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  2. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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    Referring to people working or collaborating especially in musical performance Great gross: 1,728 A dozen gross (12x144) Hat-trick: 3 The achievement of, a generally positive feat, three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three [6] Several: 3+ Three or more but not many. Small gross: 120 Ten dozen (10x12) [7] Great ...

  3. Too Many People - Wikipedia

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    "Too Many People" is a song by Paul McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney, from the 1971 album Ram. The song was issued as the B-side of the " Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey " single, and was also included on The 7" Singles Box in 2022.

  4. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. ( August 2023 )

  5. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...

  6. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Non-standard: There's many types of car. (Instead of There are) throe and throw. Throe is a spasm (more often seen in the plural throes). Throw means to propel an object through the air. to and too. Too means "in excess" or "also". To is a preposition or is a part of a verb in the infinitive.

  7. Dutch profanity - Wikipedia

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    Lamzak (literally: "numb sack", "numb nuts"), is used as an insult for a person that drinks (too) many alcoholic beverages. "Lam" means 'drunk'. It is also used as an insult for people who are not getting into action when they should. lul: Lul is a word for the penis. It is used as an insult, and is roughly analogous to the English "dick" when ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    1.6 Synonyms for said. ... Words to watch: some people say, many people remember, many ... and of course all presume too much about the reader's knowledge and ...

  9. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    (n.) large sleeping-room with many beds,*typically in a boarding school ("a sleeping dormitory"; usu. abbreviated to dorm) building with many small private rooms, as for housing the students of a college (UK: hall(s) of residence, hostel) dormitory car — railway sleeping car. drape (v.) to hang limply (n., usu. pl.) curtain draw (n.)