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Narrator: Today's word is "Reputation" — noun, pronounced /ˌrepjuˈteɪʃən/, with the stress on "ta".
Narrator: A reputation is the general opinion that people have about someone or something, based on past behaviour.
Narrator: In plain English, your reputation is what people think of you — good or bad.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin reputatio, meaning a reckoning, from reputare, to think over.
Narrator: "A good reputation" describes being well thought of by others.
Narrator: It differs from fame because reputation is about opinion, whereas fame is about being widely known.
Narrator: "To ruin your reputation" is a sense meaning destroying the good opinion others had of you.
Narrator: Business, marketing, careers and social life all rely on the word reputation.
Narrator: So remember: a reputation is what people think, from the Latin for a reckoning.
Speaker A: What does reputation mean?
Speaker B: What people think! REPUTATION comes from the Latin reputatio, a reckoning, so it's the general opinion others hold about you.
Speaker A: So a restaurant can have a good reputation?
Speaker B: Yes — and a bad one too!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A good reputation"; "ruin your reputation"; "a reputation for quality" — opinion, damage and branding.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse reputation with status, because reputation is about opinion, while status is about rank.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Standing' the social cousin, 'name' the everyday twin, 'prestige' the formal alternative. The word keeps its influential charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "reputation" in AI prompts — useful for review apps and brand tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could manage reviews?
Speaker B: Right. For a review app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide on building a good online reputation, naming two habits.
Speaker A: How about a brand tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to frame a strategy:
Prompt: Draft a plan to repair a damaged brand reputation, naming two steps.
Speaker A: Could it help with a career bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame advice:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences how a professional reputation grows, naming one key behaviour.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a PR chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short crisis-response template for a reputation issue, naming two actions.
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