Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
Etymologies
- From French chopine. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The museum — which includes e-books and virtual music games for kids — houses the world's largest collection of Chopin materials, including manuscripts, scores, and correspondence (en. chopin.nifc.pl).”
“June 3, 2008 at 6:37 am yellur powzt eet noetz – ewezuallee oald chopin liszts ♫ awl skricht up -mai kittehz kum runnin wen dey heer teh skrinchin ov teh paypurrr!”
i kno we is in reseshon - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“February 26, 2008 at 9:30 pm eyeol putz eet awn teh chopin liszt”
Shh ! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“April 2, 2008 at 2:39 pm i luv teh chopin… an the rachmaninov an the holst… an rimsykorsakov… ai kant begin to list mai favrites.”
six hours of practis a day - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“June 27, 2008 at 12:11 pm an chopin water frumda well and hawlin wood fer da firez”
uphill BOFE wayz? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“February 29, 2008 at 10:30 am noesss! i likes yur chopin liszt bettah… adn we can adds the mazurka, nokturne & polonaise in at teh apropprop, er rite place.”
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“February 29, 2008 at 10:11 am tee, hee, hee, Maus-kitteh….whut wuz on yer chopin lizst?”
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“February 29, 2008 at 10:22 am he he, chopin liszt — berry clebber! lessee….”
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“February 29, 2008 at 10:27 am oop, sry mary, i nawt meen to siedtrak frum yr list. yur komint wuz nawt der wen ai poasted mai chopin liszt, i swerz!”
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“November 23rd, 2008 at 7:14 pm toshiba choppy music ide chopin preludes sheet music nyc wedding music music cartoons bugs bunny opera mn grants in music sanitbhana Says:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chopin’.
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
people commonly known by their last name
inspired by people commonly known by their first name: people are more likely to know their last name than their first: not famous enough to be eponyms though
picasso, wyeth, matisse, manet, van gogh, rubens, renoir, gauguin, chagall, delacroix, miro, dali and 64 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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The Measure of Man
Unusual, arcane, or obscure units of measure
cable, cabot, bushel, cade, caliper, callipic cycle, metonic cycle, cunit, air watt, ale gallon, allergy unit, amber and 228 more...
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blaphasfas
comether
enfleurage, rundlet, comether, chopin, clochard, galea, bibliobibuli, sciamachy, lomcevak, pareidolia, lexis, princess Lointaine and 1 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for chopin.
hernesheir A unit of liquid measure. Nov 28, 2010