query: what is the meaning of the phrase ecrasez l infame

pos: Voltaire prose, are preceded by prefaces of one sort or another, which are models of his caustic yet conversational tone. In a vast variety of nondescript pamphlets and writings, he displays his skills at journalism. In pure literary criticism his principal work is the "Commentaire sur Corneille", although he wrote many more similar works—sometimes (as in his "Life and Notices of Molière") independently and sometimes as part of his "Siècles". Voltaire's works, especially his private letters, frequently contain the word ""l'infâme"" and the expression ""écrasez l'infâme"", or "crush the infamous". The phrase refers to abuses of the people by royalty and

neg: Osculum infame Osculum infame Osculum infame is the name of a witch's supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil. The name means "The Shameful Kiss", or "The Kiss of Shame" since it involved kissing the devil's anus, his "other" mouth. According to folklore, it was this kiss that allowed the Devil to seduce women. During the years of the witch hunts, many believed that witches worshipped the Devil and paid him homage by kissing his posterior. The "osculum infame" is mentioned in nearly every single recorded account of a witches' sabbat and in confessions – most of which were extracted under

neg: Konx om Pax as to its origin and meaning. S. L. MacGregor Mathers claimed it to have been derived from "Khabs Am Pekht", which in the Egyptian language means roughly "Light in extension" or "Light rushing out in a single ray", which is used in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's Vernal and Autumnal Equinox ceremonies. Dudley Wright also claimed the phrase to be of Egyptian origin, but with the meaning "Watch, and do no evil". Captain Francis Wilford claimed the phrase came from Canscha Om Pacsha, in Sanskrit. Augustus le Plongeon proposed that the phrase derived from the Mayan language, as

neg: Pleonasm also dummy pronouns. Compare: The pleonastic (), expressing uncertainty in formal French, works as follows: Two more striking examples of French pleonastic construction are the word translated as 'today', but originally meaning "on the day of today", and the phrase meaning 'What's that?' or 'What is it?', while literally it means "What is it that it is?". There are examples of the pleonastic, or dummy, negative in English, such as the construction, heard in the New England region of the United States, in which the phrase "So don't I" is intended to have the same positive meaning as "So do

neg: Indonesian slang what gitu loh!"", meaning "who cares?!" or quite simply "so what!" with added emphasis from the phrase ""gitu loh"". ""Gitu"" is an abbreviated form of the Indonesian word ""begitu"" meaning "like that/ such as", while ""loh"" (also spelt "lho") is a particle commonly used in slang or conversational Indonesian to show surprise or instigate a warning. In these cases of combined, interlingual phrases, the original spelling (and quite often the pronunciation) of the foreign word(s) are retained. Hence, the English component of the Indonesian slang phrase ""so what gitu loh!"" remains relatively unchanged as far as spelling and pronunciation are

neg: Ite, missa est the assembly] is dismissed". However, according to Fortescue (1910), the word "missa" as used in this phrase is not the feminine participle (Classical Latin "missa"), but rather a Late Latin form of what would be "missio" in classical Latin, meaning "dismissal", for a translation of "Go, the dismissal is made". Chupungco (1999) noted that "some persons have attempted" to "sublimate" the straightforward meaning of the phrase into an interpretation of "missio" "dismissal" as "mission" (as in, "go and be a missionary"), but judges this interpretation as "without foundation". The connection between the meaning "dismissal" and the 'deeper' meaning of "mission"

neg: Imperial and royal titles of the Mughal emperors descent from the Khans. "Mukarram" (مُکَرَّم) means '"possessor of the honorable or generous"' or "'the honorable or the generous"', in Urdu adopted from Arabic. "Ẓillu’llah" or "(translit.)" "Zwillu’llah" (ظِلُّ ٱلله) is an Arabic word-phrase meaning the "Shadow or Shade of God (Allah - الله)", literally "the Refuge of Allah". "Shahenshah-e-Sultanat Al-Hindiyyah wa Al-Mughaliyyah/ Shahenshah-e-Sultanat Al-Hindiyyah wa Al-Mughaliyyah" or "(translit.)" "Shāhenshāhe-Sulṭānātu ’l-Hindiyyah wa-’l-Mughaliyyah" (شَاهَنْشَاهِ سُلْطَنَاتُ ٱلْهِنْدِيَّه وَٱلْمُغَالِيَّه) is an Persianized Arabic imperial title meaning: ""Emperor of the Sultanate of India and the Mughals.". "Firdaus Ashiyani/ Firdaws Aashiyaneh or Firdaws Āshiyānē" (فِرْدَوس آشِيَانَه) is an Persianized Arabic imperial title meaning: "Domain of

neg: Osculum infame other than human, including rams, black cats, and toads. "Errores Haereticorum", a medieval tract, claims that the Cathars took their name "from the term cat, whose posterior they kiss, in whose form Satan appears to them." The role could also be reversed whereby the witch was the recipient of the kiss. Osculum infame Osculum infame is the name of a witch's supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil. The name means "The Shameful Kiss", or "The Kiss of Shame" since it involved kissing the devil's anus, his "other" mouth. According to folklore, it was this kiss that allowed the

neg: Apples and oranges phrase "сравнивать тёплое с мягким" (to compare warm and soft) is used. In Argentina, a common question is "¿En qué se parecen el amor y el ojo del hacha?" (What do love and the eye of an axe have in common?) and emphasizes dissimilarity between two subjects; in Colombia, a similar (though more rude) version is common: "confundir la mierda con la pomada" (to confuse shit with ointment). In Polish, the expression "co ma piernik do wiatraka?" is used, meaning "What has (is) gingerbread to a windmill?". In Chinese, a phrase that has the similar meaning is 风马牛不相及 (fēng mǎ

neg: Aboriginal Australians to the phrase "people of any race" in s. 51(xxvi). Plainly, the words have a wide and non-technical meaning ... . The phrase is, in my view, apposite to refer to all Australian Aboriginals collectively. Any doubt, which might otherwise exist in that regard, is removed by reference to the wording of par. (xxvi) in its original form. The phrase is also apposite to refer to any identifiable racial sub-group among Australian Aboriginals. By "Australian Aboriginal" I mean, in accordance with what I understand to be the conventional meaning of that term, a person of Aboriginal descent, albeit mixed, who

