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Anxiety dreams tend to occur in rapid eye movement sleep, [1] and usual themes involve incomplete tasks, embarrassment, falling, getting in to legal or financial trouble, failed pursuits and being pursued by another, often an unrealistic entity but other human beings can also be the pursuer. [2]
French, used in the plural "les keufs", as slang for the police. This word is more derogatory than "les flics", even though it means the same thing. The word is derived from the pronunciation of "flic" as "FLEE-KUH". In verlan slang, words are reversed, thus making the word "kuhflee". In turn, "lee" was dropped from the word, leaving "keuf ...
Woman who associates or marries a man for his wealth (1915) [7] goods, The 1. Incrimination evidence, the facts, the truth, e.g. make sure the cops don't get the goods on you [192] 2. Narcotics of any sort [194] goof 1. Bumbling, stupid person [194] 2. Flapper's boyfriend [149] goofy 1. Crazy, Silly, foolish [195] 2. In love [149] goog
Roger Zelazny's 1966 sci-fi novella The Dream Master, which applies computer-mediated dream telepathy in a psychotherapeutic setting, focuses on the protagonist's growing struggle to keep his balance as he enters the brain of a fellow psychotherapist who is blind, and subconsciously destructively hungers for the visual stimuli upon which dreams ...
Military code word used in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states referring to the transportation of military casualties Cark-it [4] To die Informal, another version of 'croaked it'; common in UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand The guy was running, had a heart attack and carked it. Cash in one's chips [2] To die Informal, euphemistic [5]
Oneiromancy (from Greek όνειροϛ ' dream ' and μαντεία (manteia) ' prophecy ') is a form of divination based upon dreams, and also uses dreams to predict the future. Oneirogen plants may also be used to produce or enhance dream-like states of consciousness.
The FBI arrested three Florida residents on Saturday, the third anniversary of their alleged attack on Capitol police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Jonathan D. Pollock, 24; his ...
Jorge Luis Borges' Las ruinas circulares (The Circular Ruins) – A man dreams another person into existence, only to discover that he himself is also a dream. Jorge Luis Borges ' El otro ( The Other ) – The narrator (Borges himself) meets a younger version of himself, and they each believe the other is a dream.