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The term barnburner was derived from a folktale about a Dutch farmer who burned down his own barn in order to get rid of a rat infestation. [1] In this case it was applied to men who were thought to be willing to destroy all banks and corporations, in order to root out their abuses.
Upaveśāsana (literally "sitting down pose"), also known as Mālāsana meaning "garland pose", or simply the yoga squat, is an asana. [ 15 ] The āsana is a squat with heels flat on the floor and hip-width apart (or slightly wider if necessary), toes pointing out on a diagonal.
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Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. [1] Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics. For many words in any language, the etymology will be uncertain, disputed, or simply unknown.
“The origin story is that Eric and I were, again, loaded on heroin. We went to San Francisco. ... they could hunker down to explore their musical ideas. And Navarro could keep pushing his guitar ...
Two groups of armed soldiers hunker down in an abandoned city. One group is protecting a civilian, handcuffed to a briefcase and continually asking to ensure his protection, and the other group is hunting for the briefcase. The storm blows away tarps covering the building, revealing the mercenaries, while the other forces are readied to intercept.
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
The phrase "down bad" has taken on a life of its own on social media. People seem to be using it in a myriad of ways, but the spirit of the term is to yearn. Urban Dictionary defines "down bad" as ...