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"American English",
"English abbreviations"
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of Bachelor of Music."
],
"links": [
[
"Bachelor of Music",
"Bachelor of Music#English"
]
],
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"(chiefly US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Music."
],
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"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "BM"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"English words without vowels",
"en:Feces"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "BMs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "BMing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "BMed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "BMed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"English euphemisms"
],
"glosses": [
"To have a bowel movement."
],
"links": [
[
"bowel movement",
"bowel movement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) To have a bowel movement."
],
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"euphemistic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Video games"
],
"glosses": [
"To use bad manners."
],
"links": [
[
"video game",
"video game"
]
],
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"(video games) To use bad manners."
],
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"video-games"
]
}
],
"word": "BM"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2278",
"msg": "suspicious alt_of/form_of with '. ': bad manners. Behaviour which shows disrespect to an opponent",
"path": [
"BM"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "BM",
"trace": ""
}
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