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Shakespeare Rule

The Shakespeare Rule is a writing technique in which, much like the structure of any Shakespearean soliloquy, you summarise the general meaning of the paragraph in the last few lines.
"The Shakespeare Rule is a good method to experiment with"

"I overuse The Shakespeare Rule"
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two shakes of a lamb's tail

I'll be back from the store in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
by Anonymous August 31, 2003
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Shakespearing

the verb that describes the act of someone, who is madly in love to the point where it becomes overly dramatic and obsessive, and they start talking like shakespeare would have
1: "Thou hast stolen my heart, you fair angel from the heavens!"
2: "woah calm down you're shakespearing
by Jmanfh November 18, 2013
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William Shakespeare

A guy that makes absolutely no sense, but is cool anyway.
William Shakespeare is the man even though I have no clue what the hell he's saying!
by Mike the Ekim May 7, 2005
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Shakespeare

History's greatest playwright, and one of the greatest poets.

He used English like Hendrix used the guitar.
Just get an annotated version of one of Shakespeare's works if you can't understand it.
by Michael Magus December 27, 2005
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william shakespeare

In a word, genius. Born in Straford-Upon-Avon, England in the 1500s, he wrote plays for Queen Elizabeth. Next to the Bible, his works are the most quoted and alluded to ever. Some of his works include Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Twelth Night, Hamlet, Midsummer's Night Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello
William Shakespeare is the quintessential English author/playwright
by Petite Soeur July 15, 2008
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A huge ass. Also know as a shelf, badunkadunk, or bubble butt.
Man, forget his hips. Axel's got a balcony you can perform Shakespeare from.
by Ansem the Wise August 1, 2007
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