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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [ 3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [ 4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Incunabula is commonly used in English to refer to the earliest stage or origin of something, and especially to copies of books that predate the spread of the printing press c. AD 1500. ab initio: from the beginning: i.e., "from the outset", referring to an inquiry or investigation. Ab initio mundi means "from the
Slang New York Slang for saying something is over. On the wrong side of the grass Dead Euphemistic slang Refers to the practice of burying the dead. Such individuals are below the grass as opposed to above it, hence being on the "wrong side". Get smoked To be killed Slang An hero To commit suicide Slang Related to the suicide of Mitchell Henderson.
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The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
Italian profanity ( bestemmia, pl. bestemmie, when referred to religious topics; parolaccia, pl. parolacce, when not) are profanities that are blasphemous or inflammatory in the Italian language . The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and ...
This is the definition of the slang expression, according to Dictionary.com: “Caught in 4k is a phrase that means someone was caught in the act of doing something wrong or foolish and there is ...
This is a list of euphemisms for death and dying in the English language. A euphemism is a common word or phrase intended to soften the harshness of a literal meaning. For example, most English speakers would understand the phrase "kick the bucket" to mean "to die," as well as to actually kick a bucket. Furthermore, they would understand when ...