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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lampshade.wav Forms: lampshades [plural]
enPR: lămp'shād [UK, US] Etymology: From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lamp|shade}} lamp + shade Head templates: {{en-noun}} lampshade (plural lampshades)
  1. A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes. Derived forms: lampshade hat, radiation lampshade Translations (cover over a lamp): lampskerm (Afrikaans), abazhur [masculine] (Albanian), أَبَاجُور (ʔabāžūr) [masculine] (Arabic), عَاكِس النُّور (ʕākis an-nūr) [masculine] (Arabic), عَاكِس الضُّوء (ʕākis aḍ-ḍūʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), լուսամփոփ (lusampʻopʻ) (Armenian), աբաժուր (abažur) (Armenian), abajur (Azerbaijani), абажу́р (abažúr) [masculine] (Belarusian), абажу́р (abažúr) (Bulgarian), စလောင်း (ca.laung:) (Burmese), pantalla [feminine] (Catalan), 燈罩 (Chinese Mandarin), 灯罩 (dēngzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), abajur (Crimean Tatar), stínítko [neuter] (Czech), stínidlo [neuter] (Czech), lampeskærm [common-gender] (Danish), lampenkap [common-gender] (Dutch), lumŝirmilo (Esperanto), abaĵuro [archaic] (Esperanto), lambivari (Estonian), lampunvarjostin (Finnish), abat-jour [masculine] (French), აბაჟური (abažuri) (Georgian), Lampenschirm [masculine] (German), αμπαζούρ (ampazoúr) [neuter] (Greek), abajou (Haitian Creole), אהיל [masculine] (Hebrew), दीपछत्र (dīpchatra) (Hindi), lámpaernyő (Hungarian), lampaskermur [masculine] (Icelandic), skermur [masculine] (Icelandic), kap lampu (Indonesian), clúdach lampa [masculine] (Irish), scáthlán lampa [masculine] (Irish), paralume [masculine] (Italian), ランプシェード (ranpushēdo) (Japanese), ランプのかさ (ranpu no kasa) (Japanese), абажур (abajur) (Kazakh), ស្រមោលចង្កៀង (srɑmaol cɑŋkiəŋ) (Khmer), គំរបចង្កៀង (kumrɔɔp cɑŋkiəŋ) (Khmer), 등갓 (deunggat) (Korean), 스탠드갓 (seutaendeugat) (Korean), абажур (abajur) (Kyrgyz), ເກີ້ງ (kœ̄ng) (Lao), abažūrs [masculine] (Latvian), abažūras [masculine] (Lithuanian), абажур (abažur) [masculine] (Macedonian), kap lampu (Malay), tudung lampu (Malay), abajûr (Northern Kurdish), lampeskjerm [masculine] (Norwegian), lampeskjerm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lampeskjerm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آباژور (âbâžur) (Persian), Laumpenschorm [masculine] (Plautdietsch), abażur [masculine] (Polish), klosz [masculine] (Polish), abajur [masculine] (Portuguese), abazhúra (Kalderash) [feminine] (Romani), abajur [neuter] (Romanian), абажу́р (abažúr) [masculine] (Russian), аба̀жӯр [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), сјенило [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), abàžūr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sjènilo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), tienidlo [neuter] (Slovak), senčnik [masculine] (Slovene), pantalla [feminine] (Spanish), lampskärm [common-gender] (Swedish), pantalya ng lampaba (Tagalog), абажур (abažur) (Tajik), абажур (abajur) (Tatar), โป๊ะ (bpó) (Thai), abajur (Turkish), sayvan (Turkish), örtük (Turkish), kalpak (Turkish), siper (Turkish), abažur (Turkmen), абажу́р (abažúr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), abajur (Uzbek), qalpogʻi (Uzbek), chụp đèn (Vietnamese), tán đèn (Vietnamese), chao đèn (Vietnamese), אַבאַזשור (abazhur) (Yiddish)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lampshade.wav Forms: lampshades [present, singular, third-person], lampshading [participle, present], lampshaded [participle, past], lampshaded [past]
enPR: lămp'shād [UK, US] Etymology: From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lamp|shade}} lamp + shade Head templates: {{en-verb}} lampshade (third-person singular simple present lampshades, present participle lampshading, simple past and past participle lampshaded)
  1. (narratology, fandom slang) To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Narratology
    Sense id: en-lampshade-en-verb-wuRbvePr Categories (other): Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hindi translations Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 13 30 36 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 15 29 33 9 13 Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, narratology, sciences
  2. (fashion) To wear an oversize top with skintight thigh-high boots and no leggings. Categories (topical): Fashion
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  3. To adorn with one or more lampshades.
