what does barnyard epithet mean?
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a "barnyard epithet" is euphemism (or a way of saying that you want to say an impolite word, but you're too polite to say it). Usually, it means bullsh*# (the bull being the barnyard animal).
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In what context? \n\nThe Assembly of Scientists\nAmerican Orchid Society\nAgricultural Ontology Service \nAmerican Otological Society\nAviation Operational Support
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Rick:  A stack of hay, straw, or similar material, especially when covered or thatched for protection from the weather.  In the context of the sentence from "Bleak House," it would seem to mean a yard full of ricks:\n\n"Beyond the flower-garden was a kitchen-garden, and then a paddock, and then a snug little rick-yard, and then a dear little farm-yard."
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I believe it to mean a person of class...morality, values etc.\nYou can't build a mahognany hutch out of pine!!
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I believe it meant Wagoneer.  Many men had this designation and were in the support batallions.  Support would have meat bringing supplies to the front.  They would have been in wagons and carts.  Therefore these men would have been assinged to these wagons, loading and unloading them.
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kind of saying " Hey Baby" but with a little spark on it. \nLiteraly it is diminutive of MAMA; wich means "mother" but it has nothing to do with what it sounds. \nIt should not bee an ofense. (Depending of what he is saying to you) and can even be a compliment. You also say to your friends when you see a beautiful girl, in a way of saying " oh my god" \n\nhope is useful.
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Great question. \n\nbolt to secure in place OR to dash away suddenly\nclip to fasten together OR to cut apart\ndust to clean OR to sprinkle with dust\nweather to withstand OR to wear away\n\nThis type of word is called an auto-antonym or contronym or contranym. Also called antagonym, Janus word or self-antonym.\n\nThis idea is known as enantionymy or "antilogy.\n\nCheers!
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rab·ble [ rább'l ] (plural rab·bles) \n\n\nnoun  \n \nDefinitions: \n  \n1. unruly crowd: a noisy and unruly crowd of people\n\n \n2. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults people lacking in wealth and status ( insult ) ( takes a singular or plural verb ) \n\n \n3. offensive term: an offensive term that deliberately insults the abilities or significance of a group of people ( insult ) \n\n \n[14th century. Origin ?]
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It's Latin.  I believe it means "salient point" which, in more simple terms would be "key argument".
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It means middle class. The American Heritage Dictionary on Yahoo defines bourgeois as"\n\n    1.   A person belonging to the middle class.\n   2. A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class.\n   3. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.\n\nBourgeois is a French word. The early Anglicization "burgess" is derived from the old French burgeis (Cf. Also middle English: burgeis, burges, borges and old Dutch: burgher = the inhabitant of a borough or burgh). In the French feudal order, "bourgeois" was formally a legal category in society, defined by conditions such as length of residence and source of income.\n\nIn Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the property owning class who own corporations and other forms of wealth in a capitalist society. The middle class usage in English dates from the 17th century.
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It is a British term of endearment.
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The expression is a metaphor for a dairy cow, which after being acquired can be milked on an ongoing basis with little expense.\n\n\nIn business, a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high profit margins: so high that it is responsible for a large amount of a company's operating profit. This profit far exceeds the amount necessary to maintain the cash cow business, and the excess is used by the business for other purposes.
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Many theories as to the origin of this phrase. One has it that tailors used nine yards of material to make a suit (or according to some authors a shirt). The more material you had the more status. Nine yards seems generous even for a fop. Nine has been used as a superlative in other contexts."
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Sow\n\nIt means to plant things
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Ornate speech = bombast\nBeaten/Thrashed = banged\n\n(Beaten, thrashed, and banged can all mean to have been struck violently. Bombast means "grandiose or pompous speech; pretentious words.")
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This is the first time I've ever heard this version of the joke. I don't know what this is right here, but it makes absolutely no sense. \n\nThere were three guys walking down the street and ran acroos this farm house. The lady said they could stay in the house and have breakfast in the morning but if not they had to stay in the barn. \n\nWHY would they have to stay in the barn?? What were the guys suppose to do in order to stay in the house???\n\nI cannot express this enough; when posting a joke, write it correctly.
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Definition:\n[noun] not very intelligent or interested in culture\nSynonyms: yokel, rube, hick, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon\n\n\n[noun] one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift\nSynonyms: Yahoo