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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Piffle | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly, foolish or empty talk, nonsense, drivel, foolish or empty talk, nonsense, drivel |
| Byword | a thing cited as a notable example, maxim, A word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like....The new luxury hotel is fast becoming a *** for hospitality. ▪ Her name has become a ** for wit. ,..<nationally, Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive has become a *** for luxury retailing, |
| Naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience, Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |
| Canard | an unfounded rumor or story ex: the old *** that LA is a cultural wasteland, a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor., a deliberately misleading story, an absurd rumor circulated to deceive the public, hoax |
| Thicket | a thick growth of bushes and small trees |
| Terra incognita | unknown or unexplored land, unknown land (literal and figurative), unknown land; unexplored field of knowledge, unknown territory, can also be used for physical territory or a situation where you find yourself on new or unfamiliar figurative land |
| K-street | A shorthand term for Washington lobbyists, derived from the name of the street in Washington, DC, where lobbying firms were once concentrated. |
| Olympian | majestic in manner or bearing, majestic; godlike; lofty; pertaining to Mount *** or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece. of, resembling, characteristic of, or suitable to the gods of ** ; majestic or aloof |
| olympus | Home to the Gods and Goddesses (except for Hades), In greek mythology the mountain where the gods lived, ; not heaven; entrance was a great gate of clouds guarded by the seasons; gods feasted on ambrosia and nectar to keep them immortal |
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