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  2. Consequential strangers - Wikipedia

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    Consequential strangers comprise the aggregate of personal connections outside one's inner circles of family and close friends. Such relationship are referred to elsewhere as "peripheral" (versus "core"), "secondary" (versus "primary"), or "weak ties" (versus "strong"). [3] [10] Colloquially, they are also known as acquaintances. But in reality ...

  3. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (v.) to sabotage, attempt to hinder in some way. E.g. "Danny nobbled my chances at the pub quiz by getting Gary to defect to his team." nonce a slang term for a sex offender, especially one convicted of sexual offences against children. [119] [10] [120] The supposed origin from the term "Not on normal courtyard exercise" [121] is probably a ...

  4. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    White friend: In fiction centered around a group and/or family of Blacks or other people of color, the white friend is an exaggerated parody of stereotypes of white Americans, including awkwardness around people of color, inability to dance, and being an all-around "square". Chelsea Daniels in That's So Raven; Tom Willis in The Jeffersons

  5. Muscle fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Muscle fatigue is when muscles that were initially generating a normal amount of force, then experience a declining ability to generate force. It can be a result of vigorous exercise , but abnormal fatigue may be caused by barriers to or interference with the different stages of muscle contraction .

  6. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Frailty or frailty syndrome refers to a state of health in which older adults gradually lose their bodies' in-built reserves and functioning. This makes them more vulnerable, less able to recover and even apparently minor events (infections, environmental changes) can have drastic impacts on their physical and mental health.

  7. The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness - The Huffington Post

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    Kids hear derogatory comments in the hall so they decide to walk down another one, or they put in earbuds. They ask a teacher for help and get shrugged off, so they stop looking for safe adults altogether. But the kids in the study, Heck says, are already starting to reject the responsibility they used to take on when they got bullied.

  8. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    Main symptoms include "rationalising of mundane circumstances, habitual cleanliness and an abnormal fixation to head-wear". Other symptoms include mumbled words and "weakness in the lower extremities". The character Edd was falsely diagnosed with it by his friends as part of a prank. Lazar's disease Doctor Who ("Terminus")

  9. Fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Fatigue in a medical context is used to cover experiences of low energy that are not caused by normal life. [2] [3]A 2021 review proposed a definition for fatigue as a starting point for discussion: "A multi-dimensional phenomenon in which the biophysiological, cognitive, motivational and emotional state of the body is affected resulting in significant impairment of the individual's ability to ...