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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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Hollywood - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
Find dictionary definitions, audio pronunciations, and spellings for Hollywood in the free online American Heritage Dictionary on Yahoo! Education

connotation - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
con·no·ta·tion (k n-t sh n) KEY NOUN: The act or process of connoting. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing: Hollywood holds ...

Frederick - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
Frederick's Of Hollywood. Shop Lingerie, Bras, Panties & More Online at Fredericks.com Today. www.fredericks.com/ Email this page to a friend < Freddie Mac: Frederick I >

honcho - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
hon·cho (h n ch) KEY Slang NOUN: pl. hon·chos One who is in charge; a manager or leader: "Now that Hollywood honchos have discovered the verdant beachfront villages ...

metaphor - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: "Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, ...

folklore - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
... specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution: Rumors of their antics became part of the folklore of Hollywood. A popular but unfounded belief. ...

vortex - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
... into its center all that surrounds it: "As happened with so many theater actors, he was swept up in the vortex of Hollywood" (New York Times). ...

synonymous - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
... "a widespread impression that . . . Hollywood was synonymous with immorality" (Doris Kearns Goodwin). ETYMOLOGY: From Medieval Latin syn nymus, ...

California - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo ...
Find dictionary definitions, audio pronunciations, and spellings for California in the free online American Heritage Dictionary on Yahoo! Education

buzz - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo! Education
Rumor; gossip: the latest buzz from Hollywood. A buzzcut. PHRASAL VERB: buzz off Informal To leave quickly; go away: I told them in no uncertain terms to buzz off.


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