neg: Shikata ga nai When asked what it means, he says it means "Let's get to work", not knowing its actual meaning. Later, Bob Dunbar says the words to confuse searching Japanese soldiers. The Japan commentator Willard Price often made reference to the term in his dealings with the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s. Kim Stanley Robinson also includes the phrase in his book "Red Mars". The phrase is spoken by Hiroko early on in the Mars colonization: "It was Hiroko who cut Arkady off, with what she said was a Japanese commonplace: 'Shikata ga nai,' meaning there is no choice" (100). Pt

neg: Said the actress to the bishop the terminology was used again in "Saturday Night Live" by Alec Baldwin who portrayed Donald Trump in "Paul Manafort's House Cold Open": "'I would never do that to you.' 'That's what she said.'" Said the actress to the bishop The phrase "Said the actress to the bishop" is a colloquial and vulgar British exclamation, offering humour by serving as a punch line that exposes an unintended double entendre. An equivalent phrase in North America is "that's what "she" said". Each phrase is an example of a Wellerism, exposing a second meaning of what precedes it. The versatility of such phrases,

neg: Earth religion acceptable is negotiable. Many Wiccans reverse the phrase into "Do what ye will an it harm none," meaning "Do what you want if it doesn't harm anyone." The difference may not seem significant but it is. The first implies that it is good to do no harm but does not say that it is necessarily unethical to do so, the second implies that all forms of harm are unethical. The second phrase is nearly impossible to follow. This shift occurred when trying to better adapt the phrase into modern English as well as to stress the "harmlessness" of Wiccans. The

neg: Nada Sōsō demo tape she received was "Nada Sōsō," an Okinawan language phrase meaning "large tears are falling" (to compare, the Japanese phrase would be ). When Moriyama found out the meaning of the phrase, it reminded her of the death of her older brother. She kept the title, and based the lyrics she wrote around these feelings. The lyrics speak of looking through an old photo-book at pictures of somebody who has died. The protagonist of the song is thankful to them for always encouraging them, and for being happy no matter what. They believe they will meet them again one

neg: Q.E.D. Q.E.D. Q.E.D. (also written QED and in italics: "QED") is an initialism of the Latin phrase meaning "what was to be demonstrated" or "what was to be shown." Some may also use a less direct translation instead: "thus it has been demonstrated." Traditionally, the phrase is placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when the original proposition has been restated exactly, as the conclusion of the demonstration or completion of the proof. The phrase, "quod erat demonstrandum", is a translation into Latin from the Greek (; abbreviated as "ΟΕΔ"). Translating from the

neg: Q.E.D. delightedly, "Oooh... you speak French!" Q.E.D. Q.E.D. (also written QED and in italics: "QED") is an initialism of the Latin phrase meaning "what was to be demonstrated" or "what was to be shown." Some may also use a less direct translation instead: "thus it has been demonstrated." Traditionally, the phrase is placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when the original proposition has been restated exactly, as the conclusion of the demonstration or completion of the proof. The phrase, "quod erat demonstrandum", is a translation into Latin from the Greek (; abbreviated

neg: English-language idioms of its elements. English learners usually have a hard time understanding an idiom's real meaning without an idiomatic dictionary. English has thousands of idioms, most of which are informal. English-language idioms An idiom is a common word or phrase with a culturally understood meaning that differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest. For example, an English speaker would understand the phrase ""kick the bucket"" to mean ""to die"" and also to actually kick a bucket. Furthermore, they would understand when each meaning is being used in context. An idiom is not to be confused with other figures of

neg: Bang for the buck its soft drink product Pepsi. Sometimes the phrase is used to mean "a better value for the money spent". In 2001, author Matthew L. Stone wrote that the phrase "has been overused almost to the point of becoming meaningless". In her 2010 book "The Trouble with Thinking", Lauren Powers wrote that whenever she hears the cliché "bigger bang for the buck", she becomes "distracted" by the phrase's history and cannot continue paying attention to the speaker's words. Bang for the buck Bang for the buck is an idiom meaning the worth of one's money or exertion. The phrase originated from

neg: Said the actress to the bishop Said the actress to the bishop The phrase "Said the actress to the bishop" is a colloquial and vulgar British exclamation, offering humour by serving as a punch line that exposes an unintended double entendre. An equivalent phrase in North America is "that's what "she" said". Each phrase is an example of a Wellerism, exposing a second meaning of what precedes it. The versatility of such phrases, and their popularity, lead some to consider them clichéd. The term, or its variant "as the actress said to the bishop", is British in origin. It was in popular usage in the Royal

neg: Š-L-M Testament text uses "eirēnē" () for 'peace', which perhaps represents Jesus saying "šlama"; this Greek form became the northern feminine name Irene. In the Epistles, it often occurs alongside the usual Greek greeting "chairein" () in the phrase 'grace and peace'. However, comparison of the Greek Septuagint and Hebrew Masoretic Old Testament texts shows some instances where "shalom" was translated instead as "soteria" (, meaning 'salvation'). In Hebrew: In Aramaic: Š-L-M Shin-Lamedh-Mem is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The root meaning translates to "whole, safe, intact, unharmed, to go

neg: Pitch accent (intonation) accents, but these differences are predictable. Pitch accents in English serve as a cue to prominence, along with duration, intensity, and spectral composition. Pitch accents are made up of a high (H) or low (L) pitch target or a combination of an H and an L target. The pitch accents of English used in the ToBI prosodic transcription system are: H*, L*, L*+H, L+H*, and H+!H*. Most theories of prosodic meaning in English claim that pitch accent placement is tied to the focus, or most important part, of the phrase. Some theories of prosodic marking of focus are only concerned

neg: Tagalog profanity mo!"" as something akin to "Hey, [slow] internet [connection], fuck you!" As in the English "fucking", the phrase can also be used as an adjective, as in the case of ""putanginang aso"" ("fucking dog") or ""Diyos ko, putanginang buhay ko!"" ("God, fuck my shitty life!") This non-literal meaning of the phrase "putang ina mo" has twice been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Philippines: first in 1969 in its decision to "Rosauro Reyes v. The People of the Philippines" (G.R. № L-21528 and № L-21529), and then in 2006 in its decision to "Noel Villanueva v. People of the

neg: Does exactly what it says on the tin began a similar copycat advertising campaign in Ireland stating that its product "does exactly what it says on the tube". The phrase is a registered trademark of the Sherwin-Williams Company, the owner of Ronseal, across the European Community for products including paints, varnishes, and wood preservatives (E3085826). In 2007, a song titled "What It Says on the Tin" was released by the British singer Katie Melua. Although the song is about relationships, the phrase has a similar meaning. Does exactly what it says on the tin "It does exactly what it says on the tin" was originally an advertising slogan

