Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
His (or Her) Imperial Highness. - An exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.: often used ironically and in derision.
- noun An abbreviation of
His (or Her) Imperial Majesty.
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- noun a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
- noun an expression of greeting
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Examples
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We normally don't watch any TV except for the Tar Heels (to paraphrase H.I. from Raising Arizona, "either educational or basketball, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things") but when any of us gets sick, we'll throw on a DVD.
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We normally don't watch any TV except for the Tar Heels (to paraphrase H.I. from Raising Arizona, "either educational or basketball, so you don't ruin your appreciation of the finer things") but when any of us gets sick, we'll throw on a DVD.
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So…your solution for American single female home owners, regardless of their situation or preferences, is to follow the advice of a 200 word H.I. fluff piece posted on a third rate news source which uses phrases like “top of the happiness league”? and cites a single survey conducted only in British gas stations by a corporation on behalf of their loyalty card program that apparently used smiles as a “scientific”? unit of measure.
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H.I. hatches the plan to build a family by taking a baby from a local celebrity business man, Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson), and Ed caves in to her own yearning for a child.
Top 10 Dysfunctional Families in Movie Comedies » Scene-Stealers 2009
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Not usually one to apologize for the erstwhile H.I., but: WeatherMan.
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As a member of the Rastafari movement, he deified H.I.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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As a member of the Rastafari movement, he deified H.I.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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In spite of a few stumbles along the way, H.I. really does love his wife Edwina (Holly Hunter) even when they learn that, as H.I. states, "her womb was a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase."
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The chase; the trailer fight and the climactic fight between H.I. and Smalls.
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Steven Barnes 2008
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There's also the MammoPrint, which looks at 70 different genes and the H.I. (ph), which looks at two genes.
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