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Table of Contents

1. Proverbs

1.1. Strike while the iron is hot

1.2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do

1.3. Memento Mori

Latin for "remember you must die"

2. Idioms

2.1. blue falcon

  • US, military, euphemistic A supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often but not always, for his own benefit.

2.1.1. Etymology

From the same initial letters as "buddy-fucker."

2.2. snake oil

-a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam.

2.3. ground zero

폭심지

2.4. pig Latin

a secret language formed from English by transferring the initial consonant or consonant cluster of each word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable (usually ): so pig Latin would be igpay atinlay.

2.5. the apple of one's eye

  • a person of whom one is extremely fond and proud.
  • a person who holds a special place in someone’s heart.

It is an English idiom, later adpoted into the King James Bible.

3. Phrases

3.1. in situ

in place, meaning that the process is taken within the original context.

3.2. ex situ

out of place

3.3. in vivo

on a living organism

3.4. in silico

computer simulated, especially when contrasted with testing on a living orgamism.

3.5. sensu lato

in the broad sense

3.6. sensu stricto

strictly speaking, in the narrow sense

3.7. come to terms with

  • come to accept (a new and painful or difficult event or situation); reconcile oneself to.

3.8. woe betide

  • used humorously to warn (someone) that they will be in trouble if they do a specified thing.

3.9. raison d'être

the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence.

4. Slang

4.1. faggot

  • OFFENSIVE North America a gay man
  • a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
    • a bundle of iron rods bound together for reheating, welding, and hammering into bars.

4.1.1. Etymology

From Old French fagot, from Italian fagotto, from Greek phakelos 'bundle'

5. Old English

5.1. Wynn

Ƿ, ƿ [w]

Adapted from the Futhark.

5.2. Thorn

Þ, þ [θ]

Adapted from the Futhark.

Author: Jeemin Kim

Created: 2026-07-12 Sun 14:28