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English Three Letter Words

English Three Letter Words AAH v. to express surprise AAL n. an East Indian shrub AAS plural of AA n. rough lava ABA n. an outer garment worn by Arabs ABB n. a textile yarn ABO n. an aboriginal ABS … Continue reading

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Rebranded Fruit

Kiwifruit | Chinese Gooseberry

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Rebranded Fish

Chilean Sea Bass | Patagonian Toothfish Cornish Sole | Megrim Cornish Sardine | Pilchard Orange Roughy | Slimehead Pacifc Red Snapper | Rockfish Rock Salmon | Dogfish Torbay Sole | Witch Fish

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English Animal Names With An Unmarked Plural

alpaca antelope bass buffalo cattle deer eel elk grouse guinea fowl jellyfish mackerel moose quail salmon sheep snipe swine teal trout vicuna walrus

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English Alliterative Phrases

alas and alack back of beyond, the back to back back to basics bag and baggage bear the brunt, to bed and board bee in my bonnet, a bigger the better, the black and blue blind as a bat, as … Continue reading

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English Rhyming Phrases

argy-bargy arsy-varsy arty-farty back-ackwards bigwig boob-tube boogie-woogie chick flick chock-a-block easy-peasy eensy-weensy fuddy-duddy fuzzy-wuzzy gang-bang hanky-panky happy-clappy harum-scarum heebie-jeebies helter-skelter higgledy-piggledy hob-nob hobson-jobson hocus-pocus hodge-podge hoity-toity hokey-pokey hub-bub hubble-bubble hugger-mugger humpty-dumpty istsy-bitsy itty-bitty June gloom lardy-dardy lovey-dovey mumbo-jumbo namby-pamby nitty-gritty … Continue reading

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English Reduplicated Phrases

blah-blah bling-bling bye-bye chi-chi choo-choo chop-chop goody-goody knock-knock no-no rah-rah shi-shi so-so wee-wee yada-yada

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English Reduplicated Ablaut Phrases

bric-a-brac chit-chat clip-clop dilly-dally ding-dong fiddle-faddle flim-flam flip-flop frick and frack gibble-gabble hip-hop kringlety-kranglety mish-mash ning-nong ping-pong riff-raff shilly-shally sing-song swish-swash tick-tock tip-top trim for tram twiddle-twaddle wishy-washy zig-zag

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English Snowclones

X is the new Y fiscal responsibility is the new counter-culture green is the new new and improved green is the new gold

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