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

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    druthers preference of one thing over another derived from a contraction of "I would rather" or "I'd rather" (e.g., "if I had my druthers, I'd...") [320] [321] drywall gypsum board, plasterboard, or any process that builds interior walls without the use of water (UK: plasterboard) [322] dude * A man; a dandy; a city-dweller visiting a ranch.

  3. These Are All the Slang Terms You'll Only Hear in the South - AOL

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    From our obsession with sweet tea to our no-rush mindset, there are some things about the South and Southern people that—bless their hearts—the rest of the country just can't understand. And ...

  4. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Like methadone, Suboxone blocks both the effects of heroin withdrawal and an addict’s craving and, if used properly, does it without causing intoxication. Unlike methadone, it can be prescribed by a certified family physician and taken at home, meaning a recovering addict can lead a normal life, without a daily early-morning commute to a clinic.

  5. Fossil word - Wikipedia

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    A fossil word is a word that is broadly obsolete but remains in current use due to its presence within an idiom or phrase. [1] [2] An example for a word sense is 'ado' in 'much ado'.

  6. Druther's - Wikipedia

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    Druther's is a restaurant ... One reason given for the name change was to eliminate the perception that they specialized in only hamburgers when they also had fried ...

  7. Givenness - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, givenness is the degree to which a speaker assumes certain contextual information of a topic of discourse is already known to the listener. The speaker thus considers it unnecessary to provide further contextual information through an expression's linguistic properties (e.g. its syntactic form or position, or its patterns of stress and intonation). [1]

  8. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Give a dog a bad name and hang him; Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself; Give credit where credit is due; Give him an inch and he will take a mile; Give the devil his/her due; God helps those who help themselves

  9. ‘Companion’ Ending Breakdown: Director Drew Hancock Tells All ...

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    I mean, she’s living 15 years in the future and driving in a gas-powered car. She’s going to run out of gas. There aren’t gas stations, I’m sure, in 15 years.