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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    DALYs/DFLYs/QALYs: Disability or Quality Adjusted (or Free) Life Years: Suggests that a nondisabled person's life years are worth more than a disabled person's [26] The Disabled or Disabled people May be offensive to some, [1] [17] [22] who may prefer "person with a disability" or "people with health conditions or impairments". [7]

  3. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games.

  4. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Standing with folded arms; Standing contrapposto, with most of the weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs in the axial plane; Standing at attention, upright with an assertive and correct posture: "chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach in", arms at the side, heels together, toes apart

  5. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    (other words would be "tappit", :kommen: or when someone is gham it portrays them as being poor and or dirty.). "Ew, that guy is so gham!" gin-en-gaap - An expression of unknown origin, describes a person who is wasting time by either laziness or being too slow. Gaap is Afrikaans for yawn. goffel – ugly girl or woman. For example, "What a G!".

  6. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    101 (pronounced 'one o one') used to indicate basic knowledge; e.g., "Didn't you learn to sweep the floor in housework 101?" (from the numbering scheme of educational courses where 101 would be the first course in a sequence on the subject).

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

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    A casual way for a man to address a woman he knows [277] killjoy Solemn person [250] kike. Main article: Kike. Derogatory label for Jewish people, specifically those who immigrated from Eastern Europe as opposed to older German immigrants from previous decades [278] kippy Neat or Nice [250] kiss 1. Land a blow or punch [279] 2. Drink from a ...

  8. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Techniques that involve the phonetic values of words. Engrish; Chinglish; Homonym: words with same sounds and same spellings but with different meanings; Homograph: words with same spellings but with different meanings

  9. Colloquialism - Wikipedia

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    Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation among persons in friendship , familial , intimate , and other informal contexts . [ 1 ]