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  2. Wop - Wikipedia

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    One false etymology or backronym of wop is that it is an acronym for "without passport" or "without papers", implying that Italian immigrants entered the U.S. as undocumented or illegal immigrants. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The term has nothing to do with immigration documents, as these were not required by U.S. immigration officers until 1924, [ 12 ...

  3. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    [70] [71] "Isle" comes ultimately from Latin īnsula, meaning "island"; "island" comes ultimately from Old English īegland, also meaning "island", or technically "island land" (cf. Icelandic ey "island"). The spelling island with an S, however, is indeed due to the influence of isle.

  4. Wop (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song would re-emerge to mainstream exposure on March 20, 2013, when Miley Cyrus posted a video on Facebook which featured her twerking to "Wop" while wearing a unicorn onesie. While Cyrus had previously shared her fondness for the song with J. Dash and suggested that they make a video together, these plans never came to fruition. J.

  5. Wop (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Wop is a pejorative slur for Italians. Wop or WOP may also refer to: "Wop" (song), a song by J. Dash; WOP!, a 2016 album by Lil' Kleine; Worcestershire Parkway railway station, National Rail station code WOP; World of Padman, a computer game; World-Over Press, an information agency established by Devere Allen and his wife

  6. Punjabi dictionary - Wikipedia

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    [19] [20] [21] A Punjabi-Urdu dictionary that covers 64 varieties of Punjabi over around 3,600 pages, containing idioms, riddles, and treatises related to Punjabi traditions and customs. [19] [22] The author is an ethnic Pathan. [22] A small part of the dictionary was published as Punjabi Urdu Lughat in 1965 under his wife's name. [23]

  7. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  8. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    The song "Swinging the Alphabet" is sung by The Three Stooges in their short film Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938). It is the only full-length song performed by the Stooges in their short films, and the only time they mimed to their own pre-recorded soundtrack. The lyrics use each letter of the alphabet to make a nonsense verse of the song:

  9. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia (Urdu: فیروز الغات اردو جامع) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary ...