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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    to (figuratively) lift up; to improve, increase, revitalize. to (literally) lift up, especially a person: booster cushion*, a cushion used to increase the height of a seat (esp. in a car) to steal, especially from a retail establishment (i.e., shoplift) boot storage compartment of a car (US: trunk) footwear covering lower leg to kick something hard

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Easy come, easy go; Easy, times easy, is still easy; Early marriage, earlier pregnant; Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper; Eat, drink and be merry, (for tomorrow we die) Empty vessels make the most noise; Enough is as good as a feast; Even a worm will turn; Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom

  4. Straight Up (Paula Abdul song) - Wikipedia

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    "Straight Up" is performed in the key of D minor with a shuffling tempo of 96 beats per minute in common time and a chord progression of Dm–B ♭ –Gm–Am. Running a total length of four minutes and eleven seconds in its original version, the song finds Abdul's vocals span from A 3 to C 5 in the song, while the singer questioning her partner if he was genuinely loving her or "just having fun".

  5. Bartending terminology - Wikipedia

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    A negroni cocktail with an orange twist served on the rocks "On the rocks" refers to liquor poured over ice cubes, and a "rocks drink" is a drink served on the rocks.Rocks drinks are typically served in a rocks glass, highball glass, or Collins glass, all of which refer to a relatively straight-walled, flat-bottomed glass; the rocks glass is typically the shortest and widest, followed by the ...

  6. Straight Up - Wikipedia

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    Straight up is a bartending term referring to a chilled drink served in a stemmed glass without ice. Straight Up may also refer to: Straight Up (book) , by author, blogger, physicist and climate expert Joseph J. Romm

  7. The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness - The Huffington Post

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    Growing up gay, it seems, is bad for you in many of the same ways as growing up in extreme poverty. A 2015 study found that gay people produce less cortisol, the hormone that regulates stress. Their systems were so activated, so constantly, in adolescence that they ended up sluggish as grownups, says Katie McLaughlin, one of the study’s co ...

  8. Talk:Straight Up (Paula Abdul song) - Wikipedia

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    Pop music portal; This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pop music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to pop music on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.

  9. KISS principle - Wikipedia

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    Keep it simple stupid. KISS, an acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid!", is a design principle first noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960. [1] [2] First seen partly in American English by at least 1938, KISS implies that simplicity should be a design goal.