neg: English-language idioms English-language idioms An idiom is a common word or phrase with a culturally understood meaning that differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest. For example, an English speaker would understand the phrase ""kick the bucket"" to mean ""to die"" and also to actually kick a bucket. Furthermore, they would understand when each meaning is being used in context. An idiom is not to be confused with other figures of speech such as a metaphor, which invokes an image by use of implicit comparisons ("e.g.", ""the man of steel"" ); a simile, which invokes an image by use of

neg: Reuben (son of Jacob) derives from "raa beonyi", meaning "he has seen my misery"; the second explanation is that the name refers to Leah's hope that Reuben's birth will make Jacob love her, implying a derivation from "yeehabani", meaning "he will love me". Another Hebrew phrase to which "Reuben" is particularly close is "ra'a ben", meaning "behold, a son", which is how classical rabbinical literature interpreted it, although some of these sources argue that Leah was using the term to make an implied distinction between Reuben and Esau, his uncle. Some scholars suspect that the final consonant may originally have been an "l" (similar

neg: Basque language where a subject–verb–object construction is more common). The order of the phrases within a sentence can be changed with thematic purposes, whereas the order of the words within a phrase is usually rigid. As a matter of fact, Basque phrase order is topic–focus, meaning that in neutral sentences (such as sentences to inform someone of a fact or event) the topic is stated first, then the focus. In such sentences, the verb phrase comes at the end. In brief, the focus directly precedes the verb phrase. This rule is also applied in questions, for instance, "What is this?" can be

neg: What happens on tour, stays on tour the United States and is also known as "what goes on tour stays on tour", "what happens on the road stays on the road", and, among members of the United States military, speaking of temporary duty assignment, "what happens TDY stays TDY". The phrase has been described by Samantha Brett, a writer for "The Age", as an "unspoken male pact that for centuries can never be broken". In essence, if you were there you may discuss the events, but if you were not there, you get nothing. In contrast, "Rugby for Dummies" describes the phrase as meaning that particularly funny,

neg: Rajah Humabon as king of Cebu. The phrase "Cata Raya Chita" was documented by historian Antonio Pigafetta to be a warning in the Malay language, from a merchant to the Rajah. Following Pigafetta's inscription, the phrase is creole Malay for ""Kata-katanya adalah raya cita-cita"". The phrase may mean "What they say is mainly ambitious": "kata-kata" ("words"), "–nya" (second person possessive), "adalah" ("is/are"), "raya" (great, main, large), "cita-cita" ("ambitious"). Another interpretation is that the phrase was spoken by merchants under the authority of Rajah Humabon was actually the Old Malay "Kota raya kita", meaning "We are of the great fortress": "kota" ("fortress"), "raya"

neg: Kabiye language tonal processes occur once words are placed in context. The contour HLH always surfaces as HꜜHH ~ HHꜜH (depending on the consonant–vowel structure that it associates to). This is a postlexical process that occurs wherever the context permits, within words and across word boundaries. There is lexical L tone spreading in the verb phrase and the associative noun phrase. Kabiye has vowel harmony, meaning that the quality of the vowel in an affix is determined by that of the root vowel. There are two kinds: A limited number of prefixes undergo both vowel harmony processes, e.g. the first person plural

neg: Boundary tone the percent symbol (%) indicates the boundary tone itself. In another example, in response to the question, "What about Anna? Who did she come with?", a speaker may reply "Anna came with Manny". Again there are two possible pronunciations: the speaker can either say this as a single intonational phrase with a single high pitch on "Manny" (L L L L H L), or as two intonational phrases with one high pitch on the first syllable of "Anna" and another on the first syllable of "Manny" (H L L L H L). If the sentence is pronounced in the second

neg: Malaysian names then his father's name. A woman's name would consist of her personal name followed by the Malay phrase "anak perempuan", meaning 'daughter of', and then her father's name. The Malay patronymic phrase is often abbreviated to "a/l" ('son of') or "a/p" ('daughter of') and then their father's name. In many circumstances, the intervening Malay is omitted, and the father's name follows immediately after a person's given name. Following traditional practice from South India, the father's name is sometimes abbreviated to an initial and placed before the personal name. Thus, a man called Anbuselvan whose father is called Ramanan may be

neg: Q-D-Š around Jerusalem, or the Holy Land, is referred to in Arabic and in Islamic sources as "al ard al-muqaddasa" (also "Bilād al-Muqaddasa"), as it is full of shrines and connections to prophets and saints. The Christian Bible is known in Arabic as "al-Kitāb al-Muqaddas". "Muqaddas" in Arabic means not only "holy" and "sacred", but also "hallowed, sanctified, dedicated, consecrated." "Al-Quds" also appears in Arabic as part of a phrase to refer to the Holy Spirit, "Rúḥu 'l-Quds" (or "Rūḥu 'l'Qudus"), with "Ruh" meaning "spirit". This phrase appears in the Qur'an a number of times, where it is thought to refer

neg: St. Lucia's College, Colombo the school is planning to start A/L classes. St. Lucia's College, Colombo St. Lucia's College (commonly known as St. Lucia's or Lucia's) is a Roman Catholic school located in Kotahena area of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This school was founded in 1880 and it is a Government School, managed by Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka), which provides primary and secondary education. The School Motto both "Pro Deo et Patria" written in Latin phrase and "मेरा देवाय स स्वदेशाय।" (Swa devvaya sa swadeshaaya) written in Sanskrit phrase having same meaning as "For God and Country". The school has Sinhala and Tamil mediums

neg: Sexual suggestiveness to what displays of suggestiveness are considered appropriate. In particular, some Christian and Muslim communities are more strict on what levels of suggestiveness are appropriate for unmarried young women. A considerable amount of research has concluded that sexually suggestive content is pervasive in the media. The most common type of sexually suggestive content in adolescent programming is in the form of a sexual innuendo. Sexual innuendoes give a suggestive alternative meaning to an otherwise neutral phrase. For example, the use of the phrase "bend over backwards" when describing a colleague, in the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", is used

neg: Meisner technique well as "interpreting a script, and creating the specific physical characteristics of each character the actor played". An example of a technique Meisner invented to train actors' responses is called the Repetition Exercise: ""In this exercise, two actors sit across from each other and respond to each other through a repeated phrase. The phrase is about each other's behavior, and reflects what is going on between them in the moment, such as "You look unhappy with me right now." The way this phrase is said as it is repeated changes in meaning, tone and intensity to correspond with the behavior

