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The flag has the city seal emblazoned on quartered background, with each section representing a country that once controlled Detroit. The lower hoist (left) quarter represents France , which founded the fort and settlement in 1701; it has five gold fleurs-de-lis on a white field, imitating the Royal Standard of France .
Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...
Oppositely, a green flag indicates positive aspects or healthy behaviors. The use of the term red flag as a warning traces back to the 18th century. Historically, red flags were used as signals during wars or battles to indicate danger. [128] [129] The term green flag comes from the use of green-colored flags indicating permission to proceed ...
The Fresh Start programme, also known as the Fresh Start scheme, is an educational initiative in England, Wales [2] and Northern Ireland [3] introduced by the first Blair government in 1998. [4] The programme aims to improve underperforming schools in inner cities by reopening them with renovated buildings and new names, curricula, staff and ...
Preppy is a slang word that means colorful, frilly clothing. Here's how a new generation uses it.
The yellow ‘don’t tread on me’ flag is up for debate again centuries after it arose in the American Revolution Boy blocked from school over Gadsden flag badge prompts debate over its meaning ...
Talk:Fresh of the boat — Fresh of the boat → Fresh off the boat – Article itself says "off". "off" redirects to "of" but used to redirect to an attack article (non-empty history). AKADriver 21:05, 2 March 2006 (UTC) Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your vote with ~~~~
The week before the term starts is known as: Frosh (or frosh week) in some [15] colleges and universities in Canada. In the US, most call it by the acronym SOAR for Student Orientation And Registration; [16] Freshers' week in the majority of the United Kingdom and Ireland and Orientation week or O-week in countries such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and also in many Canadian ...