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PKMKII
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conspectus
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1. a general or comprehensive view; survey.
2. a digest; summary; résumé.
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1. a general or comprehensive view; survey.
2. a digest; summary; résumé.
"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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retinue
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a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
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a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
"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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pieces o'nine
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Retinew™
-proper noun
An amazing new product to clear tired, red eyes, fast.
-proper noun
An amazing new product to clear tired, red eyes, fast.
I will honor Monkey in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
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~Charles "Darwin" Dickens
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PKMKII
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eidolon
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1. a phantom; apparition.
2. an ideal.
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1. a phantom; apparition.
2. an ideal.
"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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3. A monster that horned children can call in order to kill people.
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eidolon... eidoloff
1. The Karate Kid out hooning in Mr Miyagi's car.
2. only two speeds Roy knows when riding a motorbike.
1. The Karate Kid out hooning in Mr Miyagi's car.
2. only two speeds Roy knows when riding a motorbike.
Send lawyers, guns and money...
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American Eidolon
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1. a political ideal never to be realized in human form.
2. a seasonal talent show for political phantoms or apparitions, voted in by the masses under mob mentality.
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1. a political ideal never to be realized in human form.
2. a seasonal talent show for political phantoms or apparitions, voted in by the masses under mob mentality.
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Eidolonatry
-noun
the worship of a phantom golden calf.
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the worship of a phantom golden calf.
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
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Beware the Ides of June!
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
Beware the Ides of June!
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resection
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1. Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
2. Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
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1. Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
2. Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
"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 wrote:resection
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1. Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
2. Surgery. the excision of all or part of an organ or tissue.
3. Going back and cutting a section again because the muppet that did it the first time can't measure properly.
Too old to give up but too young to rest - Pete Townshend
I would rather be a rising ape than a falling angel - Sir Terry Pratchett
I liked his explanation about what brought him to chemistry as much as the video itself - pieces o'nine
I would rather be a rising ape than a falling angel - Sir Terry Pratchett
I liked his explanation about what brought him to chemistry as much as the video itself - pieces o'nine
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section
-verb (colloq.)
to detain a person in hospital under an emergency detention order, a short term detention order, or a compulsory treatment order under various sections of the Mental Health Act.
resection
-verb (colloq.)
to section someone again.
-verb (colloq.)
to detain a person in hospital under an emergency detention order, a short term detention order, or a compulsory treatment order under various sections of the Mental Health Act.
resection
-verb (colloq.)
to section someone again.
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
Beware the Ides of June!
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
Beware the Ides of June!
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PKMKII
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angioedema
-noun
swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
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swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
"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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angryodema
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a really infuriating case of fluid retention.
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a really infuriating case of fluid retention.
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks.
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
Beware the Ides of June!
"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
Beware the Ides of June!
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