neg: At sixes and sevens seven". The phrase is also used in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" (1878), where Captain Corcoran, the ship's Commander, is confused as to what choices to make in his life, and exclaims in the opening song of Act II, "Fair moon, to thee I sing, bright regent of the heavens, say, why is everything either at sixes or at sevens?" In P.G.Wodehouse's "Right Ho, Jeeves" (1934), the derivation of the phrase is said to be from the "hearty "argot" of the hunting field". The phrase took on additional meaning during the early 1960s, when debate over Britain's position

neg: Tertium quid Tertium quid Tertium quid refers to an unidentified third element that is in combination with two known ones. The phrase is associated with alchemy. It is Latin for "third something" (literally, "third what"), a translation of the Greek "triton ti" (τρίτον τί). The Greek phrase was used by Plato (360 BC), and by Irenæus ("c." AD 196). The earliest Latin example is by Tertullian ("c." 220), who used the phrase to describe a mixed substance with composite properties such as electrum, a somewhat different sense than the modern meaning. In the Christological debates of the fourth century, it was used

neg: Sapere aude Sapere aude Sapere aude is the Latin phrase meaning “Dare to know”; and also is loosely translated as “Dare to be wise”, or even more loosely as "Dare to think for yourself!" Originally used in the "First Book of Letters" (20 BCE), by the Roman poet Horace, the phrase "Sapere aude" became associated with the Age of Enlightenment, during the 17th and 18th centuries, after Immanuel Kant used it in the essay, “Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?” (1784). As a philosopher, Kant claimed the phrase "Sapere aude" as the motto for the entire period of the Enlightenment, and used

neg: Connotation meanings. These could include the contrast of a word or phrase with its primary, literal meaning (known as a denotation), with what that word or phrase specifically denotes. The connotation essentially relates to how anything may be associated with a word or phrase, for example, an implied value judgement or feelings. It is often useful to avoid words with strong connotations (especially pejorative or disparaging ones) when striving to achieve a neutral point of view. A desire for more positive connotations, or fewer negative ones, is one of the main reasons for using euphemisms. In logic and semantics, "connotation" is

neg: Foodo language phonemes. Consonants in parentheses are found only in loan words. Like other Guang languages, Foodo has nine phonemic vowels. Vowel length is contrastive, resulting in a total of 18 vowels. Foodo is a tonal language, meaning that pitch differences are used to distinguish one word from another. These contrasts may be lexical or grammatical. There are two tones, High (H) and Low (L). Foodo also has automatic downstep, where a H following a L is always pronounced on a lower pitch than the preceding H within the same phonological phrase. Numerous tonal processes occur once words are placed in context.

neg: I say it's spinach phrase: "Long as I'm yours, long as you're mine / Long as there's love and a moon to shine / I say it's spinach and the hell with it / The hell with it, that's all!". In Britain in the 19th century, "spinach" also meant "nonsense". Dickens uses the phrase "gammon and spinach" in this sense with Miss Mowcher in "David Copperfield" (published in 1849) saying "What a world of gammon and spinnage it is though, ain't it!" ("spinnage" being a now-obsolete variant of "spinach"). The same phrase, although with unclear meaning, is also seen in the nursery rhyme ""A

neg: Semantic holism proposition means comprehending a language". About the same time or shortly after, W. V. O. Quine wrote that "the unit of measure of empirical meaning is all of science in its globality"; and Donald Davidson, in 1967, put it even more sharply by saying that "a sentence (and therefore "a word") has meaning only in the context of a (whole) language". If semantic holism is interpreted as the thesis that any linguistic expression "E" (a word, a phrase or sentence) of some natural language "L" cannot be understood in isolation and that there are inevitably many ties between the expressions

neg: Syriac Sinaiticus ℓ "547", syr, cop In Luke 9:35, it reflects ἐκλελεγμένος ("Elect One") with formula_1 formula_1 א B L Ξ 892 1241 it vgst cop In Luke 10:41b-42a, the phrase "you are worried and being troubled about many things, but only one thing is needed" is omitted, as in it Ambrose In Luke 23:34, the phrase "And Jesus said: Father forgive them, they know not what they do" is omitted, agreeing with formula_1, א, B, D*, W, Θ, 0124, 1241, a, Bezae, cop, cop. Luke 24:40 is omitted, as in D it, syr In Luke 24:52, the phrase "after worshiping him"

neg: On Denoting there is only one table and no more. The phrase has application in virtue of the fact that one table and no more is what is being referred to, and it is understood that the table is what is being referenced. On Denoting "On Denoting" is an essay by Bertrand Russell. It was published in the philosophy journal "Mind" in 1905. In it, Russell introduces and advocates his theory of denoting phrases, according to which definite descriptions and other "denoting phrases ... never have any meaning in themselves, but every proposition in whose verbal expression they occur has a meaning."

neg: Set phrase Set phrase A set phrase or fixed phrase is a phrase whose parts are fixed in a certain order, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning. This is because a set phrase is a culturally accepted phrase. A set phrase does not necessarily have any literal meaning in and of itself. Set phrases may function as idioms (e.g. "red herring") or as words with a unique referent (e.g. "Red Sea"). There is no clear dividing line between a commonly used phrase and a set phrase. It is also not easy to draw a clear distinction

neg: The show must go on a point of honour not to let the other players down by deserting them when no understudy is available." Later on, the phrase was more broadly applied to the hotel business and show business in general. Eventually, the phrase was used to convey the idea that an event or activity must continue even if there are problems or difficulties, with or without regard to actual show business. The show must go on "The show must go on" is a phrase in show business, meaning that regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for

neg: Chinese grammar particle "le" is attached, although it is separable in the phrase "guān shénme xīn" (, literally "concern what about", meaning "to be concerned about what"). Chinese morphemes, or minimum units of meaning, are mostly monosyllabic. Syllables, and thus in most cases morphemes, are represented as a rule by single characters. Some words consist of single syllables, but many words are formed by compounding two or more monosyllabic morphemes. These may be either free or bound – that is, they may or may not also be able to stand independently. Most two-syllable compound nouns have the head on the right, while

neg: Charles L. Henry (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898. He was interested in the development and operation of electric interurban railways. Henry is credited with coining the phrase "interurban" (of Latin derivation meaning "between cities"). At the time of his death he was president and receiver of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co., which he had managed for twenty-three years. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2, 1927 and was interred in Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Indiana. Charles L. Henry Charles Lewis Henry (July 1, 1849 – May 2, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from

