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GEHENNA
PRONUNCIATION: (gi-HEN-uh)
MEANING: noun:
1. Hell.
2. Any place of extreme torture or suffering.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin gehenna, from Greek Geenna, from Hebrew ge-hinnom (hell), literally, the valley of Hinnom, or from ge ben Hinnom (valley of the son of Hinnom). It�s not clear who this Hinnom fellow was. In the Bible, the valley was known as a place of child sacrifice. Ultimately, this word is from the same Semitic root that gave Arabic jahannam (hell) which, in Hindi, became jahannum. Earliest documented use: 1594.
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GO HENNA ! - the cheer of the University of Natural Red-brown Dye Coloring
GESENNA - aphasic response to a sneeze
GE-THENNA - past participle of the Greek goddess of reason, intelligent activity, and arts
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REHENNA Rihanna's sister
(sorry if I did not spell her name right, I'm not a fan.)
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Ghana- marijuana, not to be confused with Mande "warrior king"
regehanna- colloquial apology to the king (ya, man...don't worry, be happy)
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"Matisyahu's lyrics are mostly English with more than occasional use of Hebrew and Yiddish."
I was playing with ideas for a bakery (placebo effect) and was looking up marijuana slang when I found ghana. Then I started a wiki journey....sort of comes back around to Hebrew and yiddish (akeda and ayeka).
I think I'm supposed to use Jahman instead of ya, man.
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MICTURATE
PRONUNCIATION: (MIK-chuh-rayt, MIK-tuh-)
MEANING: verb intr.: To urinate.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin micturire (to want to urinate), from meiere (to urinate). Ultimately from the Indo-European root meigh- (to urinate), which also gave us mist, thrush, and mistletoe. Earliest documented use: 1842.
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MICTURANTE - start a pot to piss in
M.I. CURATE - tells you just how bad your heart attack was
MICKURATE - the Mouse is simply the best !
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Micurate- a mile long list of sifted, sorted and curated words
Picturate- the 'picture this' awards
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" MICKURATE - the Mouse is simply the best ! I was perusing the word curate when I found "take the mickey" at the end of the following blog post. Curious, often to a fault, I wanted to see what it meant. [/quote]"https://ondermynende.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/detestable-neologisms-curate-as-a-verb/ I love it when this happens...." To take the piss." https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/take_the_mickeyAny connection to your mouse?
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To me the Mickey one takes is a Mickey Finn, 1920s slang implying knockout drops placed in someone's drink unperceived,,as in "slip him a Mickey." Elliott Paul once wrote a mystery titled "The Mysterious Mickey Finn" - a very funny mystery too, I might add).
Taking a MIckey, meaning mocking or indicating disrespect, is a wholly different use.
And to call something "Mickey-Mouse" the adjective is disparaging, implying cheap and impromptu and perhaps fragile (and short-lived) construction. I don't know whether it came from Disney's mouse (who was originally "Steamboat Willie," as I recall; the mouse name didn't come until later) or the other way 'round...
[Oh, btw, congratulations on your promotion - you are now officially no longer a Newbie ! ]
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Sounds like "mischief" to me.
Thank you for the response. Very interesting.
(Now my children won't hang their heads for me. Terrible thing to be a "noob.")
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Oscolate- coffee with chocolate undertones made by chemex
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