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   square up

   To square up means to get into a fighting position. However, it can also mean to settle a financial balance. Or, it sometimes means to physically or metaphorically reconcile two opposing objects, ideas, or people.
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   Supremacy Clause

   The Supremacy Clause is the common moniker of Article VI, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution. The clause establishes the Constitution and federal laws as the “supreme Law of the Land,” above state laws.
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   skosh

   A skosh is a colloquial and imprecise unit of measurement meaning “a small amount.” The word is sometimes misspelled as scoshe.
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   silver fox

   A silver fox is an older man, generally with gray or graying hair, who is considered attractive, charming, and classy.
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   Celebrity Baby Name Or Past Word Of The Day?

   Can you guess whether these words are celebrity baby names or past Dictionary.com words of the day? You’re intrigued, you know it . . . . and maybe learning these past Word of the Day picks will even inspire some naming creativity (wink, wink). If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser.

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   poppin’

   When used as an adjective, poppin’ is a synonym for awesome, popular, or fresh, especially prominent in US black slang.
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   Boo Radley

   Boo Radley is a fictional character from Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a mysterious, reclusive man and, as such, the frequent subject of children’s ghastly legends.
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   Medical Terms You Didn’t Know Existed

   If you fancy yourself a modern-day Florence Nightingale, or if you just really like to look up your symptoms late at night online, these 10 weird medical terms need to be added to your vernacular faster than you can say "diagnosis."

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   wheels up

   Wheels up is a colloquial term for the takeoff of an aircraft, occasionally applied to other vehicles.
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    daddy issues

    Daddy issues is an informal phrase for the psychological challenges resulting from an absent or abnormal relationship with one's father, often manifesting in a distrust of, or sexual desire for, men who act as father…
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    chemical castration

    Chemical castration is the practice of suppressing sexual desire, usually in men who are convicted sex offenders, by means of an injection.
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    divine intervention

    Divine intervention is the interference of a deity in human life, popularly extended to any miraculous-seeming turn of events.