1. n. a fictional monster appearing in the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. In the poem, a "beamish boy" slays the Jabberwock by beheading it. The Jabberwock is described as having "eyes of flame", living in a "tulgey wood" and "whiffling" and "burbling" as as it moves. John Tenniel, the original illustrator of the poem, drew the Jabberwock as a bipedal anthropomorphic dragon creature with a long, bending neck, a sucker-like mouth with four comically large and flat incisors, two barbels and two antennae, a fringe of long white whiskers, large hairy talon-like hands (with a thumb and three fingers each) and humanlike feet (with three toes each), pupil- and iris-less eyes, two black wings, a long tail, and a waistcoat.
2. n. made-up words, such as those used by Lewis Carroll in the poem "Jabberwocky".
3. n. a text which exemplifies such made-up words, such as "Jabberwocky", "The Owl and the Pussycat", and everything by Dr. Seuss.
4. n. any nonsense or gibberish.
1) The creature is called a "Jabberwock", not a "Jabberwocky". Sorry, Tim Burton.
2) When I read Dr. Seuss I sometimes get confused by all the jabberwock.
3) "The Owl and the Pussycat", from which we have derive the word "runcible spoon", is a famous jabberwock.
4) Shut your jabberwock! I'm trying to study.
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v. the past tense of outgribe, a word coined by Lewis Carroll.
Last Thanksgiving I sat next to my aunt during dinner, and she outgrabe all over me for the whole meal.
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(also "open game") : open for anyone to take or use; unclaimed, up for grabs.
Originally used in the sense of "game" as animals to be hunted.
Roadside blackberries are free game for anyone to eat.
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Blackberry Law dictates that if someone has blackberry bushes growing on their property near a road, these blackberries are free game for anyone to eat, regardless of trespassing. Someone who has roadside blackberries must honor Blackberry Law lest they be labeled a douche.
Blackberry Law: Roadside blackberries are free game for pedestrians and bicyclists.
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n. all the people you both know and like who are not your relatives or family. Somewhat synonymous with "friends", but used more generally. There are probably people in your work place or school or neighborhood who are not exactly friends, but they are kith.
I aspire to have a lot of kith but only a few close friends.
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1. Interstate 405, which runs through southern California and Los Angeles.
2. called Γ’ΒΒthe 405Γ’ΒΒ, central Oklahoma and especially Oklahoma City. So called for its area code.
3. 405 "Method Not Allowed", an HTTP error code.
1. The 405 has archetypal bad traffic.
2. Back in the 405, we used to have it so good.
3. Um, John, why is there a big 405 on the screen?
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A friend is someone you love and who loves you, someone you respect and who respects you, someone whom you trust and who trusts you. A friend is honest and makes you want to be honest, too. A friend is loyal.
A friend is someone who is happy to spend time with you doing absolutely nothing at all; someone who doesn't mind driving you on stupid errands, who will get up at midnight just because you want to go on an adventure, and who doesnΓ’ΒΒt have to talk to communicate with you.
A friend is someone who not only doesn't care if you're ugly or boring, but doesn't even think about it; someone who forgives you no matter what you do, and someone who tries to help you even when they don't know how. A friend is someone who tells you if you're being stupid, but who doesn't make you feel stupid.
A friend is someone who would sacrifice their life and happiness for you. A friend is someone who will come with you when you have to do boring things like watch bad recitals, go to stuffy parties, or wait in boring lobbies. You don't even think about who's talking or who's listening in a conversation with a friend.
A friend is someone for whom you're willing to change your opinions. A friend is someone you look forward to seeing and who looks forward to seeing you: someone you like so much, it doesn't matter if you share interests or traits. A friend is someone you like so much, you start to like the things they like.
A friend is a partner, not a leader or a follower.
The word "friend" comes from Old English "frΓΒond", which is actually the present participle of "frΓΒogan", which means "to love" and "to honor".
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