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Wiktionary
- v. idiomatic To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
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life, death, rebirth
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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Death, where is thy sting?
Death-related words and phrases.
rigor mortis, requiem, eulogy, hearse, kill, assassinate, mortified, murder, fatal, euthanasia, shuffle off this ..., breathe your last and 15 more...
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Exit Strategy
Euphemisms for the curiously common human pastime of dying.
pass on, depart, decease, buy it, join the choir in..., shuffle off this ..., expire, snuff it, croak, dance, meet your maker, pop off and 66 more...
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glamorouswhimsy's list
pussywhipped, shuffle off this ..., rainbowwood, neurodynamic, fluctuant, enough, ritual prostitution, peanut butter, fwisk, stacatto, debussy, perilous and 2 more...
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seanahan The original is from Hamlet.
See here for some interesting notes: Phrase explanation Nov 24, 2007
bilby Listed as author unknown here, also unattributed on another site.
Nov 23, 2007
sonofgroucho Excellent! Who wrote this? Nov 23, 2007
bilby From 'Green Eggs And Hamlet':
" I ask to be, or not to be.
That is the question, I ask of me.
This sullied life, it makes me shudder.
My uncle's boffing dear, sweet mother.
Would I, could I, take my life?
Could I, should I, end this strife?
Should I jump out of a plane?
Or throw myself before a train?
Should I from a cliff just leap?
Could I put myself to sleep?
Shoot myself, or take some poison?
Maybe try self immolation?
To shudder of this mortal coil,
I could stab myself with a fencing foil." Nov 23, 2007