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word for false nostalgia
Is there a word to describe nostalgia for things that never existed? For example, a 1950s-style diner is supposed to reconstruct a cultural archetype, but there never existed such a diner. John Wayne ...
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A single word for “blind” and “slow on the uptake” [closed]
We have a word tiomny in Russian which has the meanings blind, dim, and dumb. Is there a word (possibly slang) in American English which is as close in meaning to both blind and slow on the uptake?
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What's a word that can mean both “good” and “bad”? [closed]
I've recently read about a word that was defined both as "shockingly good" and "shockingly bad", but I can't seem to recall the word. Does anyone know what it is? As far as I can recall, it was a ...
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Meaning of “mints”
Context (New York Times),
MINTS An organic fudge brownie awaits you in the room, along with a personalized welcome letter...
First, I'm not sure if I'm on the right track or not (I'm wondering ...
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What is the reasoning behind the “urban” slang word “tight” coming to mean “cool/great/slick”?
How and why did the word tight come to be appropriated in this sense, for example as in, "That car is tight, cuh!" ? I mean, one easily extrapolates from the "normal" definition to understand why ...
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How did “everloving” become a completely generic intensifier?
Most of the uses of the word everloving I can think of involve either vulgar or violent contexts, so you must excuse the following example:
He'd finally crossed my last nerve, so yesterday, me and ...
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How common is “fugly”?
"Fugly" is a vulgar slang adjective as far as I know, and I wonder how common it is, and how do people react when they hear that word. Native speakers are appreciated if they share their opinions.
