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  2. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    It is thus possible to combine both forms for additional emphasis: "more bigger" or "bestest". This may be considered ungrammatical but is common in informal speech for some English speakers. "The most unkindest cut of all" is from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Musical notation has a repeated Italian superlative in fortississimo and pianississimo.

  3. Possibility - Wikipedia

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    Possibility is the condition or fact of being possible. Latin origins of the word hint at ability. Possibility may refer to: Probability, the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur; Epistemic possibility, a topic in philosophy and modal logic

  4. Modal adverbs - Wikipedia

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    It could possibly help me. It possibly helped me. == See also ==Español References This page was last edited on 12 January 2025, at 02:36 (UTC). Text is ...

  5. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    German – Wenn Schweine fliegen können! is identical with the English saying "when pigs fly", although the older proverb Wenn Schweine Flügel hätten, wäre alles möglich ("if pigs had wings, everything would be possible") is in more common use, often modified on the second part to something impossible, like "if pigs had wings, even your ...

  6. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Peacock, a type of bird; from Old English pawa, the earlier etymology is uncertain, but one possible source is Tamil tokei (தோகை) "peacock feather", via Latin or Greek [37] Sambal, a spicy condiment; from Malay, which may have borrowed the word from a Dravidian language [38] such as Tamil (சம்பல்) or Telugu (సంబల్).

  7. Terminology of homosexuality - Wikipedia

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    Not all terms have been used to describe same-gender sexuality are synonyms for the modern term homosexuality. Anna Rüling , [ 45 ] one of the first women to publicly defend gay rights, considered gay people a third gender , different from both men and women.

  8. LGBTQ slang - Wikipedia

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    LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.

  9. Possible world - Wikipedia

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    A possible world is a complete and consistent way the world is or could have been. Possible worlds are widely used as a formal device in logic , philosophy , and linguistics in order to provide a semantics for intensional and modal logic .