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Reddit asks the question. Here are a few of the responses: I know some will say some of these haven’t gone away but I think they’re not as popular as they once were or as widely used. I say “fisticuffs” and “icebox” were pretty cool words. I wish “randy” would come back. The [...] Splenda Daddy (noun) – A man who strives to be a Sugar Daddy but just doesn’t have the funds to pull it off. Thanks Sander
1. ARBITRATOR: A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonalds 2. AVOIDABLE: What a bullfighter tries to do 3. BERNADETTE: The act of torching a mortgage 4. BURGLARIZE: What a crook sees with 5. CONTROL: A short, ugly inmate 6. COUNTERFEITERS: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets 7. ECLIPSE: What an English barber [...] This is a compilation of all those sites online of handy, useful, (and above all) contemporary Latin phrases. Enjoy! Ad eundum quo nemo ante it. Age. Fac ut gaudeam. Alanis horribulus. Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est. (At a barbeque) Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus! Aquaductus non diuresis! Atque memento, nulli adsunt Romanorum qui locutionem tuam corrigant. Auda similarum ad seattles. Aut discere aut disce. In late-1979, New York Times columnist William Safire compiled a list of “Fumblerules of Grammar” — rules of writing, all of which are humorously self-contradictory. Those 36 fumblerules can be seen below, along with another 18 that later featured in Safire’s book, Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage. Remember to never [...] The ‘Oxford comma’ is an optional comma before the word ‘and’ at the end of a list: We sell books, videos, and magazines. It’s known as the Oxford comma because it was traditionally used by printers, readers, and editors at Oxford University Press. Not all writers and publishers use it, but it can clarify [...]
Aphorisms: A short, pointed word or phrase expressing a wise or clever observation or a general truth….
ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends
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