Chapter S
satire
A literary use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize someone or something to make a political point or statement. …
Scouting America
Formerly known as the Boys Scouts of America, Scouting America rebranded to Scouting America on the organization’s 115th…
Section 230
Section 230 of Title 47 of the U.S. Code outlines protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material. It is often called Section 230…
Seeing Eye Dog
Seeing Eye Dog is a registered trademark for guide dogs for people who are blind or have low vision trained by the nonprofit The…
September 11th
On the first reference, use terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. On subsequent references, use September 11th with the month of…
service animal
As defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, a service animal is a dog individually trained to do…
service dog
A dog who provides a service or assistance in the broadest term, encompassing all types of guide dogs trained to guide blind and low…
shoo-in
An idiom for a likely winner of a race or competition, or for a person or thing who has a high chance of being chosen. The term comes…
slander
A type of defamation using speech, gesture, etc. Under the tort laws of defamation, it must cause harm to a person, company, or entity’s reputation. …
slang
An informal style of language used by a particular group or subgroup. Terms are used to convey a specific meaning, attitude, or…
slurs
Limit the use of offensive language, whether racist, sexist, gender-based, anti-LGBTQ, slurs against a religion, slurs against an…
solutions journalism
A theory of journalism that looks at both the problem and the response to a social issue. The Solutions Journalism Network offers four…
special education
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state
A politically unified people occupying a territory (or one of the territories) of a government; the body politic as organized for civil rule…
substance use disorder
A clinical (medical and psychiatric) diagnosis in the DSM-V. In common language, it is referred to as addiction.
supplements, dietary supplements
In the U.S., dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, botanicals, botanical compounds, herbs, live microbials (labeled as probiotics…