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  2. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

  3. List of major Creative Commons licensed works - Wikipedia

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    reconstructed and released by OPenn as Free Cultural Works: CC BY [8] [9] [10] Free Culture: 2004: by Lawrence Lessig (the first CC licensed book released by a major mainstream publisher, Penguin Books) CC BY-NC 1.0 [11] Freesouls: 2008: 2010 (digital ebook) book with essays and photos of key people of the free movement by Joi Ito: CC BY [12 ...

  4. Joke - Wikipedia

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    However, subverting these and other common guidelines can also be a source of humour—the shaggy dog story is an example of an anti-joke; although presented as a joke, it contains a long drawn-out narrative of time, place and character, rambles through many pointless inclusions and finally fails to deliver a punchline. Jokes are a form of ...

  5. Visual dictionary - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese visual dictionary (1887). A visual dictionary is a dictionary that primarily uses pictures to illustrate the meaning of words. [1] Visual dictionaries are often organized by themes, instead of being an alphabetical list of words. For each theme, an image is labeled with the correct word to identify each component of the item in question.

  6. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is an expression that has a figurative meaning often related, but different from the literal meaning of the phrase. Example: You should keep your eye out for him. A pun is an expression intended for a humorous or rhetorical effect by exploiting different meanings of words. Example: I wondered why the ball was getting bigger. Then it ...

  7. Ribaldry - Wikipedia

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    Examples of blue literature are also present in various cultures, among different social classes, and genders. [5] Until the 1940s, writers of English-language blue literature were almost exclusively men; since then, it has become possible for women to build a commercial career on blue literature.

  8. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Principal is an adjective meaning "main" (though it can also be a noun meaning the head of a college or similar institution). Principle is a noun meaning a fundamental belief or rule of action. Standard: The principal achievement of the nineteenth century is the rise of industry. Standard: He got sent to the principal's office for talking ...

  9. Outtake - Wikipedia

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    An example of the former is the fourteen-volume Bootleg Series from Bob Dylan, which contains many important Dylan songs omitted from his albums, some of which were made famous by other artists. An example of the latter is the CD Time of No Reply by Nick Drake , a British singer-songwriter who died almost unknown at the age of 26 in 1974, but ...