Word and Phrase Origins
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Marissa MurrayOf course the 'fiddle' here is the colloquial name for violin. 'Fit' didn't originally mean healthy and energetic, in the sense...
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it's a lot of work
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It sounds crazy but it means someone is crazy in the food biz!
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The type of language is slang, if it means 'Don't talk', or 'Stop talking'. But if you are giving advice to someone who is...
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It means By Tha Way I Think I Am In Love With You!!!
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It just means kiss my bottoms but role models say it in a clean manner
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Buckminster Fuller, discoverer of C60 (Buckminsterfullerene), is thecreator of the HALO name.This from Bucky himself:"In 1951, I...
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Probably in the USA.
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By definition, generalizations are true for most, but not all, cases
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its means shutup
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It is like i will take whatever you said as if they are the fact without checking for the truth. And generally it means to accept...
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