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  • 121Oscar Werner Tiegs — Ocsar Werner Tiegs Born 12 March 1897 Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Australia …

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  • 122Inherently funny word — The belief that certain words are inherently funny, for reasons ranging from onomatopoeia to phonosemantics to sexual innuendo, is widespread among people who work in humor.Fact|date=September 2008 Cultural variation The concept of inherent humor …

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  • 123Jenni (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Jenni Type = studio Artist = Jenni Rivera Released = September 9, 2008 (See release history) Recorded = 2007 2008 Genre = Banda, Pop Length = 43:38 Label = EMI Records Producer = Jenni Rivera, Amerika Jimenez, Dany Tomas,… …

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  • 124brusquerie — [brüs kə rē′] n. 〚Fr < brusque: see BRUSQUE〛 brusqueness; curtness * * * brus·que·rie (brüs kə rēʹ) n. Curtness or bluntness of manner.   [French, from brusque …

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  • 125blunt — bluntly, adv. bluntness, n. /blunt/, adj., blunter, bluntest, v., n. adj. 1. having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil. 2. abrupt in address or manner: a blunt, ill timed question. 3. slow in perception or …

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  • 126ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;&#8230; …

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  • 127hebetude — hebetudinous, adj. /heb i toohd , tyoohd /, n. the state of being dull; lethargy. [1615 25; < LL hebetudo dullness, bluntness, equiv. to L hebet (s. of hebes) dull + udo; see TUDE] * * * …

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  • 128mind — /muynd/, n. 1. (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind. 2. Psychol. the totality of conscious and unconscious&#8230; …

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