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The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.

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Vulcan salute

Entertainment; Popular culture

The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture popularised by the movie and tv series Star Trek. It involves a raised hand, palm forward with the fingers parted between the middle and ring ...

Bob’s your uncle (and fanny’s your aunt)

Culture; Popular culture

This phrase means that something will be successful. It is the equivalent of ‘and there you go,’ or as the French say ‘et voilà!’. Adding the ‘and fanny’s your aunt’ makes you ...

Nosy Parker

Culture; Popular culture

A "nosy parker", sometimes spelled 'nosey parker', is a person of an overly inquisitive or prying nature. The phrase 'nosy parker' dates from the end of the 19th century. The ...

Sweet Fanny Adams

Culture; Popular culture

Sweet Fanny Adams mean nothing, such as when being asked what you did for the day or what you’re currently doing. Usually a more pleasant way of saying "Leave it" or an ...

Page Three Girls

Culture; Popular culture

The Page Three Girls is a key feature of the British tabloid newspaper the Sun. For 45 years, the newspaper has published large photographs of topless girls on its print edition's ...

La Llorona

Culture; Popular culture

Although several variations exist, the basic story tells of a beautiful woman by the name of Maria who drowns her children in order to be with the man that she loved. The man ...

Banshee

Culture; Popular culture

In legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone is about to die. In Scottish Gaelic mythology, she is known as the bean sìth or bean nighe and is seen washing ...

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