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  2. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    This word has many meanings in the Spanish language, most limited to Mexico: Adjective for damage (e.g. "Este niño se subió a la bicicleta y ahora su rodilla está chingada" – "This kid rode his bike and now his knee is fucked up/fucking damaged.") Noun for a bad place to go (e.g. "¡Ya

  3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen

  4. List of models in music videos - Wikipedia

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    List of models who have appeared in music videos of different singers and musical groups.. Adriana Lima has appeared in a Lenny Kravitz music video. Behati Prinsloo has appeared in various music videos for Maroon 5, alongside the band's frontman and her husband, Adam Levine.

  5. Güey - Wikipedia

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    Güey (Spanish pronunciation:; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. . Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman as "chava" [young woman] or "vieja" [old lady])

  6. Spanglish - Wikipedia

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    Spanglish (a portmanteau of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mostly used in the United States and refers to a blend of the words and grammar of the two languages.

  7. List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of words that occur in both the English language and the Spanish language, but which have different meanings and/or pronunciations in each language. Such words are called interlingual homographs. [1] [2] Homographs are two or more words that have the same written form. This list includes only homographs that are written precisely ...

  8. List of used book conditions - Wikipedia

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    List of used book conditions. The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by AB Bookman's Weekly. They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today. [1] [2] [3] As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher. This is the equivalent of mint condition in numismatics.

  9. Yiddish words used in English - Wikipedia

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    The phrase thus means "As long as you're healthy!"; often used as an ironic punchline to a joke; abi me lebt (Yid. אַבי מע לעבט): abi from Slavic, as in the previous entry; me lebt cognate to the German, man lebt, meaning "At least I'm alive" B. billig or billik (Yid. ביליק): cheap, shoddy (said of merchandise); common expression ...