Examples
“Earlier, bulls could shrug off weaker U.S. economic readings as the product of short-term hiccups caused by turbulence this year in the Middle East and Japan.”
“After making his debut with OutKast in 1994 at age 19, Big Boi drops his first proper solo disc Tuesday, after a few years of label hiccups kept it in cold storage.”
The Washington Post: Album review: Big Boi, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty"
“While it would be a mistake to overemphasize short-term hiccups, CVS has yet to show the combination is more than the sum of the parts.”
“A pair of brain hiccups almost cost the Avalanche two goals”
“But Matt Christian, a senior director at the brokerage, said the increase is somewhat misleading, reflecting only "short-term hiccups as tenants move in and out.”
“There are a number of potential short-term hiccups coming for both its top and bottom lines, and some serious long-term competition coming from names you know.”
“So we think that there's upside from that, may be some near-term hiccups as people kind of transition their currency to Facebook credit.”
Electronic Arts Q2 2011 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha
“Quick fixes from the Obama camp will provide short term hiccups, which the sheeple will of course stupidly applaud and rejoice in, but overall, the graph during Obama's presidency economically speaking will steadily descend.”
“An analysis by ETIG of the various stock market reactions following blasts and shootouts over the past 15 years reveals that the market has more often than not closed on a positive note, proving its legendary ability in discounting short-term hiccups to look at India†™ s longer-term growth potential.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hiccups’.
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Nouns
an element, an aspect, a component, significant growth, transition, hiccups, labour, predecessor, delight, lawsuit, penchant, entrepreneurship and 23 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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things that freak me out (miscellanea)
( personal list )
unrelated:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/pop-culturehiccups, talking cows, singing cows, my dreams, wiggles, wordnik, walking goats, donkeys, cuckoo clock, whirling dervish, night crawlers
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What I Hate
wet bread, fat confederates, navel-gazing, irritants, mispronunciation, hiccups, meanness, hypnagogic startle, hypnic jerk, the shits, pants issues, lactose intolerance
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take a part
cheek, limb, wrist, palm, collar, claw, throat, ear, ribs, bruise, beard, bones and 46 more...
Tweets
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Prolagus I think hiccups are funny. And the word too. May 2, 2008