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LGBT slang, LGBT speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ+ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
The noun metanoia/μετάνοια, is translated "repentance", and its cognate verb metanoeō/μετανοέω is translated "repent" in twenty two instances in the King James Version of the New Testament. Abid Rogers Bhatti in his book A Textbook of Soteriology writes about the meaning of metanoia/μετάνοια.
Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891.
Esther is crowned in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld.. Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "dating up" or "marrying up" [1]) is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person dating or marrying a spouse of higher social status or sexual capital than themselves, and continuingly attempting to replace their current partner with someone they deem superior.
After Bowman was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel, his mother changed his name to James David Hamel to remove his father's name but used the name of one of her brothers to preserve his nickname, JD. [15] [16] Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug addiction. [17]
His name or synonyms appear in nearly a third of 1,028 hymns in the Rigveda. [50] The Rigveda opens with a hymn inviting Agni, who is then addressed later in the hymn as the guardian of Ṛta . [51] [52] [c] The Vedas describe the parents of Agni as two kindling fire sticks, whose loving action creates him.
The concept of the friend zone has been criticized by some as misogynistic, because of a belief that the concept implies an expectation that women should be romantically involved with men in whom they have no interest, simply because the men were nice to them, [3] [4] though the term refers to all forms of unrequited affection, not necessarily ...