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Term Location of origin Targeted demographic Meaning origin and notes References Campbellite: United States: Followers of Church of Christ: Followers of the Church of Christ, from American Restoration Movement leaders Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell, the latter being one of two key people considered the founders of the movement.
Cojón (plural cojones) is slang for "testicle" and may be used as a synonym for "guts" or "[having] what it takes", hence making it equivalent to English balls or bollocks. [a] A common expression in Spain is anything to the effect of hace lo que le sale de los cojones ("does whatever comes out of their balls"), meaning "does whatever the fuck ...
Origin is disputed; rap blog HipHopDX claims that it stems from the Atlanta Rap scene in the early 2000s; an Urban Dictionary entry states that it's early 2010s Jersey slang, and some state that it may originate from the late 2000s teen show Zoey 101, where dripping was a synonym for "cool."
What vitamins should not be taken daily? There can be too much of a good thing, which is why health experts want consumers to be wary of regularly taking supplements that medical pros haven't told ...
The remembering of the past as having been better than it really was. Saying is believing effect: Communicating a socially tuned message to an audience can lead to a bias of identifying the tuned message as one's own thoughts. [176] Self-relevance effect: That memories relating to the self are better recalled than similar information relating ...
towards better things: Motto of St Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland ad mortem: to/at death: Medical phrase serving as a synonym for death ad multos annos: to many years: Wish for a long life; similar to "many happy returns". ad nauseam: to sickness: i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum.
Other expressions are: не бачити тобі ... як своїх вух ("you'll never see [something] like you will never see your ears"); на кінський Великдень ("on horse's Easter"; побачиш як власну потилицю ("you'll see it like your own nape").
Number 2. Deal with pain. Discovery's MythBusters tested the long-held belief that women have a higher tolerance for pain than their male counterparts by having members of both sexes submerge ...