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  2. Emotive conjugation - Wikipedia

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    While firm, obstinate, and pig-headed are all synonymous with stubbornness, the emotive connotations of these words are different. Firm carries a positive connotation, obstinate carries a neutral (or slightly negative) connotation, and pig-headed fool carries a negative connotation. Thus, most individuals have a positive reaction toward the ...

  3. Connotation - Wikipedia

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    For example, a stubborn person may be described as being either strong-willed or pig-headed; although these have the same literal meaning (stubborn), strong-willed connotes admiration for the level of someone's will (a positive connotation), while pig-headed connotes frustration in dealing with someone (a negative connotation).

  4. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Baby: Term often used to tease others for being childish or too young, or for behaving in an immature way. Bag lady: A homeless old woman or vagrant. Barely legal: [6] A term used to market pornography featuring young people who are "barely legal" (only just reached legal age of majority or the age of consent, or both). The term fetishizes ...

  5. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    A way of dancing ("grinding") or a danceable song. [3] pichea “forget about that”, Disregard. [5] por encima de los gandules Expression of admiration, to say that something is outstanding or beyond good. [26] revolú Used to describe chaotic situations. [9] servirse con la cuchara grande to get away with murder or to get away with it soplapote

  6. How do you make it to age 100? Jo Sharp is independent ... - AOL

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    In addition to lucky genes, Jo Sharp has many of the qualities often associated with longevity: She is positive, she stays active, she stays connected to others and she has a stubborn persistence.

  7. Confirmation bias - Wikipedia

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    Experiments have shown that information is weighted more strongly when it appears early in a series, even when the order is unimportant. For example, people form a more positive impression of someone described as "intelligent, industrious, impulsive, critical, stubborn, envious" than when they are given the same words in reverse order. [150]

  8. What the only battleground Democrat to do better than Trump ...

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    Morgan Jackson, a top Stein consultant, recalled that one of the women who wants Trump’s face carved 60-feet high in South Dakota reacted angrily, saying, “I don’t care who he is, I wouldn ...

  9. Semantic prosody - Wikipedia

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    If a word with a strong negative semantic prosody (e.g. onslaught) co-occurs with a positive word (e.g. hospitality) instead of an expected negative word (e.g. an onslaught of hospitality), a range of effects are possible as a result of such a collocational clash: [5] irony, expression of a subtle hidden meaning, often negative evaluation,