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1offence — 01. Shoplifting is a serious [offence], and will be punished. 02. The smell of perfume can be quite [offensive] to people with allergies. 03. Because it was his first [offence], he was let off with a warning. 04. In some countries, selling… …
2Naming taboo — See also Taboo against naming the dead. Naming taboo Chinese name Traditional Chinese 避諱 Simplified Chinese 避讳 …
3Foreign branding — is an advertising and marketing term describing the implied cachet or superiority of products and services with foreign or foreign sounding names. Contents 1 Non English brand names in English speaking countries 2 English brand names in non… …
4Padstow — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 50.5384 longitude= 4.9378 official name= Padstow cornish name= Lannwedhenek static static image caption =Padstow harbour and quayside population= 3,162 (Parish, 2001) civil parish= Padstow shire… …
5Mummer's Day — Mummer s Day, or Darkie Day as it is sometimes known, is an ancient Cornish midwinter celebration that occurs every year on Boxing Day and New Year s Day in Padstow, Cornwall. It was originally part of the pagan heritage of midwinter celebrations …
6Kirsty MacColl — at the Double Door in Chicago Background information Birth name Kirsty Anna MacColl …
7bitch — This word has been applied insultingly to women since at least the fourteenth century. It presumably caused as much offence then as it does now, but it appears to be commonly used, judging by the frequency with which it occurs in novels.… …
8Political correctness — Politically incorrect redirects here. For other uses, see Politically incorrect (disambiguation). Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies,… …
9Areas of Edinburgh — Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is divided into areas that generally encompass a park (sometimes known as links ), a main local street (i.e. street of local retail shops), a high street (the historic main street, not always the same as the… …
10Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons — This article is about the 1967 TV series. For the 2005 series, see Gerry Anderson s New Captain Scarlet. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons …
