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  2. List of Latin phrases (E) - Wikipedia

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    E.g. is not usually followed by a comma in British English, but it often is in American usage. E.g. is often confused with i.e. (id est, meaning ' that is ' or ' in other words '). [12] Some writing styles give such abbreviations without punctuation, as ie and eg. [a] Exemplum virtutis: a model of virtue exercitus sine duce corpus est sine spiritu

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

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    different or interesting, exceptional; synonym for cool (short for "radical") [43] [56] [57] railroad tramway (obsolete) (v.) to coerce to convict with undue haste or with insufficient evidence the general term for the system of mass transit using trains running on rails: see usage of the terms railroad and railway (v.) to work on the railroad

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

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    a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a figure of speech wherein a word or phrases can be taken to have two distinct coherent meanings, most often in a fashion that is suggestive and/or ironic. "Entendre" is an infinitive verb ("to hear"), not a noun; a correct rendering would be "à double entente", an adjectival phrase meaning "of a double understanding or double interpretation ...

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  7. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    The word can mean a multitude of things, from being compatible with someone (to vibe with them) to a place having just the right energy. Canva. We been knew "We been knew" means "we already knew ...

  8. 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).

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

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    Some words, by their structure, can suggest extended forms that may turn out to be contentious (e.g. lesbian and transgender imply the longer words lesbianism and transgenderism, which are sometimes taken as offensive for seeming to imply a belief system or agenda). For additional guidance on -ist/-ism terms, see § Contentious labels, above.