katakana

It is a Japanese syllabary alphabet used to spell out foreign, now mostly English words. Consists of approx. 45 syllables, which can be further modified with accents "=b and °=p, prolongations (nigori) and smaller versions of vowels, ya-yu-yo and tsu. It doesn't allow for an exact transliteration, thus introducing a thick Japanese accent.

George > jio-ji
America > amerika
burger > ba-ga-
Windows > uindo-zu

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Gohan

Means "meal" in Japanese. Usually is used in connection with rice, so it's almost a synonym with it.

No example. It's also a first name, so please don't write that it's an insult.

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Ruzek

Czech, meaning 'little horn'

It's not the size of your ruzek, it's how you use it.

kotoba

Means speech.

Some other variations include:
hanashikotoba - spoken word
kotobadzukai - expression

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wow factor

A set of properties belonging to an object that pleasantly surprise a watcher. From commercials to cool electronics, the wow factor is an important thing to consider when designing it.

The IBM computers in middle 90's had a certain degree of the 'wow factor' to them. Sadly enough, their users weren't mostly able to recognize it.

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