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Thomas Mantell in
pursuit of a UFO as "a
masterpiece in the art of 'weasel
wording'". Carl
Wrighter discussed weasel words in his best-selling book I Can...
- (plural
double entendres) is a
figure of
speech or a
particular way of
wording that is
devised to have a
double meaning, one of
which is
typically obvious...
- for example, programming.
Rubbish in,
rubbish out (RIRO) is an
alternate wording. The
principle applies to all
logical argumentation:
soundness implies...
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residential installations. Over time, this has come to
include multiple wordings that
describe various cost-effective
practices to keep
equipment operational;...
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French Revolution,
first heard in May 1790. It
underwent several changes in
wording, all of
which used the
title words as part of the refrain. The original...
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different numbers of
verses were
later added, each with
variations in the
wording.
Throughout the 19th
century new
versions of the
story were
written featuring...
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general elections (French: élections générales) per the Constitution's
wording,
determine who
becomes Members of Parliament, each with the
right to sit...
- 1721,
Russian Tsars adopted the word –
their official title included the
wording (literal translation): "The
Sovereign of all Rus': the Great, the Little...
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substituted with euphemisms, such as "put down" or "put to sleep" to make the
wording less harsh. The
methods of
euthanasia can be
divided into pharmacological...
- my!"—emphasizing the
danger and
number of
animals more than the
prosaic wording with only the
second "and". An
example of a
trope is the metaphor, describing...