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

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    The following is a list of terms used in relation to age with negative connotations. Many age-negative terms intersect with ableism, or are derogatory toward people with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Age-negative terms are used about young people as well as older people.

  3. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  4. Corduroy (book) - Wikipedia

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    The book was never published, but Freeman reused the boy's name when writing Corduroy. [3] Secondly, it has been reported that the name Corduroy had been a nickname for his son, Roy. [4] The book was rejected when first sent to Freeman's publisher, The Viking Press. The writer then sent it to a number of other publishers, who also provided him ...

  5. Major characters in the works of Madeleine L'Engle - Wikipedia

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    This article provides information about L'Engle's most notable characters. In a family tree chart first published inside the front cover of Many Waters (1986, ISBN 0-374-34796-4), L'Engle divided her major characters into categories she called "chronos" and "kairos", two Greek terms for different concepts of time. The stories of the Austin ...

  6. List of Diary of a Wimpy Kid characters - Wikipedia

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    In the books, Frank despises Rowley, [2] and does not appreciate Greg's skill at video games. He is also shown to loathe heavy metal [1] and adolescents. [3] Frank tries to toughen Greg up and threatens to send him to a military academy in The Last Straw, although ultimately this does not come to fruition, much to Greg's relief. [3]

  7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves; Talk is cheap; Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear; Talk of Angels, and hear the flutter of their wings; Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are [26] Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV) The age of miracles is past

  8. List of English-language idioms of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...

  9. Tuck Everlasting - Wikipedia

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    Winifred "Winnie" Foster – The novel's protagonist, she is 10 years old when the novel begins and lives in Treegap. Her family is the oldest family in Treegap. She grows to love the Tuck family and has a crush on Jesse Tuck. [2] Angus Tuck – The father of the Tuck children, he dislikes his immortality and dreams of dying and going to heaven ...