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Colloquialism (also
called colloquial language,
colloquial speech,
everyday language, or
general parlance) is the
linguistic style used for
casual and...
- Dyslexia,
previously known as word blindness, is a
learning disability that
affects either reading or writing.
Different people are
affected to different...
- "Cold
enough to
freeze the
balls off (or on) a br**** monkey" (also "br****
monkey weather") is a
colloquial expression used by some
English speakers to...
- "Southern belle" (from
French belle 'beautiful') is a
colloquialism for a
debutante or
other fashionable young woman in the
planter class of the Antebellum...
- In
Catholic theology,
Limbo /ˈlɪmbəʊ/ (Latin: limbus, 'edge' or 'boundary',
referring to the edge of ****) is the
afterlife condition of
those who die...
-
Friendship is a
relationship of
mutual affection between people. It is a
stronger form of
interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "****ociation"...
-
Control freak is a
colloquialism that is
usually emplo**** to
describe a
person who feel a
psychological need to be in
charge of
things and
people around...
- "It ain't over 'til (or until) the fat lady sings" is a
colloquialism which is
often used as a proverb. It
means that one
should not
presume to know the...
-
Tummy time is a
colloquialism for
placing infants in the
prone position while awake and
supervised to
encourage development of the neck and
trunk muscles...
- of contexts, it has lost much of its
offensive character,
becoming a
colloquialism. It is
common to use both
meanings of the term interchangeably: To denote...
