Definithing > s > spit take spit take a visual gimmick used in film and on stage where a person is surprised or taken aback by anotherâs actions or words while drinking, and spits or sputters that liquid. âhe did a spit take when she told him she was pregnant.â
DEFINITIONS A megatrend is a large, social, economic, political, environmental or technological change that is slow to form. Once in place, megatrends influence a wide range of activities, processes and perceptions, both in government and in society, possibly for decades. They are the underlying forces that drive trends.
Megatherium (/mÉÉ¡ÉËÎ¸ÉªÉriÉm/ meg-É-THEER-ee-Ém from the Greek mega [Î¼Î­Î³Î±Ï], meaning great, and therion [Î¸Î·ÏÎ¯Î¿Î½], beast) was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to South America, sometimes called the giant ground sloth, that lived from the Early Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene.