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English-o-metrics

Use of a mathematical model in the English language.

It is customary to write items in a series with required articles. For example, we write 'a book, a pen, a rubber and a bag'. Mathematically speaking, the article 'a' is common to all the items. So put in a mathematical format, it would be like 'a (book, pen, rubber and bag)' and would be 'a book, pen, rubber and bag' with the removal of brackets/parentheses. (However, mathematics does not allow this.) Both expressions are acceptable.

Suppose we write 'a book, a pen, an erasure and a bag'. Here, the article 'a' cannot be taken as a common factor because there is 'an' before 'erasure'. So it would be wrong to say 'a book, pen, erasure and bag'.
English-o-metrics is a hypothetical branch of linguistics.
by Uttam Maharjan 2 October 25, 2020
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English Class

The teacher (usually female, 40-50 years old, divorced) loves to over analyse everything in a text/movie
They stop after every sentence to analyze the words said in whatever piece of media you are studying
"The shirt was dark blue" does not represent the melancholic solitude that the character portrays, maybe the shirt was just fucking dark blue
Guy1 : English Class sucks!
Guy2: i know, the teacher makes us write an essay on 1 line of a poem
by Dexter_39764 August 24, 2023
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<.7.9.7.6.>Primary Language Is Spanish, Left Eye Is Clairvoyant, FIrst Language Is English, Right Eye Is Psychic<.7.9.7.6.>
<.7.9.7.6.>Primary Language Is Spanish, Left Eye Is Clairvoyant, FIrst Language Is English, Right Eye Is Psychic<.7.9.7.6.>
by Adujasty343 June 14, 2025
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An insult of bad adaptation of a previous work. Denoting the only similarities between the works being what language they were little were written in. First stated in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode “Village of the Giants” when shown it was based off HG Wells’s “Food of the Gods”
Batman versus Superman is just like the comics in that they're both written in English
by Mike Whittaked January 4, 2023
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English Fucker

A person from the 70s UK who's into punk rock.
Look at that English Fucker's dress, ugh!
by 0bv1ouS January 6, 2021
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English Pancake

The act of titty fucking a large, hairy breasted male.
You better be wearing your goggles because your face is getting an English Pancake tonight!!
by simpsonphan September 28, 2014
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English or Spanish

A challenge of who can stand completely still, the loser is in most cases called Gay for losing.
Person 1: English or Spanish

Person 2: English

Person 1: Whoever moves first is gay
(Both stop moving)
by 88th Fox August 17, 2024
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