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Someone paid to talk while you decide whether to listen or buy groceries online.
means A person who gives formal talks or teaches a subject, usually to a room of people who may or may not be paying attention.
from From Latin 'lector,' meaning 'reader,' via 'lectura' — the act of reading aloud. In medieval times, texts were scarce and expensive, so a 'lector' literally read books aloud to a room so everyone could learn from the one copy available. The word passed through French 'lecture' into English, where 'lecture' first meant simply 'the act of reading,' then came to mean reading aloud as instruction, and finally settled into its modern sense: someone talking at length while others listen, take notes, or quietly check their phones.
- job security
- often less than the students they grade
- PhD required
- to explain things slower than Wikipedia
- power move
- controls attendance, destiny, and the thermostat
- secret skill
- pretending your question wasn't already answered