subjunctive verb form

Things to remember when using the subjunctive verb form:
1) Channel Beyonce ("If I WERE a boy"), not Justin Bieber ("If I WAS your boyfriend").
2) Use the singular verb form - listens becomes listen, walks becomes walk.
3) Think about the context. The subjunctive verb form is either used in formal writing/discussions, or in expressing hopes or dreams.

The subjunctive verb form could be used like this:
If you were to listen, you might learn something.
I recommend that you study.

by _Rhubarb_ March 22, 2017

finite verb

1. A thing used to make you fail your English class.

Go look up some finite verbs.

by MickeyVos1 November 25, 2020

Alera the aloe Vera

Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell’s child who is an aloe Vera plant

Joe: I looked after the kids

Dianne: did alera the aloe Vera want mum

by Obsessed with Joe Sugg March 10, 2019

Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera

Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera is a logical fallacy whereby something is assumed to be true because someone photoshopped a picture of it.

An example of "Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera" is a picture of a Nobel Prize stained in blood stating that someone doesn't deserve a Nobel Prize because they are responsible for more deaths than Hitler. "Photoshop hoc, ergo hoc vera" applies people assume that the picture is true just because someone made it, and then share it with others.

by ScriVener September 9, 2012

vera

Non existing gilfriend, Norm's wife on Cheers that you never get to see.

Can't hang out with you guys, gotta meet the new girlfriend.
- Tell Vera I say hi.

by vera October 21, 2006

Veracity

A liar, thief or cheater that exhibits high amounts of incompetence and stupidity. (This definition applies mainly to Veracity the TV and internet provider originating in Provo, UT)

You cheat me like Veracity!

by House of crappy internet & TV February 14, 2012

verbal irony

Discrepancy of meaning, where the speaker has several meanings for the phrase according the situation, but he or she only wants the audience to perceive one of it

Very similar to sarcasm

"I was so excited to return to school for final exams after spring break"

by english class May 13, 2005