neg: Lake Turkana location of many of these peoples, refer to the dialect map in the article. J. W. Gregory reported in "The Geographical Journal" of 1894 that it was called "Basso Narok", meaning "Black Lake" in the Samburu language. Likewise, nearby Lake Chew Bahir is "Basso Naibor" in Samburu, meaning "White Lake". The Samburu are among the dominant tribes in the lake Turkana region when the explorers came." What the native form of this phrase was, what it might mean, and in which language is not clear. The lake kept its European name during the colonial period of British East Africa. After

neg: Unskinny Bop in obscurity. C.C. DeVille later confessed that the phrase "unskinny bop" has no particular meaning. He invented it as a temporary measure while writing the song, before vocalist Bret Michaels had begun working on the lyrics. The phrase was used on the basis that it was phonetically suited to the music. The song was later played to producer Bruce Fairbairn, who stated that, although he did not know what an "unskinny bop" was, the phrase was perfect. Unskinny Bop "Unskinny Bop" is a song by American glam metal band Poison, which was released as the first single from their 1990

neg: Meaning (philosophy of language) the word "the" has a meaning, but one would be hard-pressed to find a mental representation that fits it. Still another objection lies in the observation that certain linguistic items name something in the real world, and are meaningful, yet which we have no mental representations to deal with. For instance, it is not known what Newton's father looked like, yet the phrase ""Newton's father"" still has meaning. Another problem is that of composition — that it is difficult to explain how words and phrases combine into sentences if only ideas were involved in meaning. Eleanor Rosch and George Lakoff

neg: Proverbial phrase meaning is the extension of its literal meaning. Some experts classify proverbs and proverbial phrases as types of idioms. Proverbial phrase: The straw that broke the camel's back. Proverbial phrase A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. Another similar construction is an idiomatic phrase. Sometimes it is difficult to draw a distinction between idiomatic phrase and proverbial expression. In both of them the

neg: Law of Christ the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law." (, NIV). It is not clear exactly what Paul means by the phrase, "the law of Christ". Although Paul mentions Biblical law several times (e.g., , , , , , , ) and preached about Ten Commandment topics such as idolatry (e.g., , , , , , , , , ), he consistently denies that salvation, or justification before God, is based on "works of the law" (e.g., ), though the meaning of this phrase is

neg: Paul Grice the expression's timeless meaning. Although he attempts to spell out the connection in detail several times, the most precise statement that he endorses is the following one: In the sense in which I am using the word say, I intend what someone has said to be closely related to the conventional meaning of the words (the sentence) he has uttered. Unfortunately, Grice never spelled out what he meant by the phrase "closely related" in this passage, and philosophers of language continue to debate over its best interpretation. In 'The Causal Theory of Perception', Grice contrasts saying (which he there also

neg: Leucospermum tottum response to what he perceived as a lack of method in existing nomenclatural practice. He revived the genus "Leucadendron", and made the combination "Leucadendron Totta". However, Kuntze's revisionary program was not accepted by the majority of botanists, and "Leucospermum" was given priority over "Leucadendrum" in 1900. John Patrick Rourke regarded "L. tottum" var. "glabrum" as the likely hybrid between "L. tottum" and "L. vestitum", but the biomarkers that were compared in 2014 are identical, suggesting a very recent divergence. "L. tottum" has been assigned to the showy pincushions, section "Brevifilamentum". It is uncertain, what the meaning is of the epithet

neg: Original meaning may prove a faint-hearted originalist") (Scalia, "Originalism: The Lesser Evil", 57 U. Cin. L. Rev. 849 at 864). Original meaning In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, original meaning is the dominant form of the legal theory of originalism today. It was made popular by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and contends that the terms of the United States Constitution should be interpreted as meaning what they meant when they were ratified, which is to say, it asks the question: "What would a reasonable person living at the time of ratification have understood these words to mean?" The theory

neg: Lexicology current approaches. Another branch of lexicology, together with lexicography is phraseology. It studies compound meanings of two or more words, as in "raining cats and dogs". Because the whole meaning of that phrase is much different from the meaning of words included alone, phraseology examines how and why such meanings come in everyday use, and what possibly are the laws governing these word combinations. Phraseology also investigates idioms. Since lexicology studies the meaning of words and their semantic relations, it often explores the origin and history of a word, i.e. its etymology. Etymologists analyse related languages using a technique known

neg: RSVP understood simply as an abbreviation for "reply". Some writers therefore routinely use the phrase "RSVP please", which is a case of RAS syndrome or a pleonasm. what does rsvp stand for RSVP RSVP is a process for a response from the invited person or people. It is an initialism derived from the French phrase Répondez s'il vous plaît, meaning "Please respond" to require confirmation of an invitation. The initialism "RSVP" is no longer used much in France, where it is considered formal and old-fashioned (if not totally unknown by most French people). In French, the complete sentence "Répondez s'il vous

neg: Boundary tone intonational phrase with a single high pitch on the first syllable of "Mary" (L L L L L H L), or as two intonational phrases with a high pitch both on "sister" and on "Mary" (L L L H L H L). If it is pronounced the second way, the words "sister" and "Mary" both have a falling intonation, and each one is transcribed by Pierrehumbert as H* L L%. Here the asterisk (*) indicates a pitch accent, the hyphen () indicates a phrase accent, which fills the interval between the last pitch accent and the final boundary tone, and

neg: White Monopoly Capital White Monopoly Capital White Monopoly Capital is a South African phrase used in contemporary political discourse. The origin of the term, the exact meaning of the term, and even the existence of what the term is thought to mean is disputed. The term is thought to mean everything from an oligopoly owned by a super wealthy white elite that dominates of large sectors of the economy consisting of colluding monopolies to business groups that are critical of corruption and alleged state capture within the administration of former South African president Jacob Zuma. Academic Christopher Malikane claims that the phrase ‘white

neg: Carnoustie effect Carnoustie effect Carnoustie effect is a term arising after the 1999 Open Golf Championship at Carnoustie, Scotland, when the world's greatest players failed to play to theoretical par for the distance. Even the winner finished six strokes over par. Complaints about the difficulty of the ancient Carnoustie course, which is played over every day by local residents, were loudest from the most fancied professionals. Their frustration inspired the phrase 'Carnoustie effect', meaning the degree of trauma experienced when what is undertaken in confident spirit founders on unforeseen difficulties. The phrase is not confined to golf, but can be applied to

