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Salutation or greeting
Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: HelloA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Goodbye Washington Confusion , hello Wall Street Consensus : contemporary state capitalism and the spatialisation of industrial strategyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Hello, baby!The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Goodbye Washington Consensus, Hello Washington Confusion? A Review of the World Bank's Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of ReformCited 754 times
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📖 Definitions
Interjection A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
Interjection A greeting used when answering the telephone.
Interjection A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
Interjection Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Goodbye Washington Consensus, Hello Washington Confusion? A Review of the World Bank's Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform
Goodbye Pareto Principle, Hello Long Tail: The Effect of Search Costs on the Concentration of Product Sales
Good-bye financial repression, hello financial crash
"Hello AI": Uncovering the Onboarding Needs of Medical Practitioners for Human-AI Collaborative Decision-Making
Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman
How Do You Say ‘Hello’? Personality Impressions from Brief Novel Voices
Commentary—Goodbye M(C)ID! Hello MID, Where Do You Come From?
Hello GPT! Goodbye home examination? An exploratory study of AI chatbots impact on university teachers’ assessment practices
🆕 Influential since 2022
Goodbye Washington Confusion , hello Wall Street Consensus : contemporary state capitalism and the spatialisation of industrial strategy
Goodbye to the term ‘ankylosing spondylitis’, hello ‘axial spondyloarthritis’: time to embrace the ASAS-defined nomenclature
Hello from the other side: Membrane contact of lipid droplets with other organelles and subsequent functional implications
Hello, world! VIVA+: A human body model lineup to evaluate sex-differences in crash protection
“Hello, this is your AI co-pilot” – operational implications of artificial intelligence chatbots
📚 Books worth reading
Hello, baby!Mem Fox, Steve Jenkins · 2009
The School TripLinda Chapman, Michelle Misra · 2013
Say Hello to the AnimalsIan Whybrow, Tim Warnes · 2005
The Beach HolidayLinda Chapman, Michelle Misra · 2013
The Treasure HuntLinda Chapman · 2013
The Pop PrincessLinda Chapman, Michelle Misra · 2013
The magazine mix-upLinda Chapman, Michelle Misra · 2014
Hello Kitty, ice-skating princessMaria S. Barbo · 2005
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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