The young child had no sense of good or evil. They lived in a wholly pretemptuous state, without knowledge that such a thing as temptation that must be resisted could exist.
by Library Woman December 2, 2023
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A strangely persistent cold or flu that sweeps through a friend group shortly after spending time with someone named Peter. Symptoms include fatigue, sore throat, congestion, and a creeping suspicion that this all started when Peter “just had a little cough.” Often passed off as “not that bad” by Peter himself, Peteritis somehow manages to take out everyone else for days.
A strangely persistent cold or flu that sweeps through a friend group shortly after spending time with someone named Peter. Symptoms include fatigue, sore throat, congestion, and a creeping suspicion that this all started when Peter “just had a little cough.” Often passed off as “not that bad” by Peter himself, Peteritis somehow manages to take out everyone else for days.
by a18n May 18, 2025
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Da DNA-based pipette-work dat you have da local lab perform to determine if yer un-neutered male four-footed companion "sowed his wild oats" wif da "fluffy little pumpkin" owned by da neighborhood gramma.
Besides meaning a "is yer cat or dog da daddy of my own lap-animal's unexpected litter?" investigation, da term "peternity test" can also sarcastically refer to a X-and-Y-chromosome check from which da results seem to take forever to get back.
by QuacksO December 3, 2025
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