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  4. To design or create lampshades.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "lusampʻopʻ",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "լուսամփոփ"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "աբաժուր"
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          "code": "az",
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
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          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "စလောင်း"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pantalla"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "燈罩"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dēngzhào",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "灯罩"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "abajur"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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          "word": "stínidlo"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lampeskærm"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "lampenkap"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "lumŝirmilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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          ],
          "word": "abaĵuro"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "lambivari"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "lampunvarjostin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abat-jour"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "abažuri",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "აბაჟური"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lampenschirm"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ampazoúr",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αμπαζούρ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "abajou"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אהיל"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dīpchatra",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "दीपछत्र"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "lámpaernyő"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lampaskermur"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skermur"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "kap lampu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clúdach lampa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scáthlán lampa"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paralume"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ranpushēdo",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "ランプシェード"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ranpu no kasa",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "ランプのかさ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "abajur",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "абажур"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "srɑmaol cɑŋkiəŋ",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "ស្រមោលចង្កៀង"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kumrɔɔp cɑŋkiəŋ",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "គំរបចង្កៀង"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "deunggat",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "등갓"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seutaendeugat",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "스탠드갓"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "abajûr"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "abajur",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "абажур"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kœ̄ng",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "ເກີ້ງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abažūrs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abažūras"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "abažur",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "абажур"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "kap lampu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "tudung lampu"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lampeskjerm"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lampeskjerm"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lampeskjerm"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âbâžur",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "word": "آباژور"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Laumpenschorm"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cover over a lamp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abażur"
        },
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          "ref": "2017 September 27, Sara M Moniuszko, “Lampshading lives on with the 'no pants' trend – The leggy styles, explained”, in USA TODAY:",
          "text": "Pants. Who needs them? Definitely not celebrities sporting the lampshading or \"no pants\" trend this summer.",
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          "ref": "2018 August 17, Lindsey Lanquist, “We're Halfway Through 2018, and Ariana Grande Is Still Lampshading”, in Style Caster:",
          "text": "Kate Moss lampshaded, Bella Hadid lampshaded—hell, nearly every Kardashian took the trend for a spin.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2018 December 8, Courteney Larocca, “Lampshading: Olivia Culpo & More Stars Who Nailed Ariana Grande's Hoodie & Thigh-High Boots Look”, in Hollywood Life:",
          "text": "Lampshading – or, wearing an oversized top with over-the-knee boots – isn't just for Ariana Grande.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2018 December 30, “Ariana Grande's 'lampshading' a major 2018 fashion trend”, in The New Indian Express:",
          "text": "Adding to this, she aces the casual-chic look of oversized sweatshirts and hoodies paired with thigh-high boots, known as lampshading.",
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          "ref": "1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country:",
          "text": "Her hotel sitting-room had, as usual, been flowered, cushioned and lampshaded into a delusive semblance of stability; and she had really felt, for the last few weeks, that the life she was leading there must be going to last — it seemed so perfect an answer to all her wants!",
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          "ref": "1975, New York - Volume 8, page 181:",
          "text": "Ruth Vitow (160 East 56th Street, 355-6881) has been the doyenne of lampshading for 30 years. She makes up designs in all categories, and her own custom lamps of Lucite and wood.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1993, Audur H. Winnan, Wanda Gag, page 8:",
          "text": "Finally she took a job decorating lampshades. Lampshading, as she called it, left her drained and without impetus or inspiration to draw, which always made her unhappy.",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "word": "abajur"
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      "roman": "abažúr",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "абажу́р"
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "စလောင်း"
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "燈罩"
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      "word": "აბაჟური"
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      "word": "kap lampu"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "등갓"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "스탠드갓"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "code": "lo",
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      "roman": "kœ̄ng",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "ເກີ້ງ"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "آباژور"
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "word": "abajur"
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "pantalya ng lampaba"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "abažur",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "абажур"
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      "roman": "abajur",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpó",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "โป๊ะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "abajur"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "sayvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "örtük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "kalpak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "siper"
    },
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "abažur"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "abažúr",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
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      "word": "абажу́р"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "abajur"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "qalpogʻi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "chụp đèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "tán đèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "chao đèn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "abazhur",
      "sense": "cover over a lamp",
      "word": "אַבאַזשור"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "2013, Heide Goody, Iain Grant, How to Write a Collaborative Novel, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2019 April 30, Alex Leadbeater, “Did \"Marge Be Not Proud\" Start The Simpsons' Decline In Season 7?”, in Screen Rant:",
          "text": "Just as the push by writers in season 4 to make Homer stupider (a trend so established it was lampshaded in \"The 138th Episode Spectacular\") created some of the best episodes before eventually birthing an unlikable buffoon unaffectionately called \"Jerkass Homer\", so too is it less the episode itself as much as what it represented.",
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          "ref": "2017 September 27, Sara M Moniuszko, “Lampshading lives on with the 'no pants' trend – The leggy styles, explained”, in USA TODAY:",
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          "ref": "2018 August 17, Lindsey Lanquist, “We're Halfway Through 2018, and Ariana Grande Is Still Lampshading”, in Style Caster:",
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          "ref": "1975, New York - Volume 8, page 181:",
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