In more modern English usage, the term " adobe " has come to include a style of architecture popular in the desert climates of North America, especially in New Mexico.

However, it is the Jewish artists, Gustav Mahler and Franz Kafka in music and literature that have embraced the theme of angst so highly in their work that they have become synonymous with the term to the point of popular joking and cartoons today.

The term became popular again in Australia first, when George Giffen, in his memoirs ( With Bat and Ball, 1899 ), used the term as if it were well known.

Even in contemporary India the term rasa denoting " flavor " or " essence " is used colloquially to describe the aesthetic experiences in films ; " māsala mix " describes popular Hindi cinema films which serve a so called balanced emotional meal for the masses, savored as rasa by these spectators.

In 1978, the term Barassi Line was used to describe the dichotomy that existed in Australia's football culture, where Australian Football was most popular in all states bar New South Wales and Queensland.

" Acid rain " is a popular term referring to the deposition of wet ( rain, snow, sleet, fog, cloudwater, and dew ) and dry ( acidifying particles and gases ) acidic components.

In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49. 2 % of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole ( 40. 7 % of the popular vote ) and Reform candidate Ross Perot ( 8. 4 % of the popular vote ), becoming the first Democratic incumbent since Lyndon Johnson to be elected to a second term and the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected President more than once.

In the later 19th century it took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and the term is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.

The term is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at " stealing " power, money, or freedom, from " the people ".

Given this popular understanding of the term, it can also be used illegitimately and inappropriately, as a means to dismiss what are in fact substantial and well-evidenced accusations.

In popular usage, this term is often used to refer to unfounded or weakly based speculation, leading to the idea that " It's not a conspiracy theory if it's actually true ".

The term also describes films that have remained popular over a long period of time amongst a small group of followers.

From a popular perspective, the term Chicano became widely visible outside of Chicano communities during the American civil rights movement.

The term is synonymous with wealth ( commonly denoted as a person with fame and fortune ), implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public.

The term clanking replicator was used by Drexler, is informal and is rarely used by others in popular or technical discussions.

It became a popular drink during the next decade and hence the term has lost some of its sting.

Cretin became a medical term in the 18th century, from an Alpine French dialect prevalent in a region where persons with such a condition were especially common ( see below ); it saw wide medical use in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and then spread more widely in popular English as a markedly derogatory term for a person who behaves stupidly.

Convergence theory is a broad term which includes a viewpoint popular among non-Marxist Chinese intellectuals of the mid 20th century.

While in popular usage the term " myth " is often thought to refer to false or fanciful stories, creation myths are by definition those stories which a culture accepts as both a true and foundational account of their human identity.

An extreme sport ( also called freesport, action sport, and adventure sport ) is a popular term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger.

" The term is further derived from the German expression Volk, in the sense of " the people as a whole " as applied to popular and national music by Johann Gottfried Herder and the German Romantics over half a century earlier.

Outdoor curling was very popular in Scotland between the 16th and 19th centuries, as the climates provided good ice conditions every winter.

Until the 16th century, no European had ever heard of the popular drink from the Central and South American peoples.

The Book of Saint Albans became very popular during the 16th century and was reprinted frequently.

The clavichord was very popular from the 16th century to the 18th century, but mainly flourished in German-speaking lands, Scandinavia, and the Iberian Peninsula in the latter part of this period.

The galliard ( gaillarde in French ; gagliarda in Italian ) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century.

Thus, the immensely popular goddess Durga was a pre-Vedic goddess who was later fused with Parvati, a process that can be traced through texts such as Kalika Purana ( 10th century ), Durgabhaktitarangini ( Vidyapati 15th century ), Chandimangal ( 16th century ) etc.

A popular image of Guanyin as both Guanyin of the South Sea and Guanyin With a Fish Basket can be seen in late 16th century Chinese encyclopedias and in prints that accompany the novel Golden Lotus.

Gender masquerade as a dramatic device was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, such as this scene from Twelfth Night painted by Frederick Richard Pickersgill | Frederick Pickersgill.

Lutheran teachings became popular during the 16th century, and Malmö was one of the first cities in Scandinavia to fully convert ( 1527 – 29 ).

It was popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

" Another of his works, the extremely popular The Praise of Folly, also had considerable influence on the teaching of rhetoric in the later 16th century.

It is a popular belief that the Portuguese managed to keep the location of this remote island a secret until almost the end of the 16th century.

The use of Damascus steel in swords became extremely popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Quite popular between the 16th and 17th centuries, they were ideal for handling the mix of armoured and unarmoured opponents of that time.

At the end of the 16th century, some of the most popular short stories in Europe were the darkly tragic " novella " of Matteo Bandello ( especially in their French translation ).

Nevertheless, around that time early 16th century Polish geographer Maciej of Miechów in his influential Tractatus de duabus Sarmatiis ( 1517 ) argued that there were no mountains in Eastern Europe at all, challenging the point of view of some authors of Classical antiquity, popular during the Renaissance.

The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century.

It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain.

The plays were most popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries.

The character of Faustus, likely based on a historical 16th century magician or charlatan, became the prototypical popular tale of a learned magician who succumbs to a pact with the devil.

Other famous structures include the Gothic Church of St Maclou ( 15th century ); the Tour Jeanne d ' Arc, where Joan of Arc was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture ( contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there ); the Church of Saint Ouen ( 12th – 15th century ); the Palais de Justice, which was once the seat of the Parlement ( French court of law ) of Normandy and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of faïence and porcelain for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries.

In the 16th century, a popular pseudoscience was invented that supposedly described how every facial mole had a corresponding birthmark somewhere else on the body.

Coca was first introduced to Europe in the 16th century, but did not become popular until the mid-19th century, with the publication of an influential paper by Dr. Paolo Mantegazza praising its stimulating effects on cognition.

* Pierrot Posthume ( 1847 ) is a brief comedic fantasy inspired by the Italian Commedia dell ' arte, popular in France since the 16th century.

The earliest documented case of kissing under the mistletoe dates from 16th century England, a custom that was apparently very popular at that time.