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  2. Throwaway line - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway lines are often one-liners, or in-jokes, and often delivered in a deadpan manner. Similarly, in theater, a throwaway line is one uttered by a character where the only intended reaction is that of from the audience. Oftentimes, these lines may be references to other shows or media that only the audience are aware of.

  3. List of English words of Italian origin - Wikipedia

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    The first to use this Italian word was William Shakespeare in Macbeth. Shakespeare introduced a lot of Italian or Latin words into the English language. Assassin and assassination derive from the word hashshashin (Arabic: حشّاشين, ħashshāshīyīn, also hashishin, hashashiyyin, means Assassins), and shares its etymological roots with ...

  4. Ciao - Wikipedia

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    Ciao (/ tʃ aʊ / CHOW, Italian: ⓘ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye". Originally from the Venetian language , it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world.

  5. 118 Ridiculous Word Spellings That Make Grammar Police Cringe ...

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    Image credits: Malaluan31 Even though we write less and less by hand and use autocorrect and grammar software daily, the importance of spelling correctly still remains, says Lindsay Dow, language ...

  6. Italian profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and languages of Italy, such as the Tuscan dialect, which had a very strong influence in modern standard Italian, and is widely known to be based on Florentine language. [1]

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  8. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Mock-epic: a poem that plays with the conventions of the epic to comment on a topic satirically. Epyllion: a brief narrative work written in dactylic hexameter, commonly dealing with mythological themes and characterized by vivid description and allusion. Romance; Occasional: a poem written to describe or comment on a particular event.

  9. Throwaway - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway may refer to: Disposable, single use "Throwaway", an episode of “The Shield” "Throwaway", a song by Mick Jagger from the album "Primitive Cool" Throwaway, the winner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 1904, as featured in James Joyce's novel Ulysses