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  2. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    Odin hung on the Tree of Knowledge for nine days in order to gain wisdom. N: person voice-bearer reordberend: OE: Dream of the Rood: poetry Grímnir's lip-streams Grímnir is one of the names of Odin. N: Þórsdrápa: raven swan of blood Ravens ate the dead at battlefields. N: the sea whale-road hron-rād: N,OE

  3. Term of endearment - Wikipedia

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    This article is about the phrase. For the film, see Terms of Endearment. For other uses, see Terms of Endearment (disambiguation). A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their children and lovers ...

  4. Knowledge by acquaintance - Wikipedia

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    Whereas knowledge by description is something like ordinary propositional knowledge (e.g. "I know that snow is white"), knowledge by acquaintance is familiarity with a person, place, or thing, typically obtained through perceptual experience (e.g. "I know Sam", "I know the city of Bogotá", or "I know Russell's Problems of Philosophy"). [1]

  5. Ephemerality - Wikipedia

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    Visualisation of ephemerality in synchronous, in-person, communication between two or more parties. Within the context of modern media dissemination, YouTube videos, viral emails and photos have been identified as ephemeral; as have means of advertising, both physical and digital and the internet collectively.

  6. ‘Terms of Endearment’ Turns 40: James L. Brooks Revisits ...

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    Calling a movie a “tearjerker” could practically qualify as a spoiler, especially in the case of “Terms of Endearment.” Because it is very, very funny. For writer-director James L. Brooks ...

  7. Nickname - Wikipedia

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    A nickname may refer to the relationship with the person. This is a term of endearment. In Japanese culture, Japanese honorifics are designed so that a term of endearment conveys the exact status of the relationship between two people. Recipients are allowed to restrict use to a certain person.

  8. Encyclopedic knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Hildegard von Bingen, who is frequently used as an example of a walking encyclopedia. To have encyclopedic knowledge is to have "vast and complete" [1] knowledge about a large number of diverse subjects. A person having such knowledge might, sometimes humorously [2] be referred as "a human encyclopedia" or "a walking encyclopedia". [3] [4]

  9. Elderspeak - Wikipedia

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    The younger person's speech is dominating and controlling. This pattern can be seen in interactions between an older person and their caregiver. Age-related divergence: the young person attempts to emphasize distinctiveness of their ingroup (young) from the outgroup (old). The young person does this by speaking very quickly and using more ...