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The seven nations of West Central Asia that form a large subcontinental block and are generally the heirs of Mideastern, Asian far Eastern European cultural, linguistic and religious traditions.
The term is one of convenience often used by diplomats and other students of the region to refer to this large bloc of countries.
They are:
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
The term is one of convenience often used by diplomats and other students of the region to refer to this large bloc of countries.
They are:
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
"Did you know "Stan" is Persian for "Place" or "Country?"
"As in what?"
"As in the -stan nations of Central Asia and other regions inside or near that area."
"And this helps me how?"
"It's a term you hear every now and then."
"As in what?"
"As in the -stan nations of Central Asia and other regions inside or near that area."
"And this helps me how?"
"It's a term you hear every now and then."
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"When these one-pound bags of frozen vegetables got to the store, they were no longer frozen. Someone broke the cold chain somewhere along the way."
"When these one-pound bags of frozen vegetables got to the store, they were no longer frozen. Someone broke the cold chain somewhere along the way."
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"She calls herself 'Connie from Fat City' but someone outed her real identity and location as Karen last name from Palo Alto,' even giving street address, and put it all over the web."
"I hate that kind of doxxing. It's mean."
"I hate that kind of doxxing. It's mean."
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These books are: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Ripley Under Ground (1970), Ripley's Game (1974), The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980) and Ripley Under Water (1991). It is alleged that Ms. Highsmith coined the self-effacing and jocular term "Ripliad" herself, although when an anthology of the first three of these novels was published by Everyman's Library in 1998, critics used the term "Ripliad" to refer to those specific three. (In 2011 the Folio Society of London brought out its own three-volume boxed set of exactly the same novels.) However, the first boxed set of all five Ripley novels did not appear until 2008 (THE COMPLETE RIPLEY NOVELS); to them, the term "Ripliad" also applies.
These books are: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Ripley Under Ground (1970), Ripley's Game (1974), The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980) and Ripley Under Water (1991). It is alleged that Ms. Highsmith coined the self-effacing and jocular term "Ripliad" herself, although when an anthology of the first three of these novels was published by Everyman's Library in 1998, critics used the term "Ripliad" to refer to those specific three. (In 2011 the Folio Society of London brought out its own three-volume boxed set of exactly the same novels.) However, the first boxed set of all five Ripley novels did not appear until 2008 (THE COMPLETE RIPLEY NOVELS); to them, the term "Ripliad" also applies.
"The one box set I would love Folio Society to put out would be the complete Ripliad by Patricia Highsmith. Probably my favourite author of all time..."
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(Description of a prison killer in Truman Capote's IN COLD BLOOD 1966): "Just two jockers fighting over a punk."
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Get the punk mug.1) Traditional nickname of Republican party, short for "Grand Old Party."
2) More recently, slang for a pizza topped with pepperoni, onion and green pepper.
(G=Green pepper; O=Onion; P=Pepperoni.)
2) More recently, slang for a pizza topped with pepperoni, onion and green pepper.
(G=Green pepper; O=Onion; P=Pepperoni.)
-- "You should stay, I just ordered a GOP and there'll be plenty of food."
-- "I didn't know they made house calls. What do you mean?"
-- "A GOP is a pizza topped with green pepper, onion, and pepperoni."
-- "I'd love to share, if a political agnostic is allowed to partake."
-- "I didn't know they made house calls. What do you mean?"
-- "A GOP is a pizza topped with green pepper, onion, and pepperoni."
-- "I'd love to share, if a political agnostic is allowed to partake."
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Get the GOP mug.Tom of Finland (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991) was the pseudonym of one of the best-known erotic gay artists of the Post-World War II generation.
He was born Touko Laaksonen, in Finland, and as a young man based his drawings on masculine archetypes like Finnish lumberjacks, and later the soldiers and sailors he knew (sometimes intimately) during World War II.
His original erotic images were submitted and ran in USA and Japanese physical culture journals of the 1950s. In the Sixties, with the decline of overt censorship, his drawings became yet more explicit and ran in many of the then-new gay magazines.
Typically Tom of Finland men, clad or not, have large bulging muscles, very large penises, a readiness to engage in any kind of gay sex (often in very unorthodox locations), and a sense of humor. Many of today's gay artists owe much of their visual style to Tom of Finland, and the artist himself is still widely recognized by gay men.
The Tom of Finland Foundation exists to perpetuate his work and to serve as a showcase for young artists.
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He was born Touko Laaksonen, in Finland, and as a young man based his drawings on masculine archetypes like Finnish lumberjacks, and later the soldiers and sailors he knew (sometimes intimately) during World War II.
His original erotic images were submitted and ran in USA and Japanese physical culture journals of the 1950s. In the Sixties, with the decline of overt censorship, his drawings became yet more explicit and ran in many of the then-new gay magazines.
Typically Tom of Finland men, clad or not, have large bulging muscles, very large penises, a readiness to engage in any kind of gay sex (often in very unorthodox locations), and a sense of humor. Many of today's gay artists owe much of their visual style to Tom of Finland, and the artist himself is still widely recognized by gay men.
The Tom of Finland Foundation exists to perpetuate his work and to serve as a showcase for young artists.
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"I can spot a Tom of Finland illustration at a hundred paces."
"Me, too, but sometimes his more recent imitators trip me up."
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"Me, too, but sometimes his more recent imitators trip me up."
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