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pleonexia
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Liza Jane
Today at 03:10 PM
Pleonexia as an affliction seems closely related to Quote: Affluenza, n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused
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Re: What is the noun for to beg?
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zmjezhd
Today at 02:12 PM
prosba
Depending on the context: request, entreaty, demand, desire, appeal, plea, pleading, supplication, or prayer. Czech (and other Slavic languages) prosit is cognate with German fragen 'to ask' and Latin precor 'to entreat, pray for, w
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Re: Abstract term for puck, ball and shuttlecock?
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TheFallibleFiend
Today at 09:50 AM
After consulting m-w about 'accoutrement', it seems that word is about ancillary equipment. However, it suggests there might be an appropriate short phrase we might use to describe what you're saying:
Essential equipment or Essential element mi
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Re: Aaak
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Faldage
Today at 06:30 AM
Originally Posted By: Zed"Plat du Jour of the week"
That's pretty funny, but when you mug other languages in dark alleys and rifle through their pockets for the odd word or phrase, I don't believe there's any rules say what you can
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Re: For the Love of God
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BranShea
Today at 05:08 AM
We'll see if people will still queu for gadgets. (they will)
Hirst's skull, called ``For the Love of God,'' is cast from platinum, encrusted with 8,601 diamonds and has its original teeth, the Rijksmuseum said in a statement on its Web si
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