Some Terms and Phrases Called ________ Have Become So Common

question 91

Multiple Choice

Some terms and phrases called ________ have become so common that they have lost some of their power to communicate,and ________ are newly coined terms often associated with technology,business,or cultural changes.

• A)euphemisms; idioms
• B)clichés; buzzwords
• C)colloquialisms; clichés
• D)pull quotes; derivations

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Definitions:

Probability

A valuation in the form of a number between 0 and 1 that assesses the possibility of an event's occurrence.

Sealed-Bid

A method of auction or tendering process where all bidders simultaneously submit their bids in secret, to be opened at a predetermined time.

Lemons

A term used in economics to describe a product of lower quality that is hard to distinguish from higher quality products before purchase.

Expected Value

The mean of all potential outcomes of a random variable, adjusted according to their individual probabilities of occurrence.