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Following Fight Club, the terms "special snowflake" and "special snowflake syndrome" were applied to individuals with a negative connotation. [9] [10] Such terminology refers to people who believe their status as a unique individuals means they are destined for great success, or deserve a special career, with abundant praise and admiration.
Celestial (Australia) Chinese people, used in the late 1900s, a reference to their coming from the "Celestial Empire" (i.e. China).Charlie (US) A term used by American troops during the Vietnam War as a shorthand for communist guerrillas: it was shortened from "Victor Charlie", the radio code designation for the Viet Cong, or VC.
Snowflake (heraldry), a heraldic charge; Snowflake (slang), a term for an overly sensitive person with an unwarranted sense of entitlement; Snowflakes (ballet), a 1911 adaptation of the Nutcracker; Snowflake (prison), a common name of the Russian supermax prison in the Far East; Snowflake Inc., a cloud-based data-warehousing software company
Deal-making Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman says business is no laughing matter. If you want to get ahead, you must crush rivals. Snowflake CEO: Why you must 'declare war on your competitors' [Video]
Pax Americana [1] [2] [3] (Latin for ' American Peace ', modeled after Pax Romana and Pax Britannica), also called the "Long Peace", is a term applied to the concept of relative peace in the Western Hemisphere and later in the world after the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States [4] became the world's dominant economic, cultural, and military power.
Deal-making Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman says business is no laughing matter. If you want to get ahead, you must crush rivals. Snowflake CEO: why you must declare war on your rivals [Video]
Chempakaraman Pillai (alias Venkidi; [1] 15 September 1891 – 26 May 1934) was an Indian-born political activist and revolutionary. [2] Born in Thiruvananthapuram, to Tamil parents, he left for Europe as a youth, where he spent the rest of his active life as an Indian nationalist and revolutionary.
Private investigator coined around 1900, the term finds major recognition in the 20's [139] dimbox. Main article: Taxi. Taxicab; see Hack [94] dimbox Jaunt Taxi ride [94] dincher Half smoked cigarette [94] dingledangler Person who persists in telephoning [21] dingus Thing [20] dip Pickpocket [20] dip the bill Have a drink [20] ditzek Anything ...