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dangling participial phrase

an uncompleted phrase leaving one wondering what is supposed to be said next.. "the bear happened upon, eating a log"
"jumping through the forest, the end" thats such a dangling participial phrase
by sonorareyes April 6, 2009
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phrase

ontogeny recapitulates philogeny
by sr6yz December 1, 2004
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prayer rock

A baseball sized stone (usually granite) which is used to fend off the unwelcome spiritual advances of an intrusive, fanatical religious proselytizer.

They are typically blessed with an incantation, and then carefully placed within the cranium of the offending believer at a high velocity, where the incantation will hopefully dissolve and they will get the message.

It is considered bad form to use prayer rocks unless your attacker has begun to threaten you with prayer.
"Friend, I am here to tell you, you are standing in the path of God Almighty's wrath! You need to get right with Him before it's too late! Won't you please accept His free gift now, before it's too late?!?"

"Like I said before, I'm really not interested..."

"Oh friend, please don't make the mistake of assuming you can do it tomorrow! Tomorrow may never come! Think about it! Hell is not where you want to spend eternity!"

"Look, next to you is not where I want to spend next Sunday. Could you please just leave me alone?"

"You are making an awful mistake, friend. I am certainly going to pray for you! I am going to pray that God sears your soul, and draws you to repentance! I am going to pray that God makes you MISERABLE in your sins!!"

"No, I don't think so... (mutters to prayer rock) your next prayer is going to be for a bottle of Tylenol..."

THUD!!!
by J_Marco_Medi August 11, 2009
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Power phrase

Tank version of the word paraphrase by people lacking in englishness/engrish
There are too many quotes to remember, I think I'm going to Power phrase
by goofygoober009 October 25, 2012
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Quaker Prayer Meeting

A very silent group of people. Often used to describe the silence that befalls a group after some profound news is revealed to them, or when faced with a bewildering situation.
The party sounded like a quaker prayer meeting after Charlie announced he had cancer.

Our class turned into a quaker prayer meeting when the professor asked us to describe quantum physics.

Is this a quaker prayer meeting? Somebody put on some music!
by Kaptain Krotch February 23, 2007
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turn a phrase

As used in an educational video about the Declaration of Independence (2004), a seemingly dirty reference that refers to the actions of founding fathers who wrote the Declaration and obviously did something right.

The beauty is, it can mean anything you like.
Narrator: "I love a man who can turn a phrase".
by APUSH2010 May 29, 2010
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Prayer

Use this word when something very unlikely happens, or if somebody does something completely stupid but somehow in the end it works out for them
If some kid turns around in a kids face and just throws the ball in the air, you can just scream PRAYER!

In math class if you get called on for a problem, and you aren't paying attention, and you just say a random number and get it correct, you and your friends can all look at eachother and say PRAYER!
by JG IS RIPPIN March 7, 2011
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