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The British meaning is based on the idea that the topic will be on the table for only a short time and is there for the purpose of being discussed and voted on; the American meaning is based on the idea of leaving the topic on the table indefinitely and thereby disposing of it, i.e. killing its discussion.
one who takes care of a building, e.g. a school (US: janitor; cf. s.v. custodian) one put in charge of a farm after eviction of tenant one who takes care of someone or something stopgap government or provisional government: one who takes care of real estate in exchange for rent-free living accommodations * carnival
Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or whose meanings have diverged to the point that present-day speakers have little historical understanding: for ...
An archetypal name is a proper name of a real person or mythological or fictional character that has become a designation for an archetype of a certain personal trait. [1] It is a form of antonomasia. Archetypal names are a literary device used to allude to certain traits of a character or a plot. [1]
Author Jenny Han, who also penned The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy (now a series on Prime Video), chronicles Lara Jean’s journey in love and relationships over three books: To All the Boys I ...
Oxymorons in the narrow sense are a rhetorical device used deliberately by the speaker and intended to be understood as such by the listener. In a more extended sense, the term "oxymoron" has also been applied to inadvertent or incidental contradictions, as in the case of "dead metaphors" ("barely clothed" or "terribly good").
Jezebel ' s Jia Tolentino argued that the articles were instead "actually in service of an idea" and that based on Herrman's definition of hot take, ideas were positive alternatives to hot takes. [6] Hot takes are often associated with social media, where they can be easily shared and commented on by both readers and other journalists, a ...