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double-edged sword
Literally, a double-edged sword is a sword that has two sharpened edges. Figuratively, double-edged sword refers to something that has both good and bad consequences. When you’re wielding a double-edged sword, you have to be… -
git gud
Git gud, a slang rendering of get good, refers to getting better at a task or skill, used especially among video gamers online. -
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mukbang
Starting in South Korea, mukbang is a livestream of a host who binge-eats large quantities of food as they talk to their audience. -
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Why Do Babies Around The World Say “Mama”?
Mother, maman, mommy, amma, mama, em, mum, mamma, mutter, mare, maty, ana … Across languages an uncanny pattern appears for the word mother. Why? Is it evidence of universal language? Is this evidence of sound symbolism at work, which is a phoneme (sound) that has meaning completely unto itself? If you’re a linguist, baby talk is not just a cute but meaningless language used with infants. …
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4th of July
Also called Independence Day, the Fourth (4th) of July is a public holiday in the United States of America that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which declared the… -
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