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   Muse

   One side-effect of this movement was the use of the word "museum" (originally, "cult place of the Muses") to refer to a place for the public display of knowledge. ... In Callimachus' "Aetia", the poet refers to Queen Berenike, wife of Ptolemy II, as a "Tenth Muse", dedicating both the 'Coma Berenikes' and the 'Victoria Berenikes' in Books III-IV.
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   Four-letter word

   The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English words written with four letters which are considered profane, including common popular or slang terms for excretory functions, sexual activity, and genitalia.
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   Muse (band)

   After a few years building a fan base, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester. ... The title refers to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, a scientific research program aimed at studying the properties and behaviour of the ionosphere.
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   Homosexuality in Japan

   Refers to young, slim, boyish-looking, "cute" men (compare twink). ... Literally "a pot," this word refers to lesbians or occasionally to female cross-dressers.
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   Mahal language

   But in spoken Mahal word-order is not considered to be very rigid. ... This depends on whether the loan word refers to (a) a person, (b) a thing or (c) some kind of action.
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   List of South African slang words

   South African slang reflects many different linguistic traditions. ... chommie - More likely to be used by young girls than guys, the word refers to a friend.
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   List of French words and phrases used by English speakers

   Usage writers have denigrated \'for-"tA\ and \'for-tE\ because they reflect the influence of the Italian-derived forte. ... after skiing socializing after a ski session; in French, this word refers to boots used to walk in snow (e.g. MoonBootsTM).
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   Placeholder name

   It refers to the two universities collectively, not to the two towns). ... The suffix -shehu can be added to any question word to indicate something unknown.
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   List of English words with disputed usage

   This use clearly refers to physical qualities of the connectors and not their social identities. ... hoi polloi — The question surrounding hoi polloi is whether it is appropriate to use the article the preceding the phrase; it arises because hoi is the Greek word for "the" in the phrase and classical purists complain that adding the makes the phrase redundant: "the the common people".
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    Jaggery

    Though the word jaggery is used for the products of both sugarcane and the date palm tree, technically, the word refers solely to sugarcane sugar. ... Jaggery is considered by some to be a particularly wholesome sugar and, unlike refined sugar, it retains more mineral salts.

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