"Jig-Jig" is a word in TAGALOG

jig-jig TAGALOG
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jig-jig
Definition: Tagalog slang for a percent of prize shared or given away by a winner in gambling or lottery with his friends
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Definition: (salitang balbal) balato

Few words of positivity

... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

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Laugh your heart out.

One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"

nous ENGLISH

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

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comedown ENGLISH

A downfall; an humiliation.

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kulihiyu CEBUANO

kulihiyu, kulihíyu n college or lower grade a? liated with a col-lege. iliktural n polling place where voters cast their …

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kurayag CEBUANO

kurayag v [A] move with a wriggling motion. Mukurayag ang kasing nga karagan, An unbalanced top wriggles. Nagkurayag ang mga …

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jawbone ENGLISH

The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

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prosper ENGLISH

To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

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groundage ENGLISH

A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

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kari CEBUANO

kári n curry powder. v [A; a12] cook with curry. karihan n curry powder container.

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paternoster ENGLISH

A beadlike ornament in moldings.

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chalybeate ENGLISH

Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

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tick ENGLISH

The whinchat; -- so called from its note.

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buruka CEBUANO

burúka n {1} court case. {2} trouble, argument. Unsay ímung gilahugláhug dinhi. Burúka? What are you roving around here for? …

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sprout ENGLISH

The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of …

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sinamine ENGLISH

A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.

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folks ENGLISH

In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.

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coumarin ENGLISH

The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, …

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sough ENGLISH

The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.

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lagundi CEBUANO

lagundì n k. o. shrub of thickets and waste places, bearing palmately-arranged groups of fine leaflets, with a velvety un-dersurface, …

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assail ENGLISH

To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack …

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ulan CEBUANO

ulan n {3} diamond with some yellowish coloration. Bubaratu ang brilyanting ulan, A yellowish diamond brings a lower price.

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