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The word "pressed" connotes a certain weight put on someone. It could mean being upset or stressed to the point that something lives in your mind "rent-free," as Black Twitter might say. Or, in ...
Also consuetudo est altera lex (custom is another law) and consuetudo vincit communem legem (custom overrules the common law); see also: Consuetudinary. consummatum est: It is completed. The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30. contemptus mundi/saeculi: scorn for the world/times: Despising the secular world.
More archaically, one can say Que Dieu te/vous bénisse. "To your wishes" or "health". Old-fashioned: after the second sneeze, "to your loves", and after the third, "may they last forever". More archaically, the translation is "God bless you". Merci or Merci, que les tiennes durent toujours (old-fashioned) after the second sneeze
A spoonerism is an occurrence of speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words of a phrase. [ 1 ] [ a ] These are named after the Oxford don and priest William Archibald Spooner , who reportedly commonly spoke in this way.
A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
We've chosen the 24 best shows on the streaming service that prove it might be time to ditch another app in favor of Apple TV+. "Severance" Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, John Turturro, Britt Lower ...
"I'd like to say to everyone watching and listening, even if you had one drink, don't get behind the wheel of a car. There's so many alternatives. Call a friend, take an Uber."
A jinx can be initiated when at least two people say any same word or phrase at the same time. [3] Typically, after the coincidental voicing of the same content, the individuals compete to say the word "jinx" before the other, with the slower respondent being the "loser" or "jinxee." There are different variations on what is required of the jinxee.