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Legally jetsam also floats, although floating is not part of the etymological meaning.

Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, and Derelict

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Laertes then jumps into Ophelia's grave... Hamlet, nearby, challenges Laertes and claims that he loved Ophelia more than "forty thousand" brothers could. After her funeral scene, Ophelia is no longer mentioned.

Ophelia

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In regard to timber the scantling is (also "the scantlings are") the thickness and breadth, the sectional dimensions; in the case of stone the dimensions of thickness, breadth and length.

Scantling

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Told at the beginning of 1918 that the painting would not be passed for exhibition, Nevinson insisted on displaying it with a brown strip of paper across it with the word 'Censored' scrawled on it. This earned Nevinson a reprimand not just for displaying the painting but using the word 'Censored' without authorisation.

Christopher Nevinson

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The hams of Montanches are not too plentiful in this world of sorrow, and the cooks came to be satisfied with any ham—even with French ham, which is little better than salted pork.

from Kettner's Book of the Table, 1877

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Lowry rejected five honours during his life, including a knighthood in 1968, and consequently holds the record for the most rejected British honours.

L. S. Lowry

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The English game of dwile flonking (also dwyle flunking) involves two teams, each taking a turn to dance around the other while attempting to avoid a beer-soaked dwile (cloth) thrown by the non-dancing team.

Dwile Flonking

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In 2011, cicadas were incorporated into a single batch of ice cream in Columbia, Missouri, at Sparky's. The ice creamery was advised by the public health department against making a second batch, a suggestion with which store owners complied.

Cicada

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The disease began very suddenly with a sense of apprehension...

Sweating Sickness

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The composition of garam masala differs regionally, with many recipes across India according to regional and personal taste, and none is considered more authentic than others.

Garam masala

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Then one day, much to her surprise, Balanchine asked Tallchief to marry him. After some thought she agreed, and the couple wed on August 16, 1946

Maria Tallchief

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The study was inspired by the case of McArthur Wheeler, a man who robbed two banks after covering his face with lemon juice in the mistaken belief that, because lemon juice is usable as invisible ink, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras.

the Dunning-Kruger Effect

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What is in our power is the capacity to adapt ourselves to all that comes about, to judge anything that is 'dispreferred' not as bad, but as indifferent and not strong enough to overwhelm our strength of character.

Epictetus/Stoicism

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Treppenwitz

Treppenwitz m (genitive Treppenwitzes, plural Treppenwitze)

"Staircase wit", a devastating rejoinder thought of only after leaving the scene of the debate.

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The common Finnish expression 'punainen tupa ja perunamaa' (a red house and a potato field), is a direct allusion to a country house painted in Falu red.

Falu Red

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'Pokémon' is identical in both the singular and plural, as is each individual species name; it is grammatically correct to say 'one Pokémon' and 'many Pokémon', as well as 'one Pikachu' and 'many Pikachu'.

Pokémon

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There's nothing more disappointing than cracking open a luscious looking nut, only to find you've crushed it in the process.

Norpro Deluxe Nutcracker

THERE IS NOTHING MORE DISAPPOINTING