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  2. 58 People Recall The Most Uncomfortable Things They ... - AOL

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    (It means to bargain someone down in price but not in good faith. The cop was talking about how the thieves would likely sell her computer and other stuff to a fence who would, ahem, get a very ...

  3. Oxymoron - Wikipedia

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    Oxymorons are words that communicate contradictions. An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction. As a rhetorical device, an oxymoron illustrates a point to communicate and reveal a paradox.

  4. Pejorative - Wikipedia

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    In historical linguistics, the process of an inoffensive word becoming pejorative is a form of semantic drift known as pejoration.An example of pejoration is the shift in meaning of the word silly from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated. [3]

  5. Uncomfortable (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Being uncomfortable means feeling the lack of comfort. Uncomfortable may also refer to: Uncomfortable (album), a Christian hip-hop album by Andy Mineo;

  6. Elephant in the room - Wikipedia

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    The expression "the elephant in the room" (or "the elephant in the living room") [2] [3] is a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or enormous topic, question, or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable and is ...

  7. Uff da - Wikipedia

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    In Danish and Norwegian language, uf (Danish and older Norwegian spelling) or uff (current Norwegian spelling) is a mild and polite vernacular interjection used when something is unpleasant, uncomfortable, hurtful, annoying, sad, or irritating. [2] [3] The word is an onomatopoeia [4] corresponding to English oof, Dutch oef and German uff.

  8. The Most Common Sex Dreams and What They Mean - AOL

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    While these dreams can make it very uncomfortable at work the next day, remember, as “embarrassing” as these dreams can be, they are good because they show you—in their weird way—what you ...

  9. Vicarious embarrassment - Wikipedia

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    Vicarious embarrassment, also known as empathetic embarrassment, is intrinsically linked to empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of another and is considered a highly reinforcing emotion to promote selflessness, prosocial behavior, [14] and group emotion, whereas a lack of empathy is related to antisocial behavior.