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   Pour, Pore, And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com

   We pored over the data this week of June 29–July 6, 2018, and we got a good look at what words you learned from the news. Whether it was a presidential grammar mistake or an HBO show host’s foray into teen speak, here’s what made folks curious. Ontogeny and phylogeny Paris Hilton tried to stump the internet this week, asking Twitter users to tell her …

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   🇨🇳 Flag for China

   🇨🇳 is the flag for China emoji, used to represent Chinese life and 3000-year-old culture, from the ancient Great Wall to modern megacities like Shanghai. Related words: Chinese New Year emoji CN Five-star Red Flag…
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   ♂️ Male Sign emoji

   The male sign emoji, ♂, represents the male sex or gender, especially used to indicate the male form of an emoji person, like man pouting emoji 🙎‍♂️ or man construction worker 👷‍♂️. Related words: ♀ female…
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   🍶 Sake Bottle and Cup emoji

   Kampai! Cheers! The sake bottle and cup emoji, 🍶, shows a carafe of sake, or Japanese rice wine, and a traditional sake cup. Especially by people who are Japanese, the emoji is often used for…
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   🐫 Bactrian Camel emoji

   The Bactrian camel emoji, 🐫, depicts the two-humped camel native to Central Asia—not to be confused with its one-humped cousin, the Dromedary camel and its emoji, 🐪. Yup, there are two camel emojis. Both camel emoji,…
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   double standard

   Ideally, we should all be judged according to the same criteria. But ... when someone is treated differently than someone else in the same situation, especially when women are treated differently than men, we have…
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   sakshi

   Sakshi comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "witness," frequently used as a given name in India and other South Asian cultures. In contemporary slang in India, it can refer to a cute, fun, young woman.…
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   tongue twister

   Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear—try saying that three times fast. This and other tongue twisters are words or phrases that are difficult to pronounce, often deliberately so and due to lots of similar sounds. Related…
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   snowflake

   No, we're not ❄ walking in a winter wonderland ❄. Snowflake, here, is a political insult for someone who is perceived as too sensitive, often used for millennials and liberals. Want more of the hottest words? Sign…
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    Milly Rock

    The Milly Rock is a viral hip-hop dance invented by the artist 2 Milly.
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    squirting

    Squirting is a slang term for female ejaculation. In pornography, it usually features a voluminous, projectile stream from the vagina. Science says it's largely just urine. So, there's that. Related words: cum shot creampie pussy…
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    SMUD

    The Sacramento Municipal Utility District, or SMUD, is no ordinary electric company. Formed by the citizens of Sacramento County, California, SMUD is community-owned, long reputed for its efforts to use renewable energies. Related words: 💡electric light…