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  2. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Baby: Term often used to tease others for being childish or too young, or for behaving in an immature way. Bag lady: A homeless old woman or vagrant. Barely legal: [6] A term used to market pornography featuring young people who are "barely legal" (only just reached legal age of majority or the age of consent, or both). The term fetishizes ...

  3. Mumpsimus - Wikipedia

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    The term originates from an apocryphal story about a poorly educated Catholic priest saying Latin mass who, in reciting the postcommunion prayer Quod ore sumpsimus, Domine (meaning: 'What we have received in the mouth, Lord'), substitutes the non-word mumpsimus, perhaps as a mondegreen. After being made aware of his mistake, he nevertheless ...

  4. Emotive conjugation - Wikipedia

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    During an interview, he gave multiple examples of emotive conjugation, with his most famous example being the following: [3] "I am firm, you are obstinate, he is a pig-headed fool." While firm, obstinate, and pig-headed are all synonymous with stubbornness, the emotive connotations of these words are different.

  5. Stubborn - Wikipedia

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    Stubborn may refer to: HMS Stubborn, a Second World War Royal Navy submarine; Little Miss Stubborn, a character in the Little Miss series of books; Mr. Stubborn, a character in the children's television show The Mr. Men Show; Stubborn, 2024 album by Nigerian singer Victony "Stubborn", a song by Senser from Stacked Up (1994)

  6. Cabezon - Wikipedia

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    Cabezón is the Spanish word for "stubborn" or "big-headed". In Chile, cabezon means intelligent. Cabezon or cabezón may refer to: Fish species.

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  8. Ogbanje - Wikipedia

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    Its literal meaning in the Igbo language is "children who come and go". Sometimes the word ọgbanje has been used as a synonym for a rude or stubborn child. The word ọgbanje is often translated as changeling, due to the similarities they share with the fairy changelings of Celtic and broader European mythology.

  9. Hypergraphia - Wikipedia

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    A letter written by artist Emma Hauck while institutionalized in a mental hospital; many of her letters consist of only the written words "come sweetheart" or "come" repeated over and over in flowing script. Hypergraphia is a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write or draw. Forms of hypergraphia can vary in writing ...