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  2. Category:1910s neologisms - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Words and phrases coined during the decade 1910s. 1860s; 1870s; 1880s ... A picture is worth ...

  3. Thousand-yard stare - Wikipedia

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    The phrase was popularized after Life magazine published the painting Marines Call It That 2,000 Yard Stare by World War II artist and correspondent Tom Lea, [4] although the painting was not referred to with that title in the 1945 magazine article.

  4. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  5. List of English-language idioms of the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    petite nature – a French loanword applied to pictures containing figures less than life-size, but with the effect of life-size; pot-wallopers – a class of electors in a borough who claimed the right to vote on the ground of boiling a pot within its limits for six months; pourparler – a diplomatic conference towards the framing of a treaty

  6. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  7. Brooke Shields Recalls the Insulting Question Asked by 2 Male ...

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    Brooke Shields can’t help but compare how differently men and women are treated by doctors.. On Monday, Jan. 13, the model-actress appeared on Good Morning America and opened up about why she ...

  8. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.

  9. Nicole Kidman becomes a meme: Here's the story behind her ...

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    The actress became an instant meme after a photo of her looking startled at the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday went viral. But her expression wasn't in response to the Will Smith slap.