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What is an adjective for a person who is attractive but doesn't like taking care of their appearance?
Like an attractive person but who doesn't wear make up, doesn't comb, and doesn't try to combine his clothes.
Attractive in an edgy way, not caring about their look but still looking good. Being ...
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Adjective/slang that describes a person who urgently needs to go to the toilet
We say hungry if someone wants to eat, thirsty if someone wants to drink, and sleepy if someone wants to sleep.
What's the adjective/slang used to describe a person who has a desire to go to the ...
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What is the etymology of the word “basic” as used in current slang? [duplicate]
For those not familiar with the term, it is used mainly by teens and 20-somethings.
The definition can be found at Urban Dictionary (look at definitions 1 and 3).
Specifically, I am not talking ...
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What do you call the type of impoliteness where a person you know enters your house uninvited? [closed]
Say a person (e.g. your brother-in-law) who enters your house without being invited, opens your fridge without asking, etc. How do you describe that? Not just "impolite" of course, something ...
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word for false nostalgia
Is there a word to describe nostalgia for things that never existed? For example, a 1950s-style diner is supposed to reconstruct a cultural archetype, but there never existed such a diner. John Wayne ...
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A single word for “blind” and “slow on the uptake” [closed]
We have a word tiomny in Russian which has the meanings blind, dim, and dumb. Is there a word (possibly slang) in American English which is as close in meaning to both blind and slow on the uptake?
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What's a word that can mean both "good" and "bad"? [closed]
I've recently read about a word that was defined both as "shockingly good" and "shockingly bad", but I can't seem to recall the word. Does anyone know what it is? As far as I can recall, it was a ...
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