Cognify, developed by Hashem Al-Ghaili, is a futuristic approach to criminal rehabilitation which combines A.I. with neuroscience. The technology involves implanting artificial memories directly into a prisoners' brain making them experience their crimes from the victim's perspective. The rehabilitation session lasts for several minutes but feels like years to the criminal, due to the altered perception of time within their mind. This intense experience rehabilitates individuals by inducing emotional states like remorse or regret that individuals may not produce on their own.

Collectivist cultures prioritize the needs, goals, and well-being of the larger community, emphasizing interdependence and social harmony. Individualistic cultures prioritize individual goals, autonomy, and personal achievements, emphasizing independence and self-reliance.

A sugar baby refers to a younger person, typically a woman, who provides romantic companionship and/or sexual intimacy to a wealthy older person in return for gifts or financial support.

Glass Cliff refers to a phenomenon 

wherein women tend to be promoted to positions of power during times of crisis or downturn. Examples of this include Marissa Meyer for Yahoo, Ellen Pao for Reddit, and Theresa May when she was elected as Prime Minister of the UK.

Ethnic federalism is a form of federal system in which the federated regional or state units are defined by ethnicity. Ethnic federal systems have been created in attempts to accommodate demands for ethnic autonomy and manage inter-ethnic tensions within a state. In ethnic federal systems, each ethnic region tends to enjoy high administrative freedom and control over policy.

Zero-tolerance policing is a policy intended to reduce crime by fully enforcing all laws and aggressively penalizing all criminal violations, no matter the scale or severity of the crime. This often involves focusing on minor infractions.

Guilt-based advocacy is when advocates use morality to shame people into contributing to the movement. Specifically, they make people feel bad for not having done a specific action, or for having done a specific action.

The People’s Action Party (PAP), the dominant political party in Singapore, has traditionally heavily associated themselves with the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew. This includes the celebration of Lee in state media, and leveraging on Lee's legacy as a form of legitimacy for the party currently.

Race-conscious policies directly target race during policymaking. Examples of race-conscious policies in Singapore include ethnic quotas for HDBs, the reserved presidency, and race-based self help groups such as Mendaki/SINDA/CDAC. Race-blind policies, in contrast, do not target race.

"Settling" refers to the idea of staying in a relationship where certain needs are not fulfilled or you are making compromises in some aspects that you consider crucial to a relationship. For example, a relationship where your desire for physical attraction and/or romantic compatibility is not fully satisfied.