neg: John 20:17 his injunction: There are also a number of scholars who have proposed alternative translations. These are not based on direct linguistic evidence but are rather attempts to synchronize the phrase with other parts of the Bible. There is also some evidence that the wording may have been mangled. What not touching has to do with the ascension is also unclear. Barrett states that the phrase seems to have the paradoxical meaning that Jesus can be freely touched once he has ascended. Jesus mentions that his ultimate fate is to return to his father. This is read as him making it

neg: Heckler's veto him or herself is the party which directly carries out the "veto" and suppresses speech. This runs counter to the legal meaning of the phrase. Note that, to a lawyer familiar with the First Amendment law, the phrase "heckler's veto" means something different from what the plain English interpretation of the words suggests. In First Amendment law, a heckler's veto is the suppression of speech by the government, because of [the possibility of] a violent reaction by hecklers. It is the government that vetoes the speech, because of the reaction of the heckler. Under the First Amendment, this kind of

neg: North Efate language of the "me" in this sentence, since there are no lexical markers signifying opposition of what the clauses are trying to present. Thus me serves to conjoin both the clauses. From this, one can see that the meaning of "me" is largely driven by the context of the words around it . Intonation plays a crucial role in defining a phrase as interrogative, in this case, a characteristic rise and subsequent fall is observed in the last word (often in English this is seen as a rise in the last word of an interrogative phrase) Tags accessorize a sentence to

neg: Anaphora (linguistics) realize who "she" must be according to what else is said about "her" even if "her" identity is not explicitly mentioned, as in the case of homophoric reference). A listener might, for example, realize through listening to other clauses and sentences that "she" is "a Queen" because of some of her attributes or actions mentioned. But which queen? Homophoric reference occurs when a generic phrase obtains a specific meaning through knowledge of its context. For example, the referent of the phrase "the Queen" (using an emphatic definite article, not the less specific "a Queen", but also not the more specific

neg: Existence made of stone or brick, what "existence" would mean in the second case is less clear. The nominalist approach is to argue that certain noun phrases can be "eliminated" by rewriting a sentence in a form that has the same meaning but does not contain the noun phrase. Thus Ockham argued that "Socrates has wisdom", which apparently asserts the existence of a reference for "wisdom", can be rewritten as "Socrates is wise", which contains only the referring phrase "Socrates". This method became widely accepted in the twentieth century by the analytic school of philosophy. However, this argument may be inverted

neg: Pietro Giannone cause of what he deemed historical truth. Giannone's style as an Italian writer has been pronounced to be below a severe classical model; he is often inaccurate as to the facts, for he did not always work from original authorities (see A. Manzoni, Storia della colonna infame), and he was sometimes guilty of unblushing plagiarism. But his very ease and freedom have helped to make his volumes more popular than many works of greater classical renown. In England the just appreciation of his labors by Edward Gibbon, and the ample use made of them in the later volumes of "The

neg: Shania Twain However, Twain's biographer, Robin Eggar, writes: "There is a continuing confusion about what 'Shania' means and if indeed it is an Ojibwe word or phrase at all. [...] There is no mispronounced or misheard phrase in either Ojibwe or Cree that comes close to meaning 'on my way.' Yet the legend of her name continues to be repeated in the media to this day." Twain's self-titled debut album was released in 1993 in North America and garnered her audiences outside Canada. Shortly before its release, she sang backing vocals for other Mercury artists, including Jeff Chance's 1992 album "Walk Softly

neg: Riddles Wisely Expounded to riddles. Other tales of this type include "What Is the Fastest Thing in the World?" and "The Wise Little Girl". In this ballad, the words of each verse are interspersed with a chorus phrase "lay the bent to the bonny broom". A. L. Lloyd euphemistically describes this as a phrase of "physiological significance", explaining that the word "bent" means a horn. "Broom" most likely refers to the flowering shrub. There are many German variants of this ballad, and a Gaelic form was widespread among both Scots and Irish. Riddles Wisely Expounded "Riddles Wisely Expounded" is a traditional English song,

neg: Ilocano verb phrase and the focused noun phrase. Galvino (2000) terms these as "Transitive". Potentially, all roots can be cast into all of the foci. Due to the semantics of the root, however, not many do in practice. Roots can differ in meaning when cast into different foci. The difference can be a slight nuance to almost opposite in meaning. For example, if the root dalus "clean" is cast in the Patient focus, the resulting meaning is "to clean (something)". But, if cast in the Directional focus, the resulting meaning is "to clean (something) off", the focused noun phrase becomes the area

neg: Encyclopedia century has vastly expanded the accessibility, authorship, readership, and variety of encyclopedia entries and called into question the idea of what an encyclopedia is and the relevance of applying to such dynamic productions the traditional criteria for assembling and evaluating print encyclopedias. The word "encyclopedia" comes from the Koine Greek , transliterated "enkyklios paideia", meaning "general education" from "enkyklios" (ἐγκύκλιος), meaning "circular, recurrent, required regularly, general" and "paideia" (παιδεία), meaning "education, rearing of a child"; together, the phrase literally translates as "complete instruction" or "complete knowledge". However, the two separate words were reduced to a single word due to a

neg: Thomas R. Marshall of property, caused much criticism. Marshall's wit is best remembered for a phrase he introduced to the American lexicon. While presiding over a Senate session in 1914, Marshall responded to earlier comments from Senator Joseph L. Bristow in which the senator provided a long list of what he felt the country needed. Marshall reportedly leaned over and muttered to one of his clerks, "What this country needs is more of this; what this country needs is more of that" and quipped loudly enough for others to overhear, "What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar." Marshall's remark was

neg: Jedem das Seine Jedem das Seine "" () is the literal German translation of Latin "suum cuique", a fundamental juridical concept meaning "to each his own" or "to each what he deserves". During World War II the phrase was cynically used by the Nazis as a motto displayed over the entrance of Buchenwald concentration camp. This has resulted in use of the phrase being considered controversial in modern Germany. "Jedem das Seine" has been an idiomatic German expression for several centuries. For example, it is found in the works of Martin Luther and contemporaries. It appears in the title of a cantata by

neg: Sic semper tyrannis Sic semper tyrannis Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants." The phrase is sometimes said to have originated with Roman Marcus Junius Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC, but according to Plutarch, Brutus either did not have a chance to say anything, or if he did, no one heard what was said: Marcus Junius Brutus was the descendant of Lucius Junius Brutus who was the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first consuls in 509 BC. This followed his successful overthrow of the Roman monarchy.

