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Reading, writing, and arithmetic (i.e. mathematics). They're considered the three fundamentals everyone should learn by the time they finish elementary education... well hopefully.
Yes, only one of the Three R's actually starts with the letter 'r'. The phrase originally started as a joke, but today it's more of an idiom.
Yes, only one of the Three R's actually starts with the letter 'r'. The phrase originally started as a joke, but today it's more of an idiom.
by Willow weep for me February 13, 2008
Apr 26 Word of the Day
1. The default beliefs installed when you were a child.
2. An unexamined position you absorbed from your environment growing up.
2. An unexamined position you absorbed from your environment growing up.
I grew up in a conservative home so my factory settings lead me to vote Republican.
I grew up in a liberal home so my factory settings lead me to vote Democrat.
I grew up in a liberal home so my factory settings lead me to vote Democrat.
by riemannslost0 February 04, 2020
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The name for underground assassinations, anyone in its path will undergo the three Rs.
The roof, the river or the revolver.
The roof, the river or the revolver.
John: I lost the bag
Pete: That bag had a half a million in it, if you don't find that bag it's the three Rs for us; The roof, the river or the revolver!
Pete: That bag had a half a million in it, if you don't find that bag it's the three Rs for us; The roof, the river or the revolver!
by GraingerIV April 07, 2009