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  2. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    A very popular one is "Eşek sudan gelince" (When a donkey comes ashore from the sea) Ukrainian – коли рак на горі свисне ("koly rak no hori svysne"), "when the crawfish whistles on the mountain"; or a longer variant коли рак на горі свисне, а риба заспіває ( koly rak no hori svysne, a ryba ...

  3. Dystopia - Wikipedia

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    Life in Kowloon Walled City has often inspired the dystopian identity in modern media works. [1]A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ (dus) 'bad' and τόπος (tópos) 'place'), also called a cacotopia [2] or anti-utopia, is a community or society that is extremely bad or frightening.

  4. Malapropism - Wikipedia

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    For example, it is not a malapropism to use obtuse [wide or dull] instead of acute [narrow or sharp]; it is a malapropism to use obtuse [stupid or slow-witted] when one means abstruse [esoteric or difficult to understand]. Malapropisms tend to maintain the part of speech of the originally intended word.

  5. 120 twisted jokes for dark humor fans - AOL

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    You can always serve as a bad example. My boss says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that. My boss told me to have a good day. So I went home. Dark Humor Jokes.

  6. Absurdity - Wikipedia

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    For example, "a ghost is a body". "Combining the name of a body with the name of a name." For example, "a universal is a thing". "Combining the name of an accident with the name of a phantasm." For example, "colour appears to a perceiver". "Combining the name of an accident with the name of a name." For example, "a definition is the essence of ...

  7. List of television shows notable for negative reception

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    The show fared poorly among critics and audiences alike, with TV Guide calling it "dead on arrival, with a cringingly awkward host." [437] Alan King, the show's "executive in charge of comedy," later admitted that it was difficult to turn Cosell into a variety show host, saying that he "made Ed Sullivan look like Buster Keaton."

  8. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't ... - AOL

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    Few things will put a damper on your vacation or holiday faster than food poisoning. The intense stomach pain, rushing to the toilet and feeling relegated to bed keeps just about everyone out of ...

  9. Negative campaigning - Wikipedia

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    The campaign was very poorly received and was condemned as negative and xenophobic by Conservative leader David Cameron. [30] Serbia: In the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, the ruling party SNS launched a negative campaign against two candidates, Aleksandar Šapić and Dragan Đilas.