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  2. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  3. Joke theft - Wikipedia

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    Some cases of alleged joke theft are ambiguous, due to the possibility of simultaneous and coincidental discovery. Some comics have defended their re-use of other people's jokes as satire or as a calque (word-for-word translation). Other comics have claimed that their re-use was a type of "borrowing," or taking inspiration

  4. Kleptocracy - Wikipedia

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    Suharto, the former President of Indonesia, was reported to have stolen over $15 billion during his presidency. In early 2004, the German anti-corruption NGO Transparency International released a list of ten self-enriching leaders in the two decades previous to the report. Transparency International acknowledged that they were "not necessarily ...

  5. 30 Fancy Words That Will Make You Sound Smarter - AOL

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    The post 30 Fancy Words That Will Make You Sound Smarter appeared first on Reader's Digest. With these fancy words, you can take your vocabulary to a whole new level and impress everyone.

  6. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Stolen; Recently stolen illegal goods [246] hot dawg Great! [206] hot dog Relishing something with much delight! [247] hot sketch Card or cut-up [9] hotsy totsy Fancy or sophisticated [206] house dick Security officer employed by a hotel or similar establishment; Hotel detective [248] houdini Arrive on time for a date [206] house peeper House ...

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    Fancy Farm: A place in Kentucky that actually doesn't have a fancy farm, but does have very political church picnics... Fanny: A township in Minnesota. "Fanny" is a slang term for the vulva. Also a Fanny in West Virginia. Farmers Branch: Old McDonald never had a barn, E.I.E.I.O! Because this Texas city keeps growing so hard, E.I.E.I.O! Faroe ...

  8. Fence (criminal) - Wikipedia

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    As a verb (e.g. "to fence stolen goods"), the word describes the behaviour of the thief in the transaction with the fence. As is the case with the word fence and its derivatives when used in its other common meanings (i.e. as a type of barrier or enclosure, and also as a sport), the word in this context is derived from the word defence.

  9. Theft - Wikipedia

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    Stolen goods. For the purposes of the provisions of the Theft Act 1968 which relate to stolen goods, goods obtain in England or Wales or elsewhere by blackmail or fraud are regarded as stolen, and the words "steal", "theft" and "thief" are construed accordingly. [63] Sections 22 to 24 and 26 to 28 of the Theft Act 1968 contain references to ...