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Irony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • dissimulation
  • feigned ignorance
  • a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions
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  • statements that imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning
  • if the actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was intended
  • serves the communicative function of sharpening or highlighting certain discordant features of reality
  • often used for emphasis
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Ideomotor effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • the body sometimes reacts reflexively to ideas alone without the person consciously deciding to take action
  • Many subjects are unconvinced that their actions are originating solely from within themselves
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Red herring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • a clue which is intentionally or unintentionally misleading or distracting from the actual issue
  • a clue or lead that turns out not to be relevant to the solution of the mystery would also be a red herring
  • with a strong enough brine, turns its flesh red
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Creative Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Share Alike (SA), allowing derivative works under the same or a similar license
  • Attribution (BY), requiring attribution to the original author
  • No Derivative Works (ND), allowing only the original work, without derivatives
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  • Non-Commercial (NC), requiring the work is not used for commercial purposes
  • Attribution No Derivatives (CC BY-ND)
  • Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC)
  • Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • all Creative Commons licenses allow the "core right" to redistribute a work for non-commercial purposes without modification
  • CC0 option, or "No Rights Reserved."
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Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Historically, there were two gender-neutral pronouns native to English dialects, ou and a.
  • yo has come to be used as a gender-neutral pronoun
  • Since at least the 15th century, they (used with verbs conjugated in the plural, as with you), them, their, theirs, and themselves or themself have been used, in an increasingly accepted fashion, as singular pronouns. This usage is often called the singular they. It is widely used and accepted in Britain, Australia, and North America in conversation.
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  • S/he laughed
  • S/he (compact)
  • Yo laughed
  • I called yo
  • Hu laughed
  • Humanist
  • Hus eyes gleam
  • That is hus
  • Hu likes humself
  • I called hum
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outré - Wiktionary - 0 views

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    Very unconventional
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erudite - Wiktionary - 0 views

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    Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
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Omega-3 fatty acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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