neg: Terminological inexactitude Terminological inexactitude Terminological inexactitude is a phrase introduced in 1906 by British politician Winston Churchill. Today, it is used as a euphemism or circumlocution meaning a lie or untruth. Churchill first used the phrase following the 1906 election. Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 February 1906 as Under-Secretary of the Colonial Office, he had occasion to repeat what he had said during the campaign. When asked that day whether the Government was condoning slavery of Chinese labourers in the Transvaal, Churchill replied: It has been used as a euphemism for a lie in the House of Commons, as

neg: Essence sometimes the shorter phrase "to ti esti" (τὸ τί ἐστι, literally meaning "the what it is" and corresponding to the scholastic term haecceity) for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for its Latin translators that they coined the word "essentia" (English "essence") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers, the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition (ὁρισμός "horismos"). In the history of western thought, essence has often served as a vehicle for doctrines that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and

neg: The medium is the message the whole" rather than perspective alone. In other words, with Cubism one could not ask what the artwork was about (content), but rather consider it in its entirety. The medium is the message "The medium is the message" is a phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan meaning that the form of a medium embeds itself in any message it would transmit or convey, creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is perceived. The phrase was introduced in McLuhan's book "", published in 1964. McLuhan proposes that a medium itself, not the content it carries, should be

neg: The show must go on The show must go on "The show must go on" is a phrase in show business, meaning that regardless of what happens, whatever show has been planned still has to be staged for the waiting patrons. There is no evidence to suggest that it is the abbreviation of a longer phrase. The saying and principle are traditional in the theater, but they both originated in the 19th century with circuses. If an animal got loose or a performer was injured, the ringmaster and the band tried to keep things going so that the crowd would not panic because "it is

neg: Locative adverb "in", "at", "near", "toward", or "away from". For example, the word "home" is itself a locative adverb in a sentence like "I took him home today" or "I found him home today"; in the former case, it is equivalent to the phrase "to home", and in the latter to the phrase "at home". Pro-form locative adverbs generally form a closed class and are particularly important in a language. Examples in English include "there" (meaning "at that place"), "whither" (= "to what place"), and "hence" (= "from this place"). As can be seen from these examples, the anaphoric locative adverbs generally

neg: Osculum infame witch to be initiated, and the kiss was followed by feasting. Sometimes witches kissed not only the Devil's fundament, but lower-ranking demons' as well. Generally considered to be an act of homage, or respect, the North Berwick Witch Trials of Scotland in the 16th century held that the kiss was an act of penance issued from the Devil. Reported in "Newes from Scotland, declaring the damnable Life of Doctor Fian" (1592) by W. Wright: The pamphlet provided the first descriptions of the "osculum infame" to the English population. Belief held that the Devil demanded the kiss of shame in forms

neg: De gustibus non est disputandum ancient Latin adage, i.e. Roman, and discussed by many philosophers and economists. The phrase is misquoted in Act I of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull". The character Shamrayev conflates it with the phrase "de mortuis nil nisi bonum" (in the alternate form: "de mortuis, aut bene aut nihil": "of the dead, either [speak] good or [say] nothing"), resulting in "de gustibus aut bene, aut nihil", "Let nothing be said of taste but what is good." De gustibus non est disputandum De gustibus non est disputandum, or de gustibus non disputandum est, is a Latin maxim meaning "In matters of taste,

neg: The whole nine yards origin, though many early published quotations are now available for study. A vast number of explanations for this phrase has been suggested; many of these are no longer viable in light of what is now known about the phrase's history. The whole nine yards "The whole nine yards" or "the full nine yards" is a colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way", as in, "The Army came out and gave us the whole nine yards on how they use space systems." Its origin is unknown and has been described

neg: ChatScript input. Topic: ~food( ~fruit fruit food eat) t: What is your favorite food? ?: WHATMUSIC ( « what music you ~like ») I prefer rock music. Words starting with ~ are concept sets. ~fruit would be the list of all known fruits. The simple pattern (~fruit) reacts if any fruit is mentioned immediately after the chatbot asks for favorite food. The slightly more complex pattern for the rule labelled WHATMUSIC requires all the words what, music, you and any word or phrase meaning to like, but they may occur in any order. Responders come in three types. ?: rules react

neg: Meaning-making and early 1980s. Kegan wrote: ""Human" being is "meaning making". For the human, what "evolving" amounts to is "the evolving of systems of meaning"; the business of organisms is to organize, as Perry (1970) says." The term "meaning-making" has also been used by psychologists influenced by George Kelly's personal construct theory. In a review of the meaning-making literature published in 2010, psychologist Crystal L. Park noted that there was a rich body of theory on meaning-making, but empirical research had not kept pace with theory development. In 2014, the first Congress on the Construction of Personal Meaning was held as

neg: Appointments Clause Supreme Court held that administrative law judges are Inferior Officers within the meaning of the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution. Another chief question is, what constitutes a "Department," when Congress seeks to place the appointment power away from the President? The phrase "Heads of Departments" has not been precisely defined by the Supreme Court. On the one hand, judicial interpretations of the phrase refer to the heads of departments that are within the executive branch, or according to "Buckley v. Valeo" "at least have some connection with that branch." Under this view, the heads of all agencies and

neg: Omnium in mentem Church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the catholic Church." What is meant by the phrase "defected from it (the catholic Church) by a "formal" act" (not just "de facto") was spelled out in a notification from the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts on 13 March 2006. On the precise meaning of the phrase, see the article Actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia catholica. From the entry into force of the 1983 Code of Canon Law until the entry into force of the motu proprio "Omnium in mentem", a marriage contracted in violation of any of these canons by

neg: Rajahnate of Cebu Rajah and was cited to have meant: "Have good care, O king, what you do, for these men are those who have conquered Calicut, Malacca, and all India the Greater. If you give them good reception and treat them well, it will be well for you, but if you treat them ill, so much the worse it will be for you, as they have done at Calicut and at Malacca." In reality, this phrase is that of "Kota Raya kita", an indigenous Malay phrase of merchants under the authority of Rajah Humabon, with a meaning in English of: "our capital

neg: Branching (linguistics) and Binding Theory (GB), the Minimalist Program (MP), and Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) assumes all branching to be binary. Other theories (both constituency- and dependency-based ones), e.g. early Transformational Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Meaning-Text Theory, Word Grammar, etc. allow for n-ary branching. This distinction can have a profound impact on the overall nature of the theory of syntax. The two main possibilities in a phrase structure grammar are illustrated with the following trees: The binary branching on the left is closely associated with the structures of GB, MP, and LFG, and it is similar to what the X-bar schema

neg: Stay the course Stay the course "Stay the course" is a phrase used in the context of a war or battle meaning to pursue a goal regardless of any obstacles or criticism. The modern usage of this term was popularized by United States presidents George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan. Similar to "cut and run", a pejorative phrase used to describe cowardly withdrawal from battle, "stay the course" allegedly originated as a nautical metaphor on maintaining a constant, unaltering course while navigating. For instance, in a 2003 column, William Safire asked his readers what they knew of its origins,

neg: Fiat justitia ruat caelum episode "Target" character Seth Wright utters the phrase "Let justice be done though the heavens may fall!" referring to President Kirkman's intention to "do what is right" in the face of former President Moss's announcement of his candidacy for the next Presidential election in order to undermine Kirkman's administration. Fiat justitia ruat caelum Fīat jūstitia ruat cælum is a Latin legal phrase, meaning "Let justice be done though the heavens fall." The maxim signifies the belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences. According to the 19th-century abolitionist politician Charles Sumner, it does not come from any classical source.

