Is there anyone who happens to know the meaning of the word 'paroquet'? Thanks in afvance. I've looked up dictionaries but couldn't find it. It is used in the following sentence from O'Henry's story "The Day We Celebrate": He was an ex-seaman.... and imported personally conducted invoices of talking parrots and dialectic paroquets.*advance

What It Really Means Male Language Patterns "I can't find it," REALLY MEANS, "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless." "That's women's work," REALLY MEANS, "It's dirty, difficult and thankless." "Will you marry me?" REALLY MEANS, "Both my roommates have moved out, I can't find the washer, and there is no more peanut butter." "It's a guy thing," REALLY MEANS, "There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical." "Can I help with dinner?" REALLY MEANS, "Why isn't it already on the table?" "It would take too long to explain," REALLY MEANS, "I have no idea how it works." "I'm getting more exercise lately," REALLY MEANS, "The batteries in the remote are dead." "We're going to be late," REALLY MEANS, "Now I have a legitimate excuse to drive like a maniac." "Take a break, honey, you're working too hard," REALLY MEANS, "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner." "That's interesting, dear," REALLY MEANS, "Are you still talking?" "Honey, we don't need material things to prove our love," REALLY MEANS, "I forgot our anniversary again." "You expect too much of me," REALLY MEANS, "You want me to stay awake." "It's really a good movie," REALLY MEANS, "It's got guns, knives, fast cars, and naked women." "You know how bad my memory is," REALLY MEANS, "I remember the words to the theme song of "F Troop", the address of the first girl I kissed, the Vehicle Identification Number of every car I've ever owned, but I forgot your birthday." "Oh, don't fuss. I just cut myself. It's no big deal," REALLY MEANS, "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit I'm hurt." "I do help around the house," REALLY MEANS, "I once threw a dirty towel near the laundry basket." "What did I do this time?" REALLY MEANS, "What did you catch me doing?" "I heard you," REALLY MEANS, "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next 3 days yelling at me." "You really look terrific in that outfit," REALLY MEANS, "Please don't try on another outfit. I'm starving." "I missed you," REALLY MEANS, "I can't find my sock drawer, the kids are hungry and we are out of toilet paper." "I'm not lost. I know exactly where we are," REALLY MEANS, "No one will ever see us alive again." "This relationship is getting too serious," REALLY MEANS, "I like you as much as I like my truck."

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What is cornball? What's the meaning of the wopd 'cornball' in examples like 'cornball morality', 'cornball model of behaviour', 'a cornball politician'? Thnx.

Can + a verb in the 3rd person sing. I came across some sentences with the above pattern. For example, the next sentence by a native American: The use of curses or swear words by bilinguals and polyglots can also depends on where they are (abroad vs. in home country), their L1 and L2 (or L3, etc.) and whether or not the people around them will understand them. Is it a new tendency?

Slang the joy of slang. BBC.co.uk

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Rare words Tiday I've come across this word: On editing: "Each time, my drafts get shorter, not longer. I try not to get too sesquipedalion. For example, I would never include the word sesquipedalion in a second draft of that sentence." Definition of SESQUIPEDALIAN 1 : having many syllables : long <sesquipedalian terms> 2 : given to or characterized by the use of long words <a sesquipedalian television commentator> Origin of SESQUIPEDALIAN Latin sesquipedalis, literally, a foot and a half long, from sesqui- + ped-, pes foot — more at foot First Known Use: 1656 Rhymes with SESQUIPEDALIAN Episcopalian, tatterdemalion