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redound/rɪˈdaʊnd/ verb 3rd person present: redounds 1.FORMALcontribute greatly to (a person’s credit or honour).“his latest diplomatic effort will redound to his credit"synonyms:contribute to, be conducive to, result in, lead to, effect;More 2.ARCHAICcome back upon; rebound on."may his sin redound upon his head!"synonyms:rebound on, have an adverse effect on, come back on, recoil on; More
bupkis (uncountable) Absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance.We searched for hours and found bupkis. Usage notes Often translated as meaning small round fecal pellets, referring to the shape of goat droppings. A colorful usage, though a more emphatic expression (in Yiddish more so than in English) is “bupkis mit kaduchas” (באָבקעסמיטקדחת (bobkes mit kadokhes)),…
“Theories about the origin of copacetic abound, but the facts about the word’s history are scant: it appears to have arisen in African-American slang in the southern U.S., possibly as early as the 1880s, with earliest known evidence of it in print dating only to 1919. Beyond that, we have only speculation. One theory is…
slatternly Adjective Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern. –> slattern (n.) I. (derogatory) A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman. II. (dated) A dirty and untidy woman.
Slavoj Zizek – A Pervert’s Guide to Family “Here, then, is where we are five years later: still unable to locate 9/11 into a large narrative, to provide its “cognitive mapping.” Of course, there is the official story according to which, the permanent virtual threat of the invisible Enemy legitimizes preemptive strikes: precisely because the…
I’ve always believed I could see things other people couldn’t. Elements falling into place. A design. A shape in the chaos of things. I suppose I find these moments precious and reassuring because they take place outside me, outside the silent grid, because they suggest an outer state that works somewhat the way my mind…
Synonyms of kerfuffle ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), commotion [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy,…