an interaction, amount they say⟳, the speed⟳ at which they say⟳ it, whether they are interacting privately or public, and in real life or pseudo-life”

“Turning, she sank against it, fighting against asking John to come⟳ back so she wouldn't be alone, so she wouldn't be so conflicted about the decision she'd made to chuck her pseudo-life in Seattle and stay⟳ in Magnolia Bend⟳.”

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