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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Time and tide wait for no man; Time flies; Time goes by slowly when your are living intensely; Time is a great healer; Time is money (Only) time will tell 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; To be worn out is to be renewed – Laozi, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC) [11] To each his own

  3. Tautology (language) - Wikipedia

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    "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time", from the Van Halen song "Why Can't This Be Love" "After we change the game it won't remain the same." from the Blackalicious song "Blazing Arrow" "That tautological statement has repeated an idea." "There once was a fellow from Perth Who was born on the day of his birth. He got married, they say

  4. Apophasis - Wikipedia

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    Apophasis (/ ə ˈ p ɒ f ə s ɪ s /; from Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis), from ἀπόφημι (apóphemi) 'to say no') [1] [2] is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up. [3] Accordingly, it can be seen as a rhetorical relative of irony ...

  5. Semantic satiation - Wikipedia

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    Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, [1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.

  6. Jinx (game) - Wikipedia

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    A jinx can be initiated when at least two people say any same word or phrase at the same time. [3] Typically, after the coincidental voicing of the same content, the individuals compete to say the word "jinx" before the other, with the slower respondent being the "loser" or "jinxee." There are different variations on what is required of the jinxee.

  7. Howard Benson Answers the Age-Old Question, ‘What the Hell ...

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    “I was starting to work for free at the time,” he says. “You had to get free studio time back then. And I would work my day engineering from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. down in Torrance at the ...

  8. “Deal or No Deal Island” first victim Luke Olejniczak reacts ...

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    Related: Australian Survivor champ David Genat reacts to seeing Parvati on Deal or No Deal Island Okay, let’s do some math. You get an offer from the Banker for $218,00 and there are two cases ...

  9. Long time no see - Wikipedia

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    I think I go see my mamma to-day. Long time no see." Interestingly, only two years later, in an 1894 piece once again in the Boston Daily Globe, the phrase was used in the context of a Native American speaker, in the phraseology of "Come to my tepee. Long time no see. Plenty game in mountains. We kill deer and bear." [2]