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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Egress
A synonym for
exit
. The term was famously used by
P. T. Barnum
to move visitors along in his
museum
.
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talk nineteen to the dozen
to speak rapidly and without stopping
abstemious
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence ; as, an abstemious life.
Nureongi
Nureongi (누렁이) and Hwangu (황구; 黃狗) are Korean terms meaning "Yellow Dog" used to refer to tannish mongrel or landrace of dog in...
acrolect - mesolect - basilect
Three portions of the post-creole continuum : acrolect ( linguistics ) The variety of speech that is considered the standard form. m...