Random FYIs
I keep a notebook where I jot down random tidbits of little info that I’d like to remember. And I’ve decided to share some with you. So here’s a bunch of FYIs that you might find useful.
1.What is the difference between complacent and complaisant?
Complaisant means “eager to please” and “showing a cheerful willingness to fulfill others’ wishes’” Complacent is quite the opposite, “being pleased with oneself; contented to a fault’”. However, they share one meaning, which may cause them to be confused — each also carries the sense of “obliging, agreeable”. One could differentiate the two words by saying that complaisant is the active adverb and complacent denotes a more passive feeling.
2. What is the Employer ID of Manila Central University (MCU)?
0300774007
3. Which is correct Vice President (without a hyphen) or Vice-President(hyphenated)?
Vice President (without a hyphen) is American English.
Vice-President (hyphenated) is British English.
4.What does NIMBY stand for?
Not in my backyard
5. What is the difference between Electra Complex and Oedipus complex?
Electra complex is the psychoanalytic theory that a female’s psychosexual development involves a sexual attachment to her father. While Oedipus Complex is a complex of males, a desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father.
