what does nom de plume mean?
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French for “pen name”; an invented name under which an author writes.
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I'm not sure if you caught it right: escritos means writings, esparsos means selected, but demolay? could it be in two words: de molay. In that case it could: of (de) and the writers name
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Basically referring to Statutes & their Dictamen...  in English the word would be Decree/Declare.....   in other words...    I hereby decree/declare through the power vested in me, by the crown of France, that from this day forward, this land shall be known as Guadalupe.\n\nIn modern french politics it is likely referencing legislation.   Decret..is like Decree...is like Declare...is a Declaration...\n\nLike the U.S. Declaration of Independence...   "That all these truths be held self evident..that all men are created equal...etc...."\n\nDeclaration =  To Make Perfectly & Unequivacably Clear...
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These point snipers are all incorrect. It means "of", like can't or O'Brian, it indicates one letter has been d'leted. It comes from the old english or maybe old Irish (so much for some bets) and has become an idiosyncrasy. I would have answered sooner but I had a hard time with Spell Check. Top o' the morning to you.
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De or Di means "of"....perhaps Garis is a city somewhere.
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It could either be a misspelling of OOPS or I saw OPPs as an abbreviation earlier tonight meaning OTHER PEOPLES PROPERTY!  Not sure what it meant in your experiences.
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Main Entry: as·tron·o·my \nPronunciation: a-'strä-no-mE\nFunction: noun\nInflected Form(s): plural -mies\nEtymology: Middle English astronomie, from Old French, from Latin astronomeromia, from Greek, from astr- + -nomia -nomy\n: the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties
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hmmm.. I always thought it meant Llamas Mate After Operas..\n\nBut seriously, it means "very funny".. laughing my a$$ off.
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comes from latin "numero"\n\nIn French, Spanish & Italian, number is numero
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no, pon de river is a dance. meaning upon the river, and jook means to stick i think
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It is a French word roughly translated as enjoyment.  Quite literally it means whatever 'gets you off'.  Transcendant Bliss.
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id est (Latin for "that is")\nexempli gratia (Latin for "for example")
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These abbreviations actually predate text message culture. I myself encountered them in the BBS culture of the mid-to-late 1990's. \n\nThe ones that you list are:\n\ncmt = comment (how)\nc = c'est (it is)\npr = pour (for)\nki = qui (who) or qu'il (that he/it)\nkoi = quoi (what)\n\nThe French Wikipedia has a helpful list at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argot_Internet
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I believe it comes form old english and means "man who hasn't seen his wife's beaver". I've seen this definition in a dictionary of old english (but they used a much stronger word in place of "beaver").\n\nAccording to the wicktionary another POSSIBLE source could be the latin phrase "non compos mentis" meaning: "not having sound mind".
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D. with friends and peers.\n\n\nAs a sign of respect, when speaking to strangers, or when speaking with more than one person, you'd use "vous".\n\nPS your question is miscatagorized, that's not Biology.
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Yes it is from Latin!-An "ad literam" translation means:"omni=any" and "modo=way,style...etc".The sense is given by the entire expression!
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"Divided, We defy death" but Urban is 100% right. Nous Defions is french. The true latin would be "Nos contemnus mortum discriminatus"