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lexicon

noun as in collection of word meanings, usage

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Both videos helped facilitate Carpenter’s catapult into the cultural lexicon with the summer-infused shots in “Espresso” and the “Death Becomes Her” story line in “Taste.”

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Former England captain Alan Shearer pointed to some of the phraseology that has come into the football lexicon around handball as he called for change.

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And their budding romance is not entirely unprecedented in the lexicon of Canadian political history.

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“Monroe 2.0 was not in the lexicon. And now people have gone back and they’re saying, ‘Yeah, definitely, I agree with that.

The two are constantly writing and developing new bits, trying to keep the show as fresh and relevant as it was when they exploded into the pop culture lexicon.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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