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Onomatopoeia

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Neologism

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Malapropism

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Anaphora

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Denouement

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Verisimilitude

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Sardonic/Ironic

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Ironic and satire

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Didactic

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Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

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Chyron

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an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or movie screen.

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Erudite

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Having or showing great knowledge or education

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Erudite

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Having or showing great knowledge or education

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Homonym

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Homonyms may be words with identical pronunciations but different spellings and meanings, such as to, too, and two. Or they may be words with both identical pronunciations and identical spellings but different meanings, such as quail (the bird) and quail (to cringe).

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Positive vs normative

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Bayesian Inference

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Solipsism

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Aphorism 2 meanings
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a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as,

  1. “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”. Famous by Carter advisor Thomas Bertram Lance in budget meet
  2. Never interrupt enemy when making a mistake -napoleon
  3. Character is what you are in the dark -Dwight moody
  4. If you want something done well do it yourself -napoleon
  5. Luck is wha happens when preparation meets opportunity Seneca

a concise statement of a scientific principle, typically by an ancient classical author.
“the opening sentence of the first aphorism of Hippocrates”

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Ennui

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a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.

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Etiquette vs courtesy vs manners

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Etiquette is following rules that govern behavior- it might be the reason that causes you to behave a certain way.

Courtesy is behaving in a way that benefits others- it means thinking of the effect of your behavior.

Your manner is how you behave, regardless of the cause or the effect.

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Implicit 2

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Mixed metaphor

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mixed metaphor

a combination of two or more incompatible
metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect (e.g., this tower of strength will forge ahead).

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Polity

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Race v ethnicity

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Solipsism

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Adroit

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Auspicious

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Bumptious

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Apropos

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Categorically

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Fulsome

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Rationalism versus empiricism 4 items (last item irrelevant)

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Metabolome

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Automaticity

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Motley

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Pellucid

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Jumping the shark
Etymology

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Hormesis

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Robustness Principle

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Hickam’s Dictum

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Sartorial

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Telemetry

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Reactionary

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Stochastic

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Fifth column meaning origin

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Contingent working for enemy in occupied territory

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Market v command economy

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Stochastic

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Fifth column

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Technocracy

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Legerdemain

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Equivocation

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Homology

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Atoms

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Atomos Greek uncuttable democratus

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DeciBel entomology

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Heckler’s veto
Coined by
6 Examples in article and why

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Ruth McGaffrey

  1. In the late nineteenth century, members of the Salvation Army were arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct after a “Skeleton Army” had broken up their street parade.’
  2. In 1938, labor organizers were denied a permit to speak in New Jersey because there was threatened disorder on the part of opposing groups.
  3. In 1946, the mayor of a small Iowa city set up roadblocks to prevent Jehovah’s Witnesses from conducting a religious meeting in a. city park because citizens had threatened to disrupt the meeting.
  4. In 1958, the city officials of Little Rock, Arkansas, asked permission to delay integration of the public schools because white sentiment was considered dangerous to public order.’
  5. A decade later the Chicago police demanded that demonstrators disperse in order to prevent what they feared might become a riot when comedian Dick Gregory marched into the neighborhood of Mayor Richard Daley to protest racial segregation, even though the demonstrators themselves had been completely peaceful.
  6. And finally in 1972 a district court in Texas held that the flag desecration portion of the Texas Penal Code was a valid exercise of the police power of the state to prevent the violence which would naturally result from public indignities perpetrated on the national emblem.
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Homily

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Ultra Vires

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Punk entomology

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Bye Felicia source

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No cap

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On fleek

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Baleful

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Bon mot

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Cartel

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Jingoism

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Synechdoche pron and mean

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Sin nek duh key

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Shell noun

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Obsequious

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Exogenous

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Avuncular

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Vicissitude

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: A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

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Recondite

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: Little known; abstruse.

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Lachrymose

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: Tearful or given to weeping.

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Enervate

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: To cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.

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Diaphanous

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: Light, delicate, and translucent (often used to describe fabric).

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Antediluvian

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: Extremely old and antiquated.

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Abjure

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: To renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity.

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Encomium

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: A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

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Inimical

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: Tending to obstruct or harm.

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Jejune

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: Naive, simplistic, and superficial.

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Truculent

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: Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

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Zeitgeist

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Valediction

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Praxis

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Emollient

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Having the quality of softening

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Risible

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Mine run

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Hegemonic common sense

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Periodicity

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Acacia

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Abacadabra etymology

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Cosmogony v cosmology

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Afterbirth

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Synechdoche etymology

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Synecdoche whole rep part
Eg countries
Eg cooking
Eg sports

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Synecdoche part rep whole
Eg Political entities
Eg business slang
Eg orchestra parts

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Boondoggle etymology

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Archway (mystical)
First 2 symbols

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Ash tree
Serpents
Poison

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Eponymous

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Realpolitik

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Athanor

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Boondoggle

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