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Performative refers to the nature or characteristic of a dramatic or artistic performance.

A 'hard pass' means to reject something with a strong and sure conviction.

Digital Blackface is the negative connotation when non-black people respond to anyone using black people's images or voices. The response seems harmless but to some people, it is subjectively offending because they are claiming "Black Identity".

A wet market is a place where fresh meat and fish are sold.

'Indict' is pronounced "in-dite".

"Long-haulers" refer to the people infected with COVID who suffer in longer durations than usual. Most infected people are classified in two groups -- those who heal commonly in two weeks and those who take months to recover. However, long-haulers are those who take longer to recover, and it disregards age. So anyone from youngest to oldest can be long-haulers.

"Infringement" is the act of breaking copyright laws or rights, commonly seen in intellectual property.

The rules of copyright is essentially the prohibition of the law to copy anyone's work. However, copying ideas of anyone's work is legal.

'B-roll' is a video footage where it is focused on parts of the subject, rather than the subject as a whole. It is considered secondary or support footage.