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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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blow out

[blow out] {v. phr.} 1. To cease to function; fail; explode (said of tires and fuses). * /The accident occurred when Jim's […]

steal the spotlight

[steal the spotlight] {v. phr.} To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. * /When the […]

Kin Hubbard

(1868-1930) U.S. humorist Nobody ever fergits where he buried a hatchet.

Simple Difficulties - Work vs. Walk

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Will Rogers

(1879-1935) U.S. humorist I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat.

Usage of So and Neither

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jag

[jag] {adj.} {n.} 1. A drug taking, or sometimes drinking, binge. 2. A period of uncontrolled activity.

majority leader

[majority leader] {n.} The leader of the political party with the most votes in a legislative house. * /The majority leader […]