ballotage
-noun
In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates.
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PKMKII
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"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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PKMKII
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speos
-noun
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
-noun
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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PKMKII
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arrears
-plural noun
1. the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty, promise, obligation, or the like: Many homeowners have fallen into arrears.
2. Sometimes, arrear. something overdue in payment; a debt that remains unpaid: Those countries that have paid their arrears may be granted additional loans.
-plural noun
1. the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty, promise, obligation, or the like: Many homeowners have fallen into arrears.
2. Sometimes, arrear. something overdue in payment; a debt that remains unpaid: Those countries that have paid their arrears may be granted additional loans.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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arrear
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1. Just one of them things what PK said.
2. A bum, botty, arse, jacksie or ring-piece.
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1. Just one of them things what PK said.
2. A bum, botty, arse, jacksie or ring-piece.
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PKMKII
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stingo
-noun
strong beer.
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strong beer.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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stingo
-verb
What a bee-o does to you when you bother his hive-o.
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What a bee-o does to you when you bother his hive-o.
—Captain the Reverend Lord C.S. Rowan, Lord of Glencoe, Minister of Pastafarianism, Gentleman Pirate
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arrear-stingo
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A hot curry. V. Ghandi's revenge
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A hot curry. V. Ghandi's revenge
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Tattlery
-noun
Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
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Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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TattsLottery
Something most of us are never destined to win
Something most of us are never destined to win
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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TattsLife noun
Consumer/Magazine/Comic TV programme presented by Esther Rantzen...frequently involving the phrases: 'We complained to British Gas' and 'Sossayges'.
Consumer/Magazine/Comic TV programme presented by Esther Rantzen...frequently involving the phrases: 'We complained to British Gas' and 'Sossayges'.
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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antonym
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a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow.
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a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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AntanDec
-n. pl.
A kind of pathetic mutant.
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That's why you make a boat fast to stop it moving, or tie something down using fasteners.
-n. pl.
A kind of pathetic mutant.
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Fast is an antonym of slow.
That's why you make a boat fast to stop it moving, or tie something down using fasteners.
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Nofliesonym ^
No, but you can see where they've been.
No, but you can see where they've been.
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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tiffin
-noun
1. lunch.
2. to eat lunch.
-verb
3. to provide lunch for; serve lunch to.
-noun
1. lunch.
2. to eat lunch.
-verb
3. to provide lunch for; serve lunch to.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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