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  2. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  3. Hiccup - Wikipedia

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    Mean: 11.40 s. Median: 10.715 s. Standard deviation: 2.88 s. Data set ranges from 6.28 s to 21.36 s. [original research] A hiccup consists of a single or a series of breathing diaphragm spasms, of variable spacing and duration, and a brief (less than one half second), unexpected, shoulder, abdomen, throat, or full body tremor.

  4. List of paraphilias - Wikipedia

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    Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...

  5. 7 doctor-approved ways to get rid of hiccups — and 3 ... - AOL

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    Hiccups lasting longer than 48 hours are called persistent hiccups, Chun adds. Rarely, hiccups can last longer than one month, which are called intractable hiccups, the experts note. What causes ...

  6. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Sincere does not originate from Latin sine cera ("without wax"), but from sincerus ("true, genuine"), which combines roots meaning "single" and "grow". [83] Snob does not originate from Latin sine nobilitate ("without nobility"). [84] Till is not an abbreviation of "until", [85] though the increasingly common spelling 'til is a result of this ...

  7. Onomatopoeia - Wikipedia

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    The word onomatopoeia, with rarer spelling variants like onomatopeia and onomatopœia, is an English word from the Ancient Greek compound ὀνοματοποιία, onomatopoiía, meaning 'name-making', composed of ὄνομα, ónoma, meaning "name"; [4] and ποιέω, poiéō, meaning "making".

  8. Hiccup (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A hiccup is an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm. Hiccup can also refer to: Hiccup, official title Hichki, a 2018 Indian film directed by Sidharth Malhotra; Hiccups, the Canadian 2010–2011 television comedy "Hiccup", a song by Pink from her 2000 album Can't Take Me Home

  9. The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever - Wikipedia

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    Boolos provides the following clarifications: [1] a single god may be asked more than one question, questions are permitted to depend on the answers to earlier questions, and the nature of Random's response should be thought of as depending on the flip of a fair coin hidden in his brain: if the coin comes down heads, he speaks truly; if tails ...