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comma

kom-uh

  • noun
    1. the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
    2. Classical Prosody.
    a fragment or smaller section of a colon.
    the part of dactylic hexameter beginning or ending with the caesura.
    the caesura itself.
    3. Music. the minute, virtually unheard difference in pitch between two enharmonic tones, as G♯ and A♭.
    4. any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Polygonia comma, having a comma-shaped silver mark on the underside of each hind wing.
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A§H»JÓÒK wrote:comma

kom-uh

  • noun
    1. the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
    2. Classical Prosody.
    a fragment or smaller section of a colon.
    the part of dactylic hexameter beginning or ending with the caesura.
    the caesura itself.
    3. Music. the minute, virtually unheard difference in pitch between two enharmonic tones, as G♯ and A♭.
    4. any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Polygonia comma, having a comma-shaped silver mark on the underside of each hind wing.
Nice...here is Merriam-Websters Word of the day.
solecism
SAH-luh-sih-zum

DEFINITION
noun

1. an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also : a minor blunder in speech
2. something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order
3. a breach of etiquette or decorum

EXAMPLES
As a copyeditor, Jane has the eyes of a hawk; rarely, if ever, does she let a writer's solecism slip past her.

"What [Leonard Lyons] presented in his columns was the essence of the person being reported on, and so even when one comes upon the occasional solecism or inaccuracy, it matters less because the portraits as a whole ring true." — Martin Rubin, The Washington Times, September 5, 2011
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bromide
BROH-myde

DEFINITION
noun

1. a compound of bromine and another element or chemical group
2. a commonplace or tiresome person
3. a commonplace or hackneyed statement or idea

EXAMPLES
Years of coal mining and natural gas extraction have elevated the concentration of bromides in the river.

"When things go badly wrong—Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea, Peyton Manning's dismal Super Bowl performance—some ding-dong will trot out the bromide, 'Oh, well: The best-laid plans of mice and men…'" — Joe Queenan, The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2014
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A§H»Anoobis wrote:bromide
BROH-myde

DEFINITION
noun

1. a compound of bromine and another element or chemical group
2. a commonplace or tiresome person
3. a commonplace or hackneyed statement or idea

EXAMPLES
Years of coal mining and natural gas extraction have elevated the concentration of bromides in the river.

"When things go badly wrong—Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea, Peyton Manning's dismal Super Bowl performance—some ding-dong will trot out the bromide, 'Oh, well: The best-laid plans of mice and men…'" — Joe Queenan, The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2014
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opinionated
o·pin·ion·at·ed
1. conceitedly assertive and dogmatic in one's opinions.
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deprivation
dep·ri·va·tion
1. the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.
2. the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity.

This is how I feel ever since break stopped and I've had to shimmer down on the amount of hours i play video games >.> First world class problems.
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diatribe


di·a·tribe

: an angry and usually long speech or piece of writing that strongly criticizes someone or something

  • 1: archaic : a prolonged discourse
    2: a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
    3: ironic or satirical criticism
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Procrastination

pro·cras·ti·na·tion
the action of delaying or postponing something.

Kinda like what I do with my homework on Sunday nights >.>
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It's all about the...
Specificity

Specificity relates to the test's ability to exclude a condition correctly.
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I share this with us.

Saudade.

Is a word in Portuguese and Galician that has no direct translation in English. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing may never return.[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing, moved away, separated, or died.

Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one's children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) that should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. It brings sad and happy feelings all together, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling.

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