The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | aversion

aversion •ə-ˈvər-zhən, -shən• noun

one. a feeling of extreme dislike
2. the act of turning by yourself (or your gaze) away

The word aversion has appeared in 146 New York Times posts in the previous yr, like on Sept. 18 in “Wi-Fi and Cellphone Service on Subway Trains? M.T.A. Leader Says It May possibly Happen” by Matt Flegenheimer:

A New York City subway trip stays, for numerous, an exercise in gaze aversion. Maps are inspected. Commercials are read through in their entirety. A staring contest with an empty seat can prove preferable to even the briefest human interaction.

And now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is churning towards a long term in which vacationers will by no means once again be disconnected from their cellphones although onboard.

At a forum on Tuesday, the authority’s chairman, Thomas F. Prendergast, explained that transit officials hoped to add Wi-Fi and perhaps cellphone reception aboard moving trains — in what appeared to be the 1st public acknowledgment that the authority’s ambitions for wireless services went beyond stations.

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The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | aversion