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What the Nautical Term ‘Avast’ Means
The word was originally derived from the Dutch phrase “houd vast”, which literally means “hold fast”. The frequent usage of this phrase eventually got it slurred down to “hou’ vast” and later “avast”.
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Top Ten Dangerous Words and Phrases Women LOVE to
One of the most intriguing questions is “Why don’t women just say what they mean?” Because women are born negotiators, politicians, diplomats, you name it! Women use metaphors, analogies, nothing is spoken directly, questions are rhetoric and everyt
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Origins of 10 Common Words and Phrases [Infographi
origin of the terms booze, bacon, pipe dream, earth, algebra, rock and roll, and others
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Words and counselling can actually increase the intensity of physical pain
A study finds words and counselling can increase the intensity of pain
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So Many ISMs
...ISM ...ISM ...ISM? These little miniatures saying much. They are our reality, it is the world that surrounds us. These are not just words and phrases, or just a images but the impressive performance of human activities, human traits and character.
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Top 10 Overrated Books That You Can Go Without Rea
The books in this list are thought to be classics but are in fact, quite overrated. The content is mundane and so are the characters- the reason they are so popular is because the PR department was smart enough to use the right words and phrases.
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Top 10 Famous Last Words and Quotes
A person’s final words are extremely revealing. These words give a glimpse into the individual’s overall feelings and experiences.
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The Wonderful Word Art
You know the tired cliche about a picture being worth a thousand words? Well Spanish architect and designer Juan Osborne has taken this phrase quite literally, creating works of art using words and feeding them into a custom computer program he developed
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Pictures With Words
Words and pictures at the same time? How confusing!
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Abandoned Mansions, Farms and Ghost Towns
They say that pictures speak a thousand words, and these amazing images prove the old saying beyond a shadow of a doubt
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The Origin of the Word “Soccer”
Today I found out the origin of the word “soccer”. For all you out there who love to complain when Americans, and certain others, call “Football”, “Soccer”, you should know that it was the British that invented the word and it was also one of
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Yo, Dude! The Origins of Common Slang Words
Slang is defined as an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech, according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary.
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Top 6 Favorite Sports Enjoyed by Both Males and Fe
We figured this was simple enough to list without words and as you know a picture is worth a thousand words anyway. Biggest question here though is the order, is it counting down or up, which sport is the number one preferential activity of both? Top 6 Fa
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Guess These Words
try and Guess these words and see ho many u get correct
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15 Longest Location Names
The world is full of amazing locations and some are simply too good for commonly mundane names. Below is a list of places that have drifted far from the economy of words and have instead hung their hat on sheer length.
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Totally Gangsta
Its like a cool version of Vanilla Ice with Peaches on the chorus. They are from South Africa, obviously have some Dutch roots and are ridiculously Gangsta.
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Eight Unfortunate Bridesmaid Dresses
A picture is worth a thousand words, and all 8,000 words from these pictures can be found in the thesaurus under “Why?” Whether the bride really needs some extra help looking good, or she just happens to have terrible taste, the outcome is always the
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10 Really Cool Data Infographics
A picture is worth 1,00 words, and it can also be worth a couple of thousand - or more - data points. If done well, pictures can help to relay very complex information in a relatively simple way. Have a look... the new data- its not just for nerds!
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Grandpa Sleeping On A Lazy Boy Cruising On The Bac
There’s only one word and one punctuation mark that can describe this video…Awesome
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Real Facebook Dislike Stamp
For all creative minds who don’t like mincing words and take great pride in saying what they actually mean, however nasty or sarcastic, the words or just show their disapproval in wacky style, can now rejoice. Dislike stamp is now here!
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