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- Dictionarydumb/dʌm/
adjective
- 1. temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: "she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse" Similar
- 2. (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness: dated, offensive "he was born deaf, dumb, and blind" Similar
verb
- 1. make dumb or unheard; silence: literary "a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue"
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2 days ago · British singer Charli XCX, whose album Brat has come to define the summer, ... But kind of like parties through it, is very honest, very blunt. A little bit volatile. Like does dumb things.
2 days ago · After Biden’s most epic pratfall (plagiarizing, in 1987, a British politician’s autobiography), he said, clairvoyantly, “I’ve done some dumb things, and I’ll do dumb things again.”
2 days ago · Charli – real name Charlotte Emma Aitchison – defined her take on the word “brat” in a video on TikTok, saying: “You’re just like that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes. “Who feels herself but maybe also has a breakdown.
2 days ago · The album, released in June, has been a hit, with "brat" -- defined by Charli XCX as "that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe say some dumb things sometimes" -- inspiring fans ...
2 days ago · Within the Muslim world, sentiment towards LGBT people varies and has varied between societies and individual Muslims, but is contemporarily negative. While colloquial and in many cases de facto official acceptance of at least some homosexual behavior was commonplace in pre-modern periods, later developments, starting from the 19th-century, have created a generally hostile environment for LGBT ...
1 day ago · A corollary to the idea of literature as epiphany is the idea of literature as secret, and the art of James Joyce is both arcane and radiant. The visions of Dubliners are the more moving because they are unshared, and the epigraph Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes both summarizes the principal theme of the Portrait and points toward an important element in the remaining works of the canon.
2 days ago · Section 2 - Section 2 discusses alternative definitions of work that fall under the concept of copyright. For example, Section 2(o) deals with literary works, Section 2(h) contains all theatrical works covered by copyright protection, and Section (p) deals with musical and graphic works.
2 days ago · Rereading xcx’s definition of brat, however, it doesn’t sound exactly like Harris: “You’re just that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says dumb things sometimes. Who feels herself but then maybe also has a breakdown … It’s very honest, very blunt, a little bit volatile.”
2 days ago · President Joe Biden has stepped down as the Democratic Party’s nominee and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Donald Trump. Follow for live updates and reaction.
1 day ago · Kamala Harris memes focus on her ‘coconut’ quote and have used Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ theme to lock the voters of the young generation. (Image: @hayley_g/X) Kamala Harris’ online fandom KHive is flooding the internet with coconut jokes and "brat summers”. Last-minute US presidential candidate Kamala Harris is racing to craft her ...
