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"pos": "adj",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Missing important details or logical steps, perhaps instead appealing to laymen, common sense, tradition, intuition, or examples."
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"(informal, of a demonstration, proof, or explanation) Missing important details or logical steps, perhaps instead appealing to laymen, common sense, tradition, intuition, or examples."
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"word": "handwaving"
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{
"word": "hand waving"
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{
"word": "handwavium"
},
{
"word": "wave of the hand"
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"ipa": "/ˈhændˌweɪvi/"
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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