Headline: New York Times, 6/6/2024
Used metaphorically here
The developments amount to a face-plant by Humane, which had positioned itself as a top contender among a wave of A.I. hardware makers. The San Francisco company had raised $240 million from powerful Silicon Valley investors, including Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, and Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s chief executive, who valued the start-up at $1 billion based on its enormous ambition and promise. Humane spent five years building a device to disrupt the smartphone — only to flounder.
According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of ' face-plant' as a noun occurred in 1981.
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April 2024
Veggie. (4/26)
Dox/doxxing (4/11)
March 2024
Edgelord. (3/23)
Dad joke. 3/4)
February 2024
Edutainment. (2/16)
Cut, as an adjective. (2/13). .
Flunky. (2/5)
Janky. (2/2)
Kiddo. (2/2)
January 2024
Bonkers. (1/31)
Heebie-jeebies. (1/31)
Nudification. (1/31)
Right-size. (1/14)
2022
Dumpster fire. (10/20/2022)
2018
Swinge. (12/18/2018)
2017
Michael Flynn vocabulary lesson. (2/14/2017)
2013
Yaw. (2/28/2013)
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