neg: Q.E.D. Latin into English yields, "what was to be demonstrated", however, translating the Greek phrase produces a slightly different meaning. Since the verb also means "to show" or "to prove", a better translation from the Greek would read, "The very thing it was required to have shown." The Greek phrase was used by many early Greek mathematicians, including Euclid and Archimedes. During the European Renaissance, scholars often wrote in Latin, and phrases such as "Q.E.D." were often used to conclude proofs. Perhaps the most famous use of "Q.E.D." in a philosophical argument is found in the "Ethics" of Baruch Spinoza, published

neg: Reality-based community Reality-based community Reality-based community is a political label used to refer to those on the American Left who make political judgments based on present reality, in contrast with opposing factions which do not. The phrase can be pejorative or positive. It was first used by the George W. Bush Administration to criticize their opponents for limiting their vision to the way things were rather than including what the Administration's actions made possible. The phrase was quickly reappropriated to criticize the Administration for "faith-based" wishful thinking. This meaning of "reality-based community" eclipsed the phrase's original intention and is used this way

neg: Ad infinitum Ad infinitum Ad infinitum is a Latin phrase meaning "to infinity" or "forevermore". In context, it usually means "continue forever, without limit" and this can be used to describe a non-terminating process, a non-terminating "repeating" process, or a set of instructions to be repeated "forever," among other uses. It may also be used in a manner similar to the Latin phrase "et cetera" to denote written words or a concept that continues for a lengthy period beyond what is shown. Examples include: <poem> The vermin only teaze and pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea

neg: Baptism for the dead they that are Christ's", Paul wrote in : "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" Different views have been expressed on the meaning of the phrase "baptized for the dead", and on whether Paul gave his approval to the practice. The Greek verb in Paul's phrase "baptized for the dead" is "baptizein", which in Jewish Greek has a wider reference than "baptism", applying primarily to the masculine noun "baptismos" "ritual washing" The verb occurs four times in the Septuagint in the

neg: The Conversation around the square. After Caul has merged and filtered the different tapes, the final result is a sound recording in which the words themselves are crystal clear, but their meaning remains ambiguous. Caul feels increasingly uneasy about what may happen to the couple once the client hears the tape. He plays the tape again and again, gradually refining its accuracy. He concentrates on one key phrase hidden under the sound of a street musician: "He'd kill us if he got the chance." Caul constantly reinterprets the speakers' subtle emphasis on particular words in this phrase, trying to figure out their

neg: Existentialism phrase, similar notions can be found in the thought of existentialist philosophers such as Heidegger, and Kierkegaard: Some interpret the imperative to define oneself as meaning that anyone can wish to be anything. However, an existentialist philosopher would say such a wish constitutes an inauthentic existence - what Sartre would call 'bad faith'. Instead, the phrase should be taken to say that people are (1) defined only insofar as they act and (2) that they are responsible for their actions. For example, someone who acts cruelly towards other people is, by that act, defined as a cruel person. Furthermore, by

neg: The Semantic Turn that our perceptions are correlated with language, its grammar and vocabulary. Most important, Krippendorff allies himself with L. Wittgenstein’s definition of meaning as use, culminating in the axiom that "Humans do not see and act on the physical qualities of things, but on what they mean to them". Attributing meaning to something follows from sensing it, and is a prelude to action. "" One always acts according to the meaning of whatever one faces "" and the consequences of these actions in turn become part of the meanings of what one interacts with. Meanings are always someone's construction and depend

neg: Kansai dialect y'know". The idea behind "mōkarimakka" is that Osaka was historically the center of the merchant culture. The phrase developed among low-class shopkeepers and can be used today to greet a business proprietor in a friendly and familiar way but is not a universal greeting. The latter phrase is also specific to Osaka, in particular the term "bochi bochi" (L-L-H-L). This means essentially "so-so": getting better little by little or not getting any worse. Unlike "mōkarimakka", "bochi bochi" is used in many situations to indicate gradual improvement or lack of negative change. Also, "bochi bochi" (H-L-L-L) can be used in place

neg: Idiom dictionary Idiom dictionary An idiom dictionary is a dictionary or phrase book that lists and explains idioms – distinctive words or phrases having a figurative meaning that goes beyond the original semantics of the word(s). For example, the phrase "keep your breath to cool your porridge" is more likely to be a rebuke to mind your own business than literal advice at breakfast. An idiom is a phrase whose meaning could not be readily deduced from the meaning of its individual words. The word comes from the Greek "ἰδίωμα" (idioma) – the distinctive style of a particular person. The traditional example

neg: Tom, Dick and Harry Tom, Dick and Harry The phrase "Tom, Dick and Harry" is a placeholder for multiple unspecified people; "Tom, Dick or Harry" plays the same role for "one" unspecified person. The phrase most commonly occurs as "every Tom, Dick and Harry", meaning "everyone", and "any Tom, Dick or Harry", meaning "anyone", although "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" defines the term to specify "a set of nobodies; persons of no note". Similar expressions exist in other languages of the world, using commonly used first or last names. The phrase is used in numerous works of fiction. The origin of the phrase

neg: Michael Portnoy by reporters, Portnoy explained the poem's meaning: "Soy... represents dense nutritional life. Bomb is, obviously, an explosive destructive force. So, soy bomb is what I think art should be: dense, transformational, explosive life" according to "Entertainment Weekly" and that "he meant Soy Bomb as a 'spontaneous explosion of the self' to re-invigorate the current music scene. He has also said that the phrase is a combination of Spanish and English, meaning "the bomb of 'I am'". The Grammys chose not to press charges against Portnoy for the act, but he was not paid the $200 fee for the gig. The