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"text": "He poofed into thin air.",
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"ref": "2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 22",
"text": "He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.",
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"_dis1": "88 12",
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"sense": "to vanish",
"word": "s’évaporer"
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"sense": "to vanish",
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"word": "gå upp i rök"
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"(intransitive) To break wind; to fart."
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"sense": "to fart",
"word": "pierrä"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"sense": "to fart",
"word": "péter"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"sense": "to fart",
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"A gay man; especially one who is effeminate."
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"roman": "pederast",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"word": "marieta"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"word": "marica"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"word": "maricó"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "hintti"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pédale"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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],
"word": "tante"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"feminine"
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"word": "tapette"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "buzi"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "finocchio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "checca"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrulle"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"masculine"
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"word": "fjolle"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pedał"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"masculine"
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"word": "pedzio"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "bicha"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "golubój",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "голубо́й"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
"word": "prut"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
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"word": "pieru"
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"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
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"word": "pet"
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "prout"
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"ref": "1995, Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects (motion picture), spoken by Verbal (Kevin Spacey)",
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},
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"sense": "to vanish",
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},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to vanish",
"word": "gå upp i rök"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pederast",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "maricó"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "hintti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pédale"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tante"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tapette"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "buzi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "finocchio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "checca"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrulle"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjolle"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedał"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pedzio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "golubój",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"word": "голубо́й"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A male homosexual.",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fjolla"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
"word": "prut"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
"tags": [
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"word": "pieru"
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{
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"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
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],
"word": "pet"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
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"word": "fis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "The product of flatulence.",
"tags": [
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"word": "fjärt"
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"code": "sv",
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