linguistics and stylistics, an irreversible binomial, frozen binomial, binomial freeze, binomial expression, binomial pair, or nonreversible word pair...
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Ladies and gentlemen is a salutation and irreversible binomial used in the field of entertainment, sports and theater since the 19th century. The salutation...
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English legal language consisting of two or more words that are irreversible binomials and frequently synonyms, usually connected by and, such as cease...
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hurt me. The first three words of the rhyme are an example of an irreversible binomial. Alexander William Kinglake in his Eothen (written 1830, published...
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Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers from whom the term derives Irreversible binomial, a pair or group of words used together in fixed order, such as...
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they form an irreversible binomial. For example, a person may be left high and dry, but never left dry and high. Not all irreversible binomials are idioms...
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adjective and verb Government (linguistics) Idiom (language structure) Irreversible binomial Isocolon Lexical item N-gram Phrasal verb Phraseology Phraseme Sketch...
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— Toby Guzzle, in Christopher Bullock, The Cobbler of Preston, p. 21 Irreversible binomial, a pair or group of words used together in fixed order Sparks, Jared...
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(language) Catchphrase Figure of speech Idiom I'm entitled to my opinion Irreversible binomial Kitsch List of English idioms on Wiktionary Meme Platitude Pun Shitposting...
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context, yangyin is not synonymous with yinyang. The linguistic term "irreversible binomial" refers to a collocation of two words A–B that cannot be idiomatically...
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no independent meaning in a lexeme Fossilization (linguistics) Irreversible binomial fossil. Additions Series, 1993 (Second Edition, 1989 ed.). Oxford...
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Hendiatris, one through three does not have a subordination of parts Irreversible binomial, word pairs of collocation in which the order of the words cannot...
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as an irreversible binomial is a bicolon that is both short and so well known that it becomes a fixed expression. Not all irreversible binomials are bicolons...
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template Phrase Technical term (jargon) Idiom (language structure) Irreversible binomial Idioms in American Sign Language English-language idioms Fossil...
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on the book Tales of Ordinary Madness "Love it or leave it", an irreversible binomial idiomatic expression "Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)"...
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(the last two below). See also the alliteration section of the irreversible binomial article for cases like flip-flop and dribs and drabs. Rhyming reduplication:...
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History Is What's Happening Six of One, a 1964 play by Francis Essex Irreversible binomial, a group of words used together in fixed order as an idiomatic expression...
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and drag performers Sugar and spice, an example of a linguistic irreversible binomial This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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charters but was given various alternative meanings by legal writers. Irreversible binomials: this phrase is an example "team, n.". Oxford English Dictionary...
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famine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Feast or Famine is an irreversible binomial that may refer to: Feast or Famine (Reef the Lost Cauze album),...
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exists following antivenom administration. Neurotoxic symptoms may be irreversible once established due to the presynaptic nature of their pathology. The...
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Bonduriansky, Russell; Crean, Angela J. (2018). "Developmental diet irreversibly shapes male post-copulatory traits in the neriid fly Telostylinus angusticollis"...
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enzymes involved in the breakdown of acyl CoA compounds, often binding irreversibly to coenzyme A, carnitine and carnitine acyltransferase I and II, reducing...
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requires a great deal of time and also a lot of energy and is essentially irreversible, making it crucial for a cell to monitor its surroundings efficiently...
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considered lethal without prompt anti-venom intervention, with possible irreversible presynaptic damage. The pygmy copperhead’s venom is classed as strongly...
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nectar to consume. The flight direction among these routes is often irreversible, unless environmental factors like wind interfere. B. hortorum have been...
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potent post- and pre-synaptic neurotoxin, which causes a potent and irreversible neuromuscular block in vertebrates. Lemnitoxin, a potent myotoxic PLA2...
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While certain effects of developmental temperature, like body size, are irreversible in ectotherms, others can be reversible. When Drosophila melanogaster...
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beyond the white spot stage. Once beyond here, the enamel surface is irreversibly damaged and cannot be biologically repaired. In young children, the pain...
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contrast, decision procedures require a clear-cut decision, yielding an irreversible action, and the procedure is based on costs of error, which, he argues...
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