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  2. List of catchphrases in American and British mass media

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    These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

  3. Mondegreen - Wikipedia

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    A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    The light is on but nobody is home; The longest day must have an end; The longest journey starts with a single step; The Moon is made of green cheese; The more the merrier; The more things change, the more they stay the same; The only disability in life is a bad attitude – Scott Hamilton; The only way to understand a woman is to love her

  5. Epiphany (literature) - Wikipedia

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    Through first-person narration, the reader is immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems to be illuminated only by the verve and imagination of the children who, despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, insist on playing "until [their] bodies glowed".

  6. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    for example: Literally, "for the sake of a word". Verbum Dei: Word of God: See religious text. Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris: The word of the Lord [is] a light for our feet: Motto of the University of Groningen: verbum Domini manet in aeternum (VDMA) the word of the Lord endures forever: Motto of the Lutheran Reformation: verb. sap ...

  7. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    [2] In an article in the Printers' Ink, the same quote is attributed to Brisbane. [3] A similar phrase, "One Look Is Worth A Thousand Words", appears in a 1913 newspaper advertisement for the Piqua Auto Supply House of Piqua, Ohio. [4] Early use of the exact phrase appears in a 1918 newspaper advertisement for the San Antonio Light, which says:

  8. Darshan (Indian religions) - Wikipedia

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    A darshana literally means a 'glimpse' or 'view'. In a Hindu temple , the term refers to viewing the garbhagriha 'inner sanctum' of the temple, which hosts the murti 'image of a god'. Devotees taking darshana of the god Vishnu in the inner sanctum of the Chennakeshava Temple, Belur .

  9. Umbra, penumbra and antumbra - Wikipedia

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    An alternative definition is that the penumbra is the region where some or all of the light source is obscured (i.e., the umbra is a subset of the penumbra). For example, NASA 's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility defines that a body in the umbra is also within the penumbra.