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judicature And these people thought it a prodigious defect of policy among us, when I told them that our laws were enforced only by penalties, without any...
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They bury their dead with their heads directly downward, because they hold an opinion, that in eleven thousand moons they are all to rise again; in which...
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steward, subservience, burten = burden, husdandry ... The meaner families who have children at these nurseries, are obliged, besides their annual pension,...
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When I was just preparing to pay my attendance on the emperor of Blefuscu, a considerable person at court (to whom I had been very serviceable, at a time when...
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“Thus, by the great friendship of the secretary, the whole affair was compromised. It was strictly enjoined, that the project of starving you by degrees...
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20050813 antics | The Anna Nicole Show focused on her personal and private life in the manner of other “reality” shows such as the recent hit The ...
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no-holds-barred The magazine fell into a niche between Playboy's upper-class pretensions and Larry Flynt's no-holds-barred approach, and began to lose the...
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outgun | Penthouse was eventually outgunned by Larry Flynt's Hustler, which went even farther with both pictorials and editorial content than Guccione was...
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segue | The movie opens with “The Customer is Always Right,” (though this segment uses the red dress from another short story in “The Babe Wore Red”...
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fencing | he is often fencing stolen property or arranging early furloughs for incarcerated former criminal associates — for a hefty fee, of course — on...
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lovesick | ok bye let me know how it all turns out. Send email i want one LOVE-SICK email per day [2004. online chat] ...
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debutante Lyrics from Blondie: When I met you in the restaurant You could tell I was no debutante You asked me what's my pleasure A movie or a measure? I'll...
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lubber Deep sea fish is a term for fish that live below the photic zone of the ocean. Examples include the lanternfish, flashlight fish, cookie-cutter shark...
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20050822 variorum A later variorum edition provided many alternate wordings from which Johnson, in a more limited editorial intervention, had been forced to ...
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20050824 floozy A professional floozy of the first order, Bild Zeitung's Lilli traded sex for money, delivered sassy comebacks to police officers, and sought ...
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20050827 pean The album also included "She Bop", a paean to female masturbation, and the romantic ballad "Time After Time", an instant "standard" which has ...
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20050829 peripatetic Typically there are two kinds of nomad, pastoral nomads and peripatetic nomads. [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomad] ...
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Chantable Couplets Xah Lee, 200508 Here's a list of chantable couplets. The closest technical name to describe them, is prototypical usage. • nature or...
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20050830 yankee Ron Kovic's poem: I am the living death the memorial day on wheels I am your yankee doodle dandy your John Wayne come home your fourth of july...
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20050901 tenebrous I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under...
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O, that I knew thy heart, and knew the beast, That I might rail at him to ease my mind! ... http://xahlee.org/p/titus/act2s4.html ☄...
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LAVINIA. When did the tiger's young ones teach the dam? O, do not learn her wrath- she taught it thee; The milk thou suck'dst from her did turn to marble, Even...
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nostrum There are even over-the-counter memory nostrums available in health-food stores. http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Vocabulary_dir/new.html ☄...
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20050906 restive to her credit in that thread we have “rested” and “restive”, which are near antonyms that looks like synonyms. We had fun in that...
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see also: http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Vocabulary_dir/antonymous_synonyms.html On Sep 6, 2005, at 9:38 PM, xah lee wrote: 20050906 restive to her credit in...
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disinterested, uninterested fatigable, indefatigable impart, impartial genius, ingenious ingenuous, disingenuous same, indifferent see...
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20050907 blackhead blackhead is technically called comedo. Also comes as whitehead. ☄...
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hello i want to know the usage of the words DEMAGOGUE and UBIQUITOUS. help me out with it. thank you...
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20050908 slob Pity the poor slob who just wants to get something done. Set adrift in a sea of functionality he can neither comprehend nor control — buried in...
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some words from Shakesphere's Titus: • minion | this minion stood upon her chastity, upon her nuptial vow, her loyalty. • perforce | Now perforce we will...
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