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Standard but awkward: "Allows to" can be used in this way, by moving the referent to the end: "The screen does not allow to pass any insects larger than gnats" and "A tenant who causes or allows to transpire damage to the property is liable ...". Such phraseology is awkward and should usually be rewritten, but not always. [22] allusion and ...
A Young Man Reading by Candlelight, Matthias Stom (ca. 1630). A night owl, evening person, or simply owl, is a person who tends or prefers to be active late at night and into the early morning, and to sleep and wake up later than is considered normal; night owls often work or engage in recreational activities late into the night (in some cases, until around dawn), and sleep until relatively ...
Awkward may refer to: Awkwardness or embarrassment, an emotional state of intense discomfort with people; Awkward, an American teen comedy series; Awkward, a 2001 album by Ty; Awkward, a 1999 graphic novel by Ariel Schrag; Awkward (graphic novel), a 2015 graphic novel by Svetlana Chmakova "Awkward", a song by Band-Maid from Just Bring It
Rachel Dratch was a master of the awkward and absurd. Her five-season tenure ... His Chippendales audition opposite Patrick Swayze turned body comedy into high art, blending absurdity and ...
Personal embarrassment can also stem from the actions of others who place the embarrassed person in a socially awkward situation—such as a parent showing one's baby pictures to friends, having someone make a derogatory comment about one's appearance or behavior, discovering one is the victim of gossip, being rejected by another person (see ...
During a rare joint appearance at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 17, the former first couple was confronted with one particularly awkward moment
Supporters of sex-segregated toilets argue that both males and females may feel "awkward" having to share a toilet with the opposite sex. [155] A publication in 2018 argued that the scholarship on the history of sex-separation is flawed and places too much emphasis on the negative sides of sex separation in public toilets for women, ignoring ...
Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. [1] Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes. [2] When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings ...