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  2. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    MILF: [27] An acronym slang term meaning "mother I'd like to fuck"; considered sexist and ageist by some and positive or neutral by others. Mrs. Robinson: Refers to a character in the 1967 feature film "The Graduate"; slang term referring to an older woman pursuing someone younger than herself, typically an adolescent male. (see "cougar" above)

  3. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    In Spanish dar (basic meaning "to give"), when applied to lessons or subjects, can mean "to teach", "to take classes" or "to recite", depending on the context. [22] Similarly with the French verb apprendre, which usually means "to learn" but may refer to the action of teaching someone. [23] Dutch leren and Afrikaans leer can mean "to teach" or ...

  4. List of manias - Wikipedia

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    Aboulomania – indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision); Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania.

  5. Denigrate - Wikipedia

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    Search for Denigrate in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Denigrate article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  6. Anadrome - Wikipedia

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    There is a long history (dating at least to the fourteenth century, as with Trebor and S. Uciredor) of alternate and invented names being created out of anadromes of real names; such a contrived proper noun is sometimes called an ananym, especially if it is used as personal pseudonym. Unlike typical anadromes, these anadromic formations often ...

  7. Verbal abuse - Wikipedia

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    Name calling – The use of offensive language/names to gain something from the situation (ex: win an argument) or to probe a negative reaction out of another individual or situation; this is also used to induce rejection or condemnation without consideration of the facts in the situation.

  8. What makes 'Karens' tick? Experts analyze the entitled ... - AOL

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    Yahoo Life checked in with some experts about what seems to trigger Karen meltdowns and what appears to be going on inside their heads. Their answers were enlightening, disturbing and yet somehow ...

  9. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    Complementary antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite but whose meanings do not lie on a continuous spectrum (push, pull). Relational antonyms are word pairs where opposite makes sense only in the context of the relationship between the two meanings (teacher, pupil). These more restricted meanings may not apply in all scholarly ...