Is the glass half empty or half full? shown that a speaker's choice of frame can reflect their knowledge of the environment, and that listeners can be sensitive to this information. Is the glass half empty or half full? "Is the glass half empty or half full?" is a common expression, a proverbial phrase, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty), or as a general litmus test to simply determine an individual's worldview. The purpose of the question is to demonstrate that the situation may be seen in different ways depending on one's point
Squib (sketched concept or visual solution) verb ("let me squib something to show you what I mean"). First heard use: Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Circa 1987 Squib (sketched concept or visual solution) The term squib is sometimes used to describe a quick drawing of a visual composition or a proposed graphic solution. A rough sketch to demonstrate an idea. The origin of the term, "squib" as it relates to a sketched concept or idea is currently unknown, but has been adopted as industry slang by creative directors, art directors and designers in the creative advertising and marketing communications industries in Western