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  2. Lurker - Wikipedia

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    One reason lurkers lurk is the need to learn more about the group. In interviews, lurkers claim a lack of understanding of the community as a reason for not posting. [ 19 ] Lurkers often take the time before posting to evaluate the group for how well it is a fit for them. [ 12 ]

  3. Postpositive adjective - Wikipedia

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    For example: monsters unseen were said to lurk beyond the moor (postpositive attribute in subject of clause), but the children trembled in fear of monsters unseen (postpositive attribute in predicate of clause) and the monsters, if they existed, remained unseen (predicate adjective in postpositive position).

  4. Lurk - Wikipedia

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    Lurk, lurker, or lurking may refer to: Lurker , a person who often reads discussions on internet networks but seldom contributes to them. Lurk, a single long pole held with both hands, used in telemark skiing

  5. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  6. Converse (semantics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]

  7. Edgelord - Wikipedia

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    An edgelord is someone, typically on the Internet, who tries to impress or shock by posting exaggerated opinions such as nihilism or extremist views. [1] [2] [3] [4]According to the Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, the first known usage with this meaning was in 2015. [1]

  8. Troll (slang) - Wikipedia

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    A revision of a Wikipedia article shows a troll vandalizing an article on Wikipedia by replacing content with an insult.. In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life.

  9. Hypernymy and hyponymy - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, semantics, general semantics, and ontologies, hyponymy (from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) 'under' and ὄνυμα (ónuma) 'name') shows the relationship between a generic term (hypernym) and a specific instance of it (hyponym).