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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

take Appius' place in the augural college after the latter's death: Upon my word, I could not face it out, not if I had the impudence of Appius, in whose...

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...

French generals, he was impressed by its defences, saying to Napoleon, "Upon my word, General, it is lucky there is someone in the town to open the gates...

transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly sent."[citation needed] "What is my signal strength and readability; how do you hear me...

quarters (which, upon my word, was neither a safe nor an easy work) to meet them where they should appoint; and I was so eager upon it, that, had it not...

the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level. Although they use the same core measures (word length and sentence length), they have different weighting factors. The results...

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...