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verbal cc

A verbal cc refers to either:

1) adding someone within the body of an email message without actually cc'ing that person's address, usually as a way of calling special attention

2) actually saying "and X person," along with everyone else, to gain similar emphasis
"Ok, let's get psyched up for Talk like a Pirate Day on September 19th!

Everyone, and Long John, don't forget to bring your pants. And yes, LJ, I am verbal cc'ing you."
by Digilicious September 23, 2007
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verbal aesthetic

A pleasing way to say something that may employ wit and rhythm.
She loved the verbal aesthetic of 40's films.
by Nicole Bracy March 7, 2008
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Verbal Justice

To own an individual/organization in a verbal confrontation. Usually in front of multiple people. The end result of Verbal Justice being served is everyone knowing, without a shadow of doubt, who just got owned in the verbal encounter.

Verbal Justice can take place: In person, online, on TV, in the news paper etc...
Mark: Did you see Mark Schlereth go off on the NFL being hypocrites this morning??

Jason: Yeah dude, that man dished out some serious Verbal Justice.
by Fr33zy October 21, 2010
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Verbal Alley-oop

A spoken exchange in which one person intentionally sets up a potential or partial joke or insult for another person to complete by finishing said joke or insult.

These jokes or insults may be considered "low-hanging fruit" to outsiders, and may appear to be insensitive to non-participants. However, since these exchanges are usually completed by close friends, and could sometimes be considered a form of inside joke, they are usually facetious in nature. The initiator of the exchange often intends for the joke to be self-deprecating and may initiate a verbal alley-oop in a group setting to break tension or introduce some levity to the environment by joking about himself through a friend.
Guy 1: "Man, why can't this sandwich just make itself?"
Guy 2: "Probably because you don't have a girlfriend."
Guy 1: "Verbal Alley-oop completed... Nicely done."
by Doctr_Watson February 6, 2014
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Verbal diarrhea

When someone talks to you in an emotional manner ussually goes on for hours about themselves often doesn't to want to listen to what you have to say.
-Why are you not picking up the phone?
- It's Angie she's been fighting with her boyfriend, I don't think I can take another load of her verbal diarrhea.
by TartdyTardis June 29, 2016
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phonus verbalitis

A verbal disorder causing abnormally loud speech while using a cellular device or land-line telephone. This disorder also causes great annoyance to those surrounded by it.
That mother fucker has some serious phonus verbalitis.
by gabitron, smoot, ctbennett February 12, 2008
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A + verb (no gerund)

Jamaican dialect usage

Origin

Old English pronoun + verb.

Eg.

We a-walking to school. Reminiscent of Shakespeare's stylistic poetry.

(Extract from an Appalachian English song)

On the Seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me. Seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying.

(Extract from a nursery rhyme ca. 1905)
I saw the ship a-sailing, a-sailing on the sea, and oh!It was all laden, with pretty things for thee!

Influenced modern day Patois slang.

This usage fell into disuse in modern English and is now regional or dialectal. A similarity in usage can be noted in the European Portuguese language structure.
A + verb (no gerund)

We a walk to school.

She a talk to all of them.

When you a leave let me know.
by Tropical Rythms December 9, 2021
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