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  1. 2008.09.17 Zeizeist by CEOinIRVINE 1
  2. 2008.09.17 Severe Headache Migraine by CEOinIRVINE
  3. 2008.09.16 Rain Check (postpone) by CEOinIRVINE
  4. 2008.09.15 Mushroom? by CEOinIRVINE

Zeizeist

Vocabulary 2008. 9. 17. 02:25
- The spirit of the time
- General trend of thought or characteristic of a particular period of time

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This mi·graine  
    (mī'grān')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A severe recurring headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, characterized by sharp pain and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances. Also called megrim.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin hēmicrānia, from Greek hēmikrāniā : hēmi-, hemi- + krānion, head; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]


Botox might be good at getting out of migraine.
Interesting.


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Rain Check (postpone)

Vocabulary 2008. 9. 16. 14:13
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rain check
–noun
1. a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
2. an offered or requested postponement of an invitation until a more convenient, usually unspecified time: Since you can't join us for dinner, we'll give you a rain check.
3. a ticket, coupon, or the like, entitling a customer to purchase at a later date and for the same amount a sale item that is temporarily out of stock.
Also, raincheck.


[Origin: 1880–85]

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Mushroom?

Vocabulary 2008. 9. 15. 06:35
Everybody knows what mushroom is.

Keep in mind that we can use MUSHROOM as verb.

verb
1. pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall"
2. grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"



ex.) By the late twenties, CEOinIRVINE's name will mushroom.

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