This 3-letter slang term for forbid or veto comes to us from the German for "nothing"
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Jeopary Questions page 2288 - DO YA THINK I'M "SEX"Y ...  WORD ORIGINS: This 3-letter slang term for forbid or veto comes to us from the German for "nothing"  MEDALS & DECORATIONS: This country's National Order...
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Three Letter Words with definitions  May 14, 2012 ... 3-Letter Words Defined. Some words may have multiple meanings (not listed here); Interjections cannot be pluralised .... BAMMER) BAN v. to forbid or prohibit .... (US slang) a federal agent ... GAU n. a German political district of ... supposed sign of coming weather ..... NIL n. nothing ... NIX v. to veto or cancel
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jeopardy/22_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Wrong: Value: $1000. Number: 15. WORD ORIGINS | This 3-letter slang term for forbid or veto comes to us from the German for "nothing" | nix. right: Ken. Wrong:.
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New Mexico county bordering El Paso crossword clue Archives ...  3 days ago ... Veto comes directly from Latin and means I forbid. ... delivered some stirring speeches that rallied the country in the face of German ... One recipe is 6 parts white rum, 3 parts orange curaao, 3 parts ... Squat is a slang word meaning nothing, and is a term that ... Letters connected to theater capacity.
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Nix | Define Nix at Dictionary.com  1825-35; < German Nix, Old High German nihhus; cognate with Old English nicor water ... I wanted the old gent to start me up in it, but he said, 'nix come arouse. ... 3. a rejection or refusal. 4. nothing at all. verb. 5. (transitive) to veto, deny, reject, ... The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD.
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Take Our Word For It Archives Q-S  Oct 9, 2006 ... Rank and file was originally a military term, but it was later applied to the ... Sphygmomanometer: I am interested in learning the origin of the name of this ... My university recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, and it really bugged ..... another language), having come from Latin perdonare 'forgive, pardon'...
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Danish for English Speakers: Alphabetical Word List  A short Danish-English dictionary of 4268 words. ... shed, stand; barbar: barbarian; bare: just, only, if only, I wish; bark: bark, husk, peel, shell ..... pupil, student, trainee; elevator: elevator, lift; eller: or; ellers: or, or else, else, otherwise ..... mener du? what do you mean? hvad nu: what about; hvad siger du? what did you say?
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jeopardy/1084_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  LANGUAGE BARRIERS | In French un obstacle is this 10-letter word; the "speech" type is un defaut d'elocution | impediment. right: Bill. Wrong: Value: $2000.
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Notes on National Socialist Theory and Extracts from Mein Kampf  1939 The Penguin Political Dictionary - Entry under "Hitler - Mein Kampf (pp 108-109) ... Mller recognised his error in later years and wrote a good deal to repeal it. He emphasised that "Aryan" was only a philological term, and meant neither blood nor ...... Germany will either be a world power or there will be no Germany.
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J! Archive - Show #6899, aired 2014-09-18  Sep 18, 2014 ... In a negative phrase, it's used after "neither" to show the second in a series ... For its resemblance to a golden-orange gem, citrine is sometimes called false this ... William Shawn ran this magazine for 35 years, perhaps because he might've been the only one to get every cartoon...
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Numbers in German - GermanVeryEasy.com  German/Deutsch, English/Englisch. 0, null, zero. 1, eins, one. 2, zwei, two. 3, drei, three. 4, vier, four. 5, fnf, five. 6, sechs, six. 7, sieben, seven. 8, acht, eight.
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Lyrics containing the term: Englishmen  Nol Coward. 1989. obviously definitely nuts! Mad dogs and Englishmen Go out in the midday sun The Japanese don't care to The Chinese wouldn't dare to Hindoos ... They hung there dependent from the sky Like some heavy metal fruit These ... there and tell us Just what we're doing wrong Each false word a bullet Each...
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Resolutions for Word Nerds - Grammar & Punctuation | The Blue ...  Jan 6, 2015 ... 1) No using big words to intimidate. ... If a person you care about says irregardless, it can be a thoughtful gesture to gently advise that there is no such wordbut don't do ... Before you correct someone, how do you know you're right? ... aside, I have a grammar question to pose; perhaps you can help me:.
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Traduction all things come to him who waits franais | Dictionnaire ...  traduction all things come to him who waits francais, dictionnaire Anglais - Francais, ... (=anything) (in negative sentences) He didn't do a thing to help me.
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J! Archive - Show #3234, aired 1998-10-01  AULD LANG SEINFELD ... "Seinfeld" catch phrase that means "blah, blah, blah" ... Jerry's "Hello" to this Seinfeld-hating postal employee became a catch phrase...
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article - Trinity College Dublin  In most political systems party names serve as a crude ~ but by no means ... on Irish politics, by no means exhausts the repertoire of possible translations (the letters in .... Althoughthe name. Fianna Fail is frequently translated as << warriors of destiny , and ..... it na Tire (literally, a community of the country , a volun Zintir.
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Refuse | Define Refuse at Dictionary.com  Refuse definition, to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award. ... something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage. ... One favorite tactic was for representatives to come to the chamber but refuse to answer a roll call. ... What mistaken pronunciation gave this character its name?
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languagehat.com : THE ERISTIC GENITIVE OF EURO.  Oct 23, 2004 ... The genitive in particular has caused tempers to fray. .... We don't have any signs that they will not sign because of this. ... coin name meaning '1/100 of main unit', to use its name for the cent: ... I think cu/escudo/scudo would have been a good name, though I'm not sure what the German for that would be.
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German Swear Words, Curse Words, Insults and Bad Words ...  A German swear words list with insults and curse words including Fuck You and Kiss My Ass. English meanings are given for each German cuss word. ... You know, as one last good deed before bedtime. ... he thought I was just being a stupid American that couldn't pronounce his name, but I knew exactly what I was saying.
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Language Log  No word for "mess"  Apr 21, 2011 ... The closest is the word unordnung, which means "unorder," but that leaves Germans ... Many English words and phrases that refer to mess-related .... while casin (stressed on the last syllable) is a gambling house. .... la casa nella prateria .... When translating the title "Little House on the Prairie," one would...
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jeopardy/1353_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  FROM THE LATIN | From the Latin for "hiss", it describes sounds like the first letter of sigh, speck & the correct response | sibyl. right: Wrong: Triple Stumper.