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  2. Lollygag - Wikipedia

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

  3. Googol - Wikipedia

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    Kasner used it to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and infinity, and in this role it is sometimes used in teaching mathematics. To put in perspective the size of a googol, the mass of an electron, just under 10 −30 kg, can be compared to the mass of the visible universe, estimated at between 10 50 and 10 60 kg. [ 5 ]

  4. The inside story behind ‘Bull Durham’: ‘Fights, lies ...

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    “Bull Durham” cast member Robert Wuhl, center, attends the premiere at the Carolina Theatre in Durham.

  5. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2.

  6. Faggot - Wikipedia

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    Faggot, often shortened to fag, is a slur used in English to refer to gay men but expanded to other members of the queer community. [1] [2] In American youth culture around the turn of the 21st century, its meaning extended as a broader reaching insult more related to masculinity and group power structure.

  7. Lollipop - Wikipedia

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    The term may have derived from the terms "lolly" (tongue) and "pop" (slap). The first references to the lollipop in its modern context date to the 1920s. [11] Alternatively, it may be a word of Romani origin, related to the Roma tradition of selling candy apples on a stick. Red apple in the Romani language is loli phaba. [12]

  8. Fuck - Wikipedia

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    While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to around 1475. [1] In modern usage, the term fuck and its derivatives (such as fucker and fucking ) are used as a noun , a verb , an adjective , an interjection or an adverb .

  9. Indefinite and fictitious numbers - Wikipedia

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    The number 10,000 is used to express an even larger approximate number, as in Hebrew רבבה r e vâvâh, [36] rendered into Greek as μυριάδες, and to English myriad. [37] Similar usage is found in the East Asian 萬 or 万 ( lit. 10,000; pinyin : wàn ), and the South Asian lakh ( lit. 100,000).