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English interjections are a category of English words – such as yeah, ouch, Jesus, oh, mercy, yuck, etc. – whose defining features are the infrequency with which they combine with other words to form phrases, their loose connection to other elements in clauses, and their tendency to express emotive meaning. These features separate English ...
Interjections can take very different forms and meanings across cultures. For instance, the English interjections gee and wow have no direct equivalent in Polish, and the closest equivalent for Polish 'fu' (an interjection of disgust) is the different sounding 'Yuck!'. [9] Curses likewise are famously language-specific and colourful. [10]
The wisdom of repugnance or appeal to disgust, [1] also known informally as the yuck factor, [2] is the belief that an intuitive (or "deep-seated") negative response to some thing, idea, or practice should be interpreted as evidence for the intrinsically harmful or evil character of that thing.
Yuck factor, the wisdom of repugnance; Yuck (Yin Yang Yo!), a character in animated television series Yin Yang Yo! "Yuck!", 2009 track from Matt Tilley's prank phone call album The Final Call; Yuck!, 1984 book by James Stevenson; Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust, 2011 book by Daniel R. Kelly
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The Importance of Giving the Dog Agency. Agency refers to a dog’s ability to make choices and feel in control. It’s therefore important to avoid physically forcing a dog into the car.
The city’s hated new congestion toll could dangerously delay FDNY response times — meaning the “difference between life and death,” unions repping thousands of Bravest warned Sunday. The ...
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, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.