noun
the ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.
ORIGIN 1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth,’ on the pattern of literacy.
the ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.
ORIGIN 1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth,’ on the pattern of literacy.
We hear a lot about literacy, a little about numeracy, but nothing at all about oracy, in the context of education.
by Pepys April 10, 2008
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Jim: No!
Bob: Well. What the hell is it then?
Jim: Toronto is a crack-ocracy, of course.
Bob: Jim, you are a raging Ford-ophobic, a shameless crackophobic and you have no respect for Toronto's crackstitution!
Jim: No!
Bob: Well. What the hell is it then?
Jim: Toronto is a crack-ocracy, of course.
Bob: Jim, you are a raging Ford-ophobic, a shameless crackophobic and you have no respect for Toronto's crackstitution!
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Get the okita oracle mug.an organizational structure in which individuals choose roles and tasks for themselves and execute them.
“Jeez, why does Mary get to decide what everyone eats and when they work? Who put her in charge?” Older and wiser heads will say, “This is a do-ocracy. If you think you can do Mary’s job, and you want to, then get up there and do it. She’ll probably be relieved. If not, don’t be a jerk and make a big stink about it, or else she’ll stop working so hard and we won’t have anything to eat!”
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Person 1: Did you see that oralyn over there?
Person 2: Yeah he is probably the hottest guy at the party!
Person 2: Yeah he is probably the hottest guy at the party!
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My wife is such an Oraya!
by El to the I November 21, 2011
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and that’s why she is Oralys
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