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"Dumpster fire" is an informal term in the United States used to describe a catastrophically bad situation. It has appeared in metaphorical form as early as 2003, and picked up traction in 2010 in the world of sports.
Cyclones. Extratropical cyclone. European windstorms; Australian East Coast Low "Medicane", Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Polar cyclone; Tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, typhoon, or just "cyclone"
John Morton, the namesake of Morton's Fork.. Under Henry VII, John Morton was made archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 and Lord Chancellor in 1487.He rationalised requiring the payment of a benevolence (tax) to King Henry by reasoning that someone living modestly must be saving money and therefore could afford the benevolence, whereas someone living extravagantly was obviously rich and therefore ...
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. 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 ...
The word unpleasantness, which some people use as a synonym of suffering or pain in the broad sense, may refer to the basic affective dimension of pain (its suffering aspect), usually in contrast with the sensory dimension, as for instance in this sentence: "Pain-unpleasantness is often, though not always, closely linked to both the intensity ...
Metonymy can sometimes be a form of synonymy: the White House is used as a synonym of the administration in referring to the U.S. executive branch under a specific president. [7] Thus, a metonym is a type of synonym, and the word metonym is a hyponym of the word synonym. [citation needed]
Thus, to "take the reins" means to assume control, and to have "free rein" means to be free of constraints. [73] Standard: From dozens of ideas floated to rein in skyrocketing costs of Oregon's public pension system, Gov. John Kitzhaber and lawmakers two years ago pinned their hopes on one, risky option. [74]
DALYs/DFLYs/QALYs: Disability or Quality Adjusted (or Free) Life Years: Suggests that a nondisabled person's life years are worth more than a disabled person's [26] The Disabled or Disabled people May be offensive to some, [1] [17] [22] who may prefer "person with a disability" or "people with health conditions or impairments". [7]