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  2. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. 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 ...

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

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    to (figuratively) lift up; to improve, increase, revitalize. to (literally) lift up, especially a person: booster cushion*, a cushion used to increase the height of a seat (esp. in a car) to steal, especially from a retail establishment (i.e., shoplift) boot storage compartment of a car (US: trunk) footwear covering lower leg to kick something hard

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms are often from the different strata making up a language. For example, in English, Norman French superstratum words and Old English substratum words continue to coexist. [11] Thus, today there exist synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and archer, and the Saxon-derived folk, freedom and bowman.

  6. Doomscrolling - Wikipedia

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    According to Merriam-Webster, the term was first used in 2020. [12] The term continued to gain traction in the early 2020s [13] [14] through events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd protests, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, [15] all of which have been noted to have exacerbated the ...

  7. Oddly satisfying videos - Wikipedia

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    The appeal of oddly satisfying videos is thought to lie in the human preference for symmetry, patterns and repetition, the interest of exploring the behavior of materials, [1] or hand movements. [3] It may be related to the autonomous sensory meridian response , a pleasant tingling sensation in the neck and scalp.

  8. Category:Articles containing video clips - Wikipedia

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    This category aims to show all articles using embedded or thumbnailed Wikipedia/Wikimedia-video clips. Do not add articles where external videos are linked, like YouTube or similar. For the use of videos in Wikipedia articles, see WP:Videos , WP:Creation and usage of media files#Video and Commons:Video .

  9. YouTube Poop - Wikipedia

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    YouTube Poop is a subset of remix culture, [2] in which existing ideas and media are modified and reinterpreted to create new art and media in various contexts. [3] Forms of remix culture have existed long before the internet, with DigitalTrends's Luke Dormehl listing the cut-up technique of William Burroughs and sampling in hip-hop as examples. [4]