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  2. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words popularized from Black Twitter that have helped shape the internet. ... The term entered the mainstream in part thanks to Beyoncé's 2008 album "I Am ...

  3. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  4. Slay (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Slay is a slang colloquialism that possibly originated during the 1600s, but gained its current LGBT connotation in the 1970s from ball culture.Originally having a meaning similar to "that joke was killer", slay has since gained a definition meaning being impressed or term of agreement.

  5. Unpaired word - Wikipedia

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    An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym , with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.

  6. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Assonance – words that repeat the same vowel sound. Asyndeton – the deliberate omission of conjunctions that would normally be used. Audience – real, imagined, invoked, or ignored, this concept is at the very center of the intersections of composing and rhetoric. Aureation – the use of Latinate and polysyllabic terms to "heighten" diction.

  7. Rodomontade - Wikipedia

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    In the English translation of Natsume Soseki's novel, I am a Cat (1905-1906), when referring to the feline character Rickshaw Blacky: "Blacky, like all true braggarts, is somewhat weak in the head. As long as you purr and listen attentively, pretending to be impressed by his rhodomontade, he is a more or less manageable cat.”

  8. Two strangers got stuck on a train for two days in 1990. Here ...

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    Nina Andersson, from Sweden, and Derek Barclay, from Scotland, both embarked on European railway adventures in the summer of 1990. The two strangers kept crossing paths and their connection became ...

  9. I am (biblical term) - Wikipedia

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    I am the Bread of Life (John 6:35) I am the Light of the World (John 8:12) I am the Door (John 10:9) I am the Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14) I am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25) I am the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14:6) I am the Vine (John 15:1,5)