#alternat

• Aromatherapy — A branch of alternative medicine and phytotherapy that utilizes volatile essential oils concentrated and extracted from aromatic plants, flowers, or roots to improve physical, mental, and emotional well-being, primarily through inhalation or topical massage.
• Chervil — An alternative and highly widespread phonetic variant of the word 'asmațuc' or 'hasmațuchi' (Anthriscus cerefolium); it designates the same aromatic plant from the Apiaceae family. This lexical form is currently used in agronomy treatises, traditional markets, and recipe books across various regions of Romania to name this spring herb.
• Hitchhiking — An informal and often free (or low-cost) method of travel, whereby a person requests transport along a route by signaling with their hand (usually with a raised thumb) to drivers traveling in the same direction. This social phenomenon reflects a form of solidarity-based mobility widely found in youth tourism or areas with poor public transport.
• Hitchhiker — A male person who travels by hitchhiking; a tourist or traveler who requests transportation along a specific route by signaling with his hand to drivers moving in the same direction. This type of traveler adopts an economic and alternative model of mobility, often correlated with adventure or youth tourism.
• Female hitchhiker — The feminine form of autostopist; a woman or young lady who travels by hitchhiking, relying on the goodwill of drivers to cover a specific road distance. For safety reasons, the utilization of this transport mode by women often involves extra precautionary measures in the roadside environment.
• Autotransformer — A special type of electrical transformer possessing a single winding on a common magnetic core, structurally serving as both primary and secondary windings through intermediate taps. This electrotechnical device is used for step-by-step or fixed variation of alternating voltage, offering high efficiency, small dimensions, and material savings compared to classic transformers with two galvanically isolated windings.
• Urine therapy — A controversial treatment method within alternative medicine, consisting of the therapeutic or cosmetic use of one's own urine through ingestion, injection, skin massage, or local washes; a practice based on the scientifically unconfirmed empirical belief that urine contains antibodies, hormones, and nutrients capable of stimulating immunity or internal healing.
• Bacteriophage therapy — A therapeutic method consisting of the controlled medical use of bacteriophages to combat and eradicate pathogenic bacterial infections within the organism. Also termed phage therapy, it represents a high-precision approach, as phages exclusively attack the target bacterial strain, sparing the beneficial microbiome and offering a viable solution against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
• Good luck to you — A traditional formula of greeting or blessing adopted from the Romani language, used colloquially in certain layers of Romanian slang with the meaning of 'good luck', 'much fortune', or 'may God grant luck'. The phrase is composed of the root 'baft' (luck/chance) and 'delo/del' (linked to divinity or the act of giving), acting as a solemn wish of prosperity and success.