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surfeit

Language; General language

Nadmiar, przesyt. "His weakness is a surfeit of self-confidence and arrogance."

Day of Esperanto

Language; General language

Esperanto Day is celebrated internationally on December 15, commemorating the birthday of L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), the initiator of Esperanto, so it´s also called the Zamenhof Day, and it is the ...

glocalisation

Language; General language

Glocalization serves as a means of combining the idea of globalization with that of local considerations. Thus, initially developing an understanding of globalization offers a great deal of ...

ubiquitous

Language; General language

Existing or being everywhere at the same time.

howler

Language; General language

A ludicrous or embarrassing blunder, often used in soccer.

Gomera whistle

Language; General language

Silbo on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, based on Spanish, is one of the best-studied whistled languages. The number of distinctive sounds or phonemes in this language is a matter of ...

pejorative

Language; General language

Any usage of a word in a negative way. This also can apply to words where the original positive or neutral meaning has been altered.

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