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  2. Something to Brag About - Wikipedia

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    "Something to Brag About" is a song written by Bobby Braddock that was recorded as a duet between American country artists Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery. It was also issued as a single in 1970. "Something to Brag About" was originally recorded at the Jack Clement Recording Studio on July 15, 1970. It was Louvin's and Montgomery's first ...

  3. List of metonyms - Wikipedia

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    A place where tickets are sold, in this example, for movies. A term to describe how well a film is doing. "The film is a hit at the box office." [citation needed] brass: A metal alloy (used for or in the manufacture of e.g. buttons, insignia and a family of musical instruments)

  4. Boasting - Wikipedia

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    Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.. Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy.

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  6. Braggadocio (rap) - Wikipedia

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    It cites examples including Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A ... It is a composite of the word brag or braggart, and the Italian suffix -occio, denoting something large of its ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Words to watch

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    The advice in this guideline is not limited to the examples provided and should not be applied rigidly. If a word can be replaced by one with less potential for misunderstanding, it should be. [1] Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law.

  8. Tweants dialect - Wikipedia

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    A striking example of this may be found in the town of Rijssen, where two pronunciation forms of the past tense verb form of go are commonly accepted: gung /ɣʏŋ/ and gong /ɣɔŋ/. As there is no standard variety of Tweants, and there is little or no education in the language, speakers may select their pronunciation based on personal ...

  9. Brag - Wikipedia

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    Brag or BRAG may refer to: Bicycle Ride Across Georgia, an annual road cycling tour in the state of Georgia, United States; Boasting, speaking with excessive pride about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities; Brag, a character in The Trigan Empire, a science fiction comic series; Brag (folklore), a creature from the folklore of ...