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Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).
"Free Ride" is a song written by Dan Hartman and performed by the Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night, produced by Rick Derringer. The single was a top 15 U.S. hit in 1973, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 2 ] and number 10 on Cash Box .
Free-rider problem, the problem of underprovision of non-excludable goods; Freeriding (stock market), buying stocks without the money to cover the purchase Fare evasion, the act of travel without payment on public transit
In the World War II era the slang term re-emerged with a modified meaning, where G.I.s on extended deployment in Asia or Europe (unofficially) employed children to perform the daily mundane tasks so common in the military like tending to barracks, shining boots, and the like, so a G.I. who employed a houseboy coasted through this work and had an "easy ride".
Dictionary.com implies that the origins for the two meanings had little to do with each other. [110] out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent that is considered too far. [3] [111] owned Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports.
Ella Martinez, a protagonist in the Maximum Ride fantasy novel series; the title character of Ella the Elephant, a Canadian animated preschool series; Ella, 2016 documentary film about Australian dancer Ella Havelka; Ella (film), 2024 Hindi film directed by Roshan Fernandes, and its titular character; Ella, by Uri Geller
Mio., official German abbreviation for "million(s)" Maritime Interdiction Operations; Masivo Integrado de Occidente, a bus transit system serving Cali, Colombia; Mio: Memories in Orbit, an upcoming video game
Another source indicates that Ella is a Norman version of the Germanic short name Alia, which was short for a variety of German names with the element ali-, meaning "other". [3] It is also a common short name for names starting with El -, such as Eleanor , Elizabeth , Elle, Ellen, Elaine, Ellie, or Eloise .