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Esperanto

A conlang outlined in "La internacia lingvo" (The International Language), published in 1887 by the language's creator, L.L. Zamenhof. The name Esperanto means 'one who is hoping' in the language, and was applied to the language because Zamenhof used the name Dr. Esperanto as a pseudonym. Designed specifically for ease of learning and use, Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed interlanguage in the world, with an upper estimate of over two million speakers today (however, the lowest estimates place this at a few hundred thousand). In continuous use since its original publication, Esperanto has its own sizeable body of both original and translated literature, newsletters, blogs, and radio broadcasts. Esperanto's use has skyrocketed with the advent of the internet, and user levels will soon be nigh impossible to gauge.

Esperanto has appeared in popular culture on several occasions, usually for ridicule as a 'failed project.' It was most notably used on signs in Charlie Chaplain's "The Great Dictator," for PA announcements in the dystopia film "GATACA," and as the spoken language in William Shatner's first sci fi film, "Inkubus" (Esperanto "Inkubo").
La internacia lingvo, Esperanto, estas planlingvo kun tre regula gramatico. L.L. Zamenhof planis por ghi esti la dua lingvo de la mondo, sed kun malmulte da sukceso. Tamen, Esperanto estas ankorau uzanta hodiau kaj havas pli ol miliono da parolantoj (kaj la nomero multighas).
by Andrew Broz June 21, 2006
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Esperanza

HOPE ; You are beautiful and full of so much light that you brighten the people around you . You are a body of sun .You drop seeds of yourself everywhere you go and somewhere out there there is a tree as old as you , tree of hope stand strong !
Arbol de la Esperanza, mantente firme - Frida Khalo
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Past wife experience

Higher level of appreciation for your current lover from the past experience
Tony truly is the mythical Italian lover often mistaken by hippies as experienced by LSD permanently open It wasn’t acid he dropped it was moving on from his past wife experience and her ambulance front that would have been his hearse

Note to self if you’re driving a hearse and it’s on fire get out it’s an unfavorable pragmatic indicator
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience

A kickass band that fell short because their front man, Hendrix, died from drugs.
that sucks that the jimi hendrix experience couldnt go on to make more music becuz they were awsome
by JoJo55 October 18, 2004
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near birth experience

When birth control fails but no pregnacy results.
When the condom broke last month I had a near birth experience.
by razman March 21, 2004
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Sandusky Overnite Experience

The type of acts that and older gay man (usually married) uses to lure young boys into gay sexual experiences with them. These acts usually involve some sort of over nite experience or "sleepover" where the deplorable gay acts occur, including rape.
My brother said his scout master said they were having a Sandusky overnite trip next week, should I be worried?

If I stay in Sandusky, Ohio overnite does that mean I had a Sandusky Overnite Experience?

My therapist said the reason I am not sleeping at nite is b/c I must have a had a repressed Sandusky over nite experience when I was younger
by Snach_Crusher November 8, 2011
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lived experience

Shit that never happened. By making up lurid tales designed to go viral activist types can spin a history of oppression in any scene, org, or society. Lived experience discounts subjectivity or just being wrong and is usually brought up after someone's claims have been debunked.

It can also refer to existential problems you do nothing about but blame others for: being poor, living in a ghetto shithole, being an addict, etc.

Like a lot of SJW jargon it was stolen from the CATT team where it refers to a failed suicide attempt in post intervention care.
"I got totally discriminated against by the racists and sexists at the lesbian vegan co-op"
"I was there and that didn't happen"
"Shut up and stop denying my lived experience"
by jimbowales6969 June 26, 2018
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