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To die Neutral The soul leaving the body Glue factory To die Neutral Usually refers to the death of a horse Gone to a better place [10] To die Euphemistic: Heaven Go over the Big Ridge [11] To die Unknown Go bung [2] To die Informal Australian. Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British ...
Zoomer: [38] A blend word of "Generation Z" and "boomer"; refers to people born in the late 1990s or early 2000. Like "boomer", the term can also be used neutrally. Like "boomer", the term can also be used neutrally.
Alternatively, in the moment of death a person stretches their legs (Spanish: Estirar la pata means "to die") and so might kick the bucket placed there. Yet another theory seeks to extend the saying beyond its earliest use in the 16th century with reference to the Latin proverb Capra Scyria, the goat that is said to kick over the pail after being milked (920 in Erasmus' Adagia).
The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...
Die (philately) Coin die, a metallic piece used to strike a coin; Die casting, a material-shaping process Sort (typesetting), a cast die for printing; Die cutting (web), process of using a die to shear webs of low-strength materials; Die, a tool used in paper embossing; Tap and die, cutting tools used to create screw threads in solid substances
A die (sg.: die or dice; pl.: dice) [1] is a small, throwable object with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. Dice are used for generating random values , commonly as part of tabletop games , including dice games , board games , role-playing games , and games of chance .
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
A die is a specialized machine tool used in manufacturing industries to cut and/or form material to a desired shape or profile. Stamping dies are used with a press, [1] as opposed to drawing dies (used in the manufacture of wire) and casting dies (used in molding) which are not.