Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. catastrophe theory The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.
- n. The point in time at which some new technology becomes mainstream.
Examples
“She suddenly hiccupped, and William tucked her against his side with a sigh of defeat, guessing that if drink number five was her tipping point for stupidity, number four must be her point of calamity.”
“When we gather the Remnant together, you will create a powerful movement that will become the tipping point within human nations.”
“The decision by New York State, the largest and most profitable domestic market for films, to start its Motion Picture Commission was apparently the tipping point for the industry.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tipping point’.
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The Buzz
The bang, the cannonade,
the bale, the hum.lab situation, media, startup, scientific, gameplay, social, intuitive, creative, collaborative, funding, non-governmental ..., consultant and 124 more...
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1078 more...
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Modernity
Words associated with concepts pertaining to modern times.
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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this modern world
Markers of the zeitgeist, don't expect all of these to go the distance. The great majority are taken from Paul McFedries's excellent book "Wordspy"
retail therapy, compulsive shoppi..., clicks-and-mortar, dot.commer, middlescence, boomeritis, dorian graying, sandwich generation, boomeranger, full-nest syndrome, wellderly, brand equity and 226 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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kant's Words
mandrágora, doppelganger, sinestesia, baladí, adriático, chanson, correveidile, angster, dèja vu, otredad, grasshopper, republic and 1074 more...
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trendy words and phrases
teachable moment, tipping point, astroturfing, locavore, aquaculture, tentpole, jag, vom, weaksauce, juggalo, quantitative easing, nymwars and 15 more...
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Various
inselberg, excoriate, counterveil, palliate, exorable, wieldy, evitable, pseudandry, maritorious, patrocliny, liminal, span-new and 24 more...
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awful words you should never say
monetize, cognitive dissonance, tipping point, aspirational, sucks, gnarly, deconstruct, unique, interesting, panties, synergy, postmodern and 10 more...
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Cultural Caca
Sometimes misleading, often peculiar and technical.
slimming, caca, sku, bogo, prenup, complimentary, sweetener, keeper, painterly, semiautobiographical, hack-a-shaq, upside and 35 more...
Tweets
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asativum That level of service at which the diner is torn between stiffing the waiter and leaving a gratuity. Sep 8, 2009
ramsler a "tipping point" is a phrase commonly associated with the position along a continuium where a system will change between states dramatically. Most likely conceived of from the common perception of physical objects that will start falling over if pushed in a given direction far enough--whereas they will otherwise return to their starting position if not pushed to their 'tipping point'. Most modern usage in reference to climate change in which it is hypothesized that various natural systems will change from one stable state to another if pushed too far through climate changes such as the warming of polar regions, etc. at which point a feed-back loop will cause the phenomenon to change into a new stable position--such as triggering an the melting of an ice sheet that causes underlying darker surfaces (as of the ocean surface or land) to be explosed which in turn warms the surface further. Jun 19, 2009