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This is a list of personal titles arranged in a sortable table. They can be sorted: Alphabetically; By language, nation, or tradition of origin; By function. See Separation of duties for a description of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative functions as they are generally understood today.
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Kudos (computer game), a life simulation game produced by Positech Games; Kudos (production company), a UK-based film and television production company; Kudos, a fictional currency used by the Dwellers in The Algebraist; Kudos, the points system used in Metropolis Street Racer and the Project Gotham Racing video games
Paraprosdokian – a sentence in which the latter half takes an unexpected turn. Parataxis – using juxtaposition of short, simple sentences to connect ideas, as opposed to explicit conjunction. Parenthesis – an explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage that is not essential to the literal meaning.
Kudos for saying that. For spilling" originated on "RuPaul’s Drag Race." During the March 15 episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” one of the show's contestants disclosed they are HIV positive.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of symbols that reads the same backwards as forwards, such as the sentence: "A man, a plan, a canal – Panama". ". Following is a list of palindromic phrases of two or more words in the English language, found in multiple independent collections of palindromic phra
Kudos is a singular Greek word meaning praise, but is often taken to be a plural. At present, however, kudo is considered an error, though the usage is becoming more common [citation needed] as kudos becomes better known. The name of the Greek sandwich style gyros is increasingly undergoing a similar transformation.