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  • My Word! is a British radio quiz panel game broadcast by the BBC on the Home Service (1956–67) and Radio 4 (1967–88). It was created by Edward J. Mason...
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  • Nigger (redirect from N word)
    any time in my entire life." Opponents accused him of "playing the race card" to save his political life. The implicit racism of the word nigger has generally...
    69 KB (7,775 words) - 02:00, 26 April 2024
  • Cunt (redirect from The "c" word)
    Cunt (/kʌnt/ ) is a vulgar word for the vulva. It is used in a variety of ways, including as a term of disparagement. "Cunt" is often used as a disparaging...
    79 KB (8,950 words) - 18:23, 2 May 2024
  • introducing his Keyword-in-Context automatic indexing process. The phrase "stop word", which is not in Luhn's 1959 presentation, and the associated terms "stop...
    8 KB (1,015 words) - 16:38, 31 March 2024
  • Barron, Robert (August 8, 2019). "Bishop Barron on 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'". Word on Fire. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved...
    226 KB (21,297 words) - 16:08, 12 May 2024
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    for whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual intercourse than a ten-year-old's 'My mom'll kill me if she finds out' evokes...
    65 KB (6,779 words) - 23:51, 13 May 2024
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    But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—             Perched, and sat, and...
    43 KB (5,585 words) - 01:48, 13 May 2024
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    Metaphor (redirect from Mixing my metaphors)
    and "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want". Some recent linguistic theories view all language in essence as metaphorical. The word metaphor itself...
    43 KB (5,096 words) - 00:28, 8 April 2024
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    across Potomac Creek, on which loaded trains are passing every hour, and upon my word, gentlemen, there is nothing in it but cornstalks and beanpoles." The...
    4 KB (361 words) - 17:52, 28 September 2022
  • communities. In The Diary of a Nobody, coolness is used as a criticism: "Upon my word, Gowing's coolness surpasses all belief." The key themes of modern European...
    42 KB (5,128 words) - 01:31, 29 March 2024
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    Password (redirect from Pass word)
    (PIN). Despite its name, a password does not need to be an actual word; indeed, a non-word (in the dictionary sense) may be harder to guess, which is a desirable...
    78 KB (8,868 words) - 22:43, 29 April 2024
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    wolx, and widdersyns start my hair." In this sense, "widdershins start my hair" means "my hair stood on end". The use of the word also means "in a direction...
    6 KB (802 words) - 12:15, 31 October 2023
  • the word. Niggardly, arising in the Middle Ages, long predates nigger, which arose in the 18th century. Brutus: The deep of night is crept upon our talk...
    20 KB (2,279 words) - 13:41, 2 May 2024
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    testimony, Clinton's responses were carefully worded, and he argued "it depends on what the meaning of the word is is", with regard to the truthfulness of...
    38 KB (4,066 words) - 17:34, 27 March 2024
  • transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly sent."[citation needed] "What is my signal strength and readability; how do you hear me...
    37 KB (3,325 words) - 18:45, 26 March 2024
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    "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" is a line from the 1939 film Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. The line is spoken by Rhett...
    6 KB (604 words) - 14:58, 27 March 2024
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    The My Lai massacre (/ˌmiːˈlaɪ/; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ) was a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March...
    139 KB (16,467 words) - 16:14, 13 May 2024
  • The World Is My Enemy Now is the third studio album by American metalcore band Upon a Burning Body. The album was released on August 12, 2014 through Sumerian...
    5 KB (338 words) - 22:08, 5 December 2022
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    23:34 This first saying of Jesus on the cross is traditionally called "The Word of Forgiveness". It is theologically interpreted as Jesus' prayer for forgiveness...
    30 KB (3,340 words) - 11:39, 10 May 2024
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    peace and quiet – no drafting assistants, no-one was there. My personality is stamped upon it. I'm proud that I was able to create Avenir." Avenir was...
    15 KB (1,637 words) - 01:26, 31 March 2024
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