wan

The number which has replaced "one" in the slang used by telephone service operators and telephone dialup service machines.

If you want to review an existing account, press wan or say wan after the tone.

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aphanisis

Subjective destitution; an experience of oneself as excremental (a piece of shit) and worthless, and of being eclipsed by the objet petit a. An experience of the breakdown of one's sense of one's own value when overshadowed by the external locus of one's desires.

It is a concept in Lacanian psychoanalysis which is also sometimes used in cultural studies. It is a crucial component of Zizek's concept of the Act.

Victims of terrorist kidnappings may undergo aphanisis and end up identifying with their captors (the so-called "Helsinki Syndrome").

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dharna

An Indian protest tactic which involves a combined sit-in and fast or hunger-strike (usually not ongoing, and sometimes carried out on a rotating basis). Participants in a dharna sit down in a strategic location, either inside a target building or area (thus amounting to an occupation), or outside some such target, and fast, usually while also chanting and holding placards.

A dharna was staged outside the headquarters of Assam Rifles to protest the death in custody.

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beat off

when man is horny and taks it off his bake buy beating off

ohh dam she was fine i am going to beat off now

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Coffee

The life source to natives of New Jersey. Commonly found in many bottomless cups at any given diner. It sobers, it rejuvinates, it's you're only friend at 3:00 A.M. when that morning paper is due.

Man in a diner: "I'll have some coffee"

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flaming

(UK slang) a swear-word added as an adjective to emphasise something, similar to bloody. Seems to be a reference to Hell.

The interjection "flaming Hell" is popular as a way of expressing shock, anger etc.

I can't get this flaming computer to work.

Oh, we've just lost 3-0. Flaming hell! I thought things would get better this season.

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Teleri

The "sea-elves", in the work of Tolkien. One of the three clans of elves who crossed the sea (under the leadership of Olwe), although the elves led by Cirdan, who remained in a region of Beleriand known as the Falas, are also counted among the Teleri. (The Sindar, who are of the same clan, appear to be considered separate because they did not reach the sea).

Closest to Ulmo among the Valar, the Teleri dwell in coastal towns whether in Valinor or Middle-Earth. They play a minor role in the Silmarillion; their main dwelling-places in Beleriand were the cities of Vinyamar and Eglarest in the Falas. In Lord of the Rings, the elves dwelling in Lindon and the Grey Havens, including the still-resident Cirdan, are Teleri.

The Teleri are great ship-builders, although their greatest ships were stolen by Feanor and the Noldor in the Kinslaying. These ships were later burnt by Feanor at Loscar, in a gesture of hostility towards Fingolfin, whom he had left in the lands near Valinor.

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