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practical intelligence

A combination of street smarts and common sense. Not book smarts, useful smarts.
"He didn't get an education but he has practical intelligence"
by Winged Scourge May 20, 2010
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practical joke

is a trick played on someone that is meant to be funny for people watching, though normally embarrassing for the person being tricked.
What would you do if someone called you saying they were Barack Obama? Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call just like that the other day and like many people would, she assumed it was a radio station practical joke.
by shracaneits January 16, 2009
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practically

Almost; but not quite.
The girl was practically of a normal height, but she was still pretty short.
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Practical Joke

see wordfooling somebody/word
you'll find out
by VVoody September 11, 2003
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practical

The practical use of a gun is self-defense.
by Larstait November 15, 2003
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Piratica

A well written book/series by Tanith Lee. There is now Piratica and Piratica II. Read them when you wont be distracted, because otherwise you have no hope of following the storyline. They contain words like thou and thy every now and then, but its easy enough to understand.

Piratica is about a tennage girl named Artemesia, who after a fall, recalls that her mother was once a famous pirate, but was killed when a cannon malfunctioned.
She sets out to find her mothers old crew so she can journey across the high seas and uncover highly sought after treasure before another pirate does.

Set mostly in England...which intrestingly enough is a republic in this book.
Idiot: Im reading this book called Piratica at the moment.
Person 2:Oh yeah,ive read that, its brilliant.
Idiot: I can't understand it, what does thou mean?
Person 2: Your an idiot
by oriental.xx December 9, 2008
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The Practicality Threshold

Some things are just too practical to work. The practicality threshold is defined as the line beyond which things become too practical for use.
"Hey, why are we taking a hot air balloon to the moon instead of a rocket?"

"Because the rocket is past the practicality threshold!"
by Zephaire January 1, 2009
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