нова нада: the Star Wars saga posters of Soviet Europe (plus a notable knock-off)
treemaps: classic oil paintings pixelated algorithmically
turbofolk: Serbia’s kitschy pop-folk music scene runs counter to Western stereotypes about alternative lifestyles acceptance in the former Yugoslavia
lunchbox on wheels: former Google engineers create a driverless delivery vehicle to counter the last-mile problem
reasonable accommodation: a US airline declines to allow an emotional support peacock to board a flight
lexical gap: a jury of linguists declare “influencer” to be the German import of the year
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