Proxemics (noun)
prok-sem-iks
The branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set between themselves and others.
1960s: from proximity, on the pattern of words such as phonemics.
Example sentences
“He has no respect for proxemic, I could smell his breakfast!”
“She wrote a fascinating essay on how alcohol affects proxemics.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
