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short for \ shortened from \ shortened version of the prepositional phrase ‘on {TV}’ or ‘on {TV network-X}’. Preposistion used as a present-tense_particple-type adjective in sentences that answer or pose (dependent on whether the sentence is declarative or interrogative) the question as to ‘*When* {<a designated program> is on <television>}’.
This is an example of a shortened version of something which is repeatedly said over-and-over in English; another example is the ommition of 'that' or 'which' in the sense of “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food *I* like?”, which actually means “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food that\which *I* like?” Not exactly the same are these two, though similar enough to be compared, I feel.
This is an example of a shortened version of something which is repeatedly said over-and-over in English; another example is the ommition of 'that' or 'which' in the sense of “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food *I* like?”, which actually means “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food that\which *I* like?” Not exactly the same are these two, though similar enough to be compared, I feel.
Q: When is Family Guy on?
A: Family Guy is on FOX every Sunday at 9:00PM EST.
Person flipping through the satelite\cable\subscription tv channels, changing it at intervals of exactly two seconds: “Ugh, nothing good is on...”
Annoyed endurer: “There’s 999 channels to choose from!!--Pick one!!!”
Note: The above sentence breaks a rule as disregarded as split infinitives, ending a sentence with a preposition. It could be fixed to “There's 999 channels from which to choose!!--Pick one!!!”, though sounds awkward and stilted in such a form, even on a non-colloquial level.
A: Family Guy is on FOX every Sunday at 9:00PM EST.
Person flipping through the satelite\cable\subscription tv channels, changing it at intervals of exactly two seconds: “Ugh, nothing good is on...”
Annoyed endurer: “There’s 999 channels to choose from!!--Pick one!!!”
Note: The above sentence breaks a rule as disregarded as split infinitives, ending a sentence with a preposition. It could be fixed to “There's 999 channels from which to choose!!--Pick one!!!”, though sounds awkward and stilted in such a form, even on a non-colloquial level.
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Get the iñurfæç mug.plural of monkey brain: a green fruit which is wrinkly like a brain, about the size of a monkey's. Semi-common in Cincinnati (I know this because it’s where I’m from; they may be common elsewhere, as well, though I ’mnot aware’f where).
The official\technical\scientfic\actual\real\true term/name for it.. I don't know.
The official\technical\scientfic\actual\real\true term/name for it.. I don't know.
Getting hit in the head by a monkey brain ain’t as severe as gettin‘ hit by a base-ball, but it still hurts.
Me and my friends, when we were young, liked to roll monkey brains down our streets in the ’hood.
Me and my friends, when we were young, liked to roll monkey brains down our streets in the ’hood.
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Get the 100%ly mug.The only letter which can be pronounced in five{5} different ways, depending on its native language and how it is used; in order of commonness: as a ‘j’ (as in the English name'George', word 'jockey'), as an ‘h’ (as in the Mexican beverage 'Jarritos', the Spanish word 'jalapeño', or the English name 'Henry'), as a ‘y’ (as in the word 'yacht' or the German word 'Ja' meaning 'Yes' or the name 'Jorgen von Strangle'{teh boss-fairy from le FOP, you silly nitwitt}..w's=v's, v's=f's auf Deutsch), as 'zh'(as in English 'vision', or the French name 'Jean' or word 'lingerie'), or as a ‘w’ (as in the historical\fictional character + noun 'Don Juan', the feminine name 'Juanita', or the word 'marijuana'\'marihuana' or 'chihuahua' or the exclamatory interjunction 'Woo!').
"Juicey jalapeños, Jawohl!" exclaimed Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D to the young, savvy, don juan.
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Kelsey: ..Geez. You're awfully (s)low.
Eric: ...‘(s)low’? Don’t you mean ‘slow’?? If so, I’ll have you know that I run a mile in under five minutes.
Kelsey: I’m sure you do*coughnotcough*.. But no, I mean ‘(s)low’: what »you« are.
Eric: What d’ya mean?
Kelsey: I’m not telling you; that’s for me to know, and for you to one day embarasedly find out.
Eric: But I dunno.. Are you sure it’s not the same as ‘slow’?
Kelsey: The more that you enquire into the meaning of your title--‘(s)low’--the more that it proves your being such.
Eric: How’m I s’pose to know what it means..
Kelsey: You are (s)low, you know..
Eric: Jus‘ shut up, I’m thinking..
Kelsey: About what, *you* and the *word ‘(s)low’*?
Eric: May be, may be not..
Kelsey: Exactly, you are, which be why I call you ‘(s)low one’. Just proves my point.
*Looking too deeply into it, Eric tries the hardest he can to learn the meaning and\or pun of ‘(s)low’, not thinking to simply refer to UrbanDictionary.com.*
Eric: ...‘(s)low’? Don’t you mean ‘slow’?? If so, I’ll have you know that I run a mile in under five minutes.
Kelsey: I’m sure you do*coughnotcough*.. But no, I mean ‘(s)low’: what »you« are.
Eric: What d’ya mean?
Kelsey: I’m not telling you; that’s for me to know, and for you to one day embarasedly find out.
Eric: But I dunno.. Are you sure it’s not the same as ‘slow’?
Kelsey: The more that you enquire into the meaning of your title--‘(s)low’--the more that it proves your being such.
Eric: How’m I s’pose to know what it means..
Kelsey: You are (s)low, you know..
Eric: Jus‘ shut up, I’m thinking..
Kelsey: About what, *you* and the *word ‘(s)low’*?
Eric: May be, may be not..
Kelsey: Exactly, you are, which be why I call you ‘(s)low one’. Just proves my point.
*Looking too deeply into it, Eric tries the hardest he can to learn the meaning and\or pun of ‘(s)low’, not thinking to simply refer to UrbanDictionary.com.*
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