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Cool
Words and Phrases
The
Cool Words and Phrases Section
has the must-know language
every Jedi Girl needs!
Ad Nauseum
Origin: Latin
Until nauseous; Repeated
until your ready to hurl chunks;
example:
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You: "Yes, I've
already heard that before."
Your Parental Unit:
"And you will hear it again!"
You: "Ad Nauseum"
This will either
impress your parental unit
with your use of a Latin multi-word phrase, or
get you grounded for a week.
Probably the latter!
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Jejune
1. Dull but Boring -
"and there pour forth jejune words and usless empty phrases"
2. Immature; Childish
- Bevis and Buthead
3. Lacking in nutrition
- Junk Food
Excelsior!
Forwards! Upwards!
Ever Higher!
example:
While climbing Mt. Everest,
the cry was Excelsior!
Sine Qua Non
Origin: Latin
Literally: Without Which
Nothing;
The critical essence;
example:
Leonardo DeCaprio was
the Sine Qua Non
of the movie: Titanic
Oeuvre
Origin: French - from Old French uevre,
work; from Latin - opera
1. A work of art.
2. The sum of the lifework
of an artist,
a writer, or a composer.
example:
Madonna's oeuvre spans
several decades.
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