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  • 31piss — n 1. urine or an act of urination. An echoic word with cognates in other European languages (pisser is the French verb) which has been in use since the Middle English period. Its level of respectability has varied; originally it was a generally… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 32disabled — adjective (of a person) having a physical or mental disability. ↘designed for or relating to disabled people: disabled access. Usage The word disabled is the most generally accepted term in both British and US English today. It has superseded… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 33divinization —    This word (from the Latin divus, meaning divine or related to God ) refers to the process of becoming likeGod. Divinization is a theologically acceptable term if it is understood to mean that a human person can come closer to God through the… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 34Cream gene — Perlino redirects here. For the Polish village, see Perlino, Poland. The action of the cream gene on a chestnut base coat produces palomino …

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  • 35C.D. Huachipato — Huachipato Full name Club Deportivo Huachipato Nickname(s) Los Acereros (Steelers) Campeón del Sur Founded Ju …

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  • 36aled-up — adj British drunk. A mild and acceptable term which, although short and to the point, can be used in polite company or family newspapers. The expressions probably originated in the north of England where ale has been, and remains, a common all… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 37aled, aled-up — adj British drunk. A mild and acceptable term which, although short and to the point, can be used in polite company or family newspapers. The expressions probably originated in the north of England where ale has been, and remains, a common all… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 38de facto — n Australian a live in lover, one s unmarried partner. This phrase is one Australian solution (since the 1970s) to the problem of finding an acceptable term to describe what the British judicial system calls a common law spouse . ► My de facto s… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 39mare — n British 1) a woman. A derogatory working class usage on the lines of cow, bitch or sow. Mare usually has overtones of nag in both its senses and hence denotes a drab, wearisome woman. The word was given a wider currency by its use as a strong… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 40naked — adjective 1) naked sunbathers Syn: nude, bare, in the nude, stark naked, having nothing on, stripped, unclothed, undressed; informal without a stitch on, in one s birthday suit, in the buff, in the raw, in the altogether, buck naked, butt naked,… …

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