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a – hoshi; b – tengen; c – go no go; d – san san; e – komoku; f – takamoku; g – ōtakamoku; h – mokuhazushi; i – ōmokuhazushi As the distance of a stone from the edge of the board has important tactical and strategic implications, it is normal to term the corner points of the board (1, 1) points, and count lines in from the edge.
a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier
[go] tits up (mildly vulgar) to suddenly go wrong (literally, to fall over. US: go belly up). cf pear-shaped (appears in the US mainly as military jargon, sometimes sanitized to "tango uniform") toad-in-the-hole batter-baked sausages, sausages baked in Yorkshire Pudding toff (slang) member of the upper classes toffee apple
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"Go away". [293] spawny Lucky (possibly from the Scottish game, Spawnie [clarification needed]). [294] specks Glasses specky Refers to someone with glasses (derogatory) splud archaic slang – short for "God's Blood". It was used as a mild curse word. It was used to replace other words seen as blasephmy. spunk 1. Semen, ejaculate. 2. Courage ...
As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to slash at least $2 trillion from the federal budget.
Dr. Carmine D. Clemente, the editor who followed Goss, is in his 80s. In a phone interview, he said that in his experience with Lea & Febiger, Gray’s storied American publisher, the editor of each edition was granted full editorial autonomy. In other words, the decision to eliminate the clitoris in the 25th edition was likely made by Goss alone.