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Zef, adj.
Common; ‘trashy’.
An abbreviation of Zephyr, a model of a cheap Ford car common amongst the white working class in South Africa, calling someone a Zef is throwing some serious shade. |
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E-skin. n.
A thin layer of material containing electronic sensors which designed to mimic some of the properties of human skin, esp. its sensitivity to pressure and to temperature.
It upsets me that we need a word for this. |
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Meh, int. and adj.
Expressing indifference of a lack of enthusiasm.
In use since 1992, we don’t even need this one anymore because we have this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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Freegan, adj. and n.
a person who eats discarded food, typically collected from the refuse of shops or restaurants, for ethical or ecological reasons.
While I can see the benefits of going through the Krispy Kreme bins every night, I’m not totally sure this is going to catch on. |
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droozle :
the drool that oozes out the side of your mouth while you are snoozing |
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Saturnine (sa-tour-o-nine)
* Meaning: slow, gloomy, somber and saturnine is also a word used to describe someone who is born under the influence of Saturn.
*Sentence: His Saturnine face and heavy and watchful eyes add more mystery to his already mysterious personality. |
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Hiraeth (heer-eyeth)
*Meaning: Homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that never was
*Sentence: As soon as I step over the border into Wales my hiraeth evaporates. I am home. |
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Effulgent (ih-fuhl-juh nt)
*Meaning: shining brightly, radiant
*Sentence: As the bride walked down the aisle, she looked effulgent in her sparkling gown. |
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Callow (kal-oh)
*Meaning: immature
*Sentence: They are not callow like the young of most birds, but more perfectly developed and precocious even than chickens. |
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terma nih belajar dari buku Mills and Boon 
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Tak pernah baca buku tu. Hehe. Tapi suka thread ni sebab sambil post boleh belajar new words utk diri sendiri jgk. Thank you mod selalu bg tacang  |
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Edited by seribulan at 4-5-2017 11:24 AM
Depending on the leaf I’m going with reddy-orangey-brown but fueillemort sounds so much better |
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Edited by seribulan at 4-5-2017 11:23 AM
Estivation is the simple act of ‘passing the summer’ but does have connotations of long, lazy days and warm, contented nights. |
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Post time 3-5-2017 04:10 PM
