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A lexophile's sanctum. Words! Mightier than swords...

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Vocabularian motto: "A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence"

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#Acclimation vs #Acclamation

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#Ascent vs #Assent

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beat about the bush = beat around the bush

make all sorts of excuses, talk in circles. discuss a matter without coming to the point.

"he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him"

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hot potatoes=tough row to hoe =hard (tough) nut to crack

a problem that is very 
difficult to solve or a person 
who is very difficult to 
understand.

- Getting an A in this class will be a tough nut to crack.

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"parlor trick"

cheap magician trick

 a skill that someone has developed with the intention of impressing someone, though the skill will be of limited use and will likely only impress someone one time.

- The greedy company is doing parlor tricks for its filthy business.

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"vim and vigor"

an abundance or excessive amount of boisterous, youthful energy, enthusiasm, or vitality

- Nothing like a swim in the brisk Atlantic ocean to fill you with vim and vigor first thing in the morning.

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"pan out"

end up; conclude; turn out well

- The deal panned out badly.
- Most cancer treatments don’t pan out.

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"terra incognita"

unknown territory : an unexplored country or field of knowledge

- 95% of the universe is invisible to us – the terra incognita of dark matter and dark energy.

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"catch my drift"

Meaning: Understand the meaning of what someone says indirectly.

Example John was not exactly hired for his skills, if you catch my drift.

(Maybe John was hired only because he has relatives or friends who work for the company)
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"pilcrow" ¶

pilcrow, also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea, or blind P, is a typographical character for individual paragraphs. It is present in Unicode as U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN. pilcrow*.
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"misanthrope"

A misanthrope or misanthropist is a person who hates or mistrusts other people. Someone who distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature.

- Freud was not only a misogynist (disliking women) but also a misanthrope.

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"spoiler alert"

A reviewer's warning that a plot spoiler is about to be revealed.

Telling some important part or turning point of the Movies or TV Shows before you actually see them.

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"death by a thousand cuts"

If something is suffering the death of (by) a thousand cuts, lots of small bad things are happening, none of which are fatal in themselves, but which add up to a slow and painful demise.

-The harassment charges were "death of a thousand cuts" for him.

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-icide= to poison, to kill

insecticide.
pesticide.
herbicide.
fungicide.
larvicide.
germicide.
bactericide.

homicide
suicide

deicide

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"Smoking Gun"

Something that serves as conclusive (hard) evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory)

- In the case of President Trump's campaign finances intended to influence a political vote, the smoking guns are sitting out in the open.

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