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Slut (archaic: slattern) is an English-language term for a person, usually a woman, who is sexually promiscuous or considered to have loose sexual morals. [1] [2] It is predominately used as an insult, sexual slur or offensive term of disparagement. [2] [3] It originally meant "a dirty, slovenly woman", [2] and is rarely used to refer to men ...
Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [1] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [5] It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a second or first language for other ethnic groups in Vietnam .
H, or h, is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, including the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is aitch (pronounced / eɪtʃ /, plural aitches ), or regionally haitch / heɪtʃ /. [1]
Expatriate : 'A person who lives outside their native country' (Oxford), [4] or. 'living in a foreign land' (Webster's). [5] These definitions contrast with those of other words with a similar meaning, such as: Migrant : 'A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions' (Oxford), [6] or.
Apothecary ( / əˈpɒθəkəri /) is an archaic English term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons and patients. The modern terms 'pharmacist' and 'chemist' (British English) have taken over this role. In some languages and regions, "apothecary" is not archaic and has become ...
Pride is defined by Merriam-Webster as "reasonable self-esteem " or "confidence and satisfaction in oneself". [1] Oxford defines it as "the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance." [2] Pride may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or one's ...
Potluck. A potluck is a communal gathering where each guest or group contributes a different, often homemade, dish of food to be shared. Other names for a "potluck" include: potluck dinner, pitch-in, shared lunch, spread, faith supper, carry-in dinner, [1] covered-dish-supper, [2] fuddle, Jacob's Join, [3] bring a plate, [4] and fellowship meal.
Ethnologue (2024) The following languages are listed as having at least 50 million first-language speakers in the 27th edition of Ethnologue published in 2024. [7] This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties, such as Arabic, Punjabi, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and ...