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Idioms and Phrases
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Calling tariffs “Short for ‘Tariffic Idea,’ †Trump said he’s excited for MAGDA, or Make America Great Depression Again.
Incels, short for involuntary celibate, are men who blame women because they are unable to find a sexual partner.
California’s vaccine laws, which were tightened in the wake of the 2014-15 measles outbreak at Disneyland, make it difficult for parents to send children to school without a series of standard childhood vaccines, including the shots known as DTaP, short for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis; and MMR, short for measles, mumps and rubella.
The meeting follows the government abolishing NHS England, the world's biggest quango - short for a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation - last week.
A member of the SDK gang, short for “Surenos Do Kill,†Merino, 37, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man in South Los Angeles in 2009, according to an appellate decision that summarized evidence at his trial.
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