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short for \ shortened from \ shortened version of the prepositional phrase ‘on {TV}’ or ‘on {TV network-X}’. Preposistion used as a present-tense_particple-type adjective in sentences that answer or pose (dependent on whether the sentence is declarative or interrogative) the question as to ‘*When* {<a designated program> is on <television>}’.
This is an example of a shortened version of something which is repeatedly said over-and-over in English; another example is the ommition of 'that' or 'which' in the sense of “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food *I* like?”, which actually means “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food that\which *I* like?” Not exactly the same are these two, though similar enough to be compared, I feel.
This is an example of a shortened version of something which is repeatedly said over-and-over in English; another example is the ommition of 'that' or 'which' in the sense of “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food *I* like?”, which actually means “Why is it, that you always seem to be attracted the to food that\which *I* like?” Not exactly the same are these two, though similar enough to be compared, I feel.
Q: When is Family Guy on?
A: Family Guy is on FOX every Sunday at 9:00PM EST.
Person flipping through the satelite\cable\subscription tv channels, changing it at intervals of exactly two seconds: “Ugh, nothing good is on...”
Annoyed endurer: “There’s 999 channels to choose from!!--Pick one!!!”
Note: The above sentence breaks a rule as disregarded as split infinitives, ending a sentence with a preposition. It could be fixed to “There's 999 channels from which to choose!!--Pick one!!!”, though sounds awkward and stilted in such a form, even on a non-colloquial level.
A: Family Guy is on FOX every Sunday at 9:00PM EST.
Person flipping through the satelite\cable\subscription tv channels, changing it at intervals of exactly two seconds: “Ugh, nothing good is on...”
Annoyed endurer: “There’s 999 channels to choose from!!--Pick one!!!”
Note: The above sentence breaks a rule as disregarded as split infinitives, ending a sentence with a preposition. It could be fixed to “There's 999 channels from which to choose!!--Pick one!!!”, though sounds awkward and stilted in such a form, even on a non-colloquial level.
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When you start hearing "lol, jp" in daily life, beware..
When you start hearing "lol, jp" in daily life, beware..
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Get the -n- mug.A phrase that Snoop Dogg originally sung in the song labelled such, ascending on the word hot'. Due to the hillarity in the way it sounds, it just makes rap-type music sound inane. It is fun to say though.
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Get the Drop it like it's hot mug...is short for ‘Adults Only’ (most extreme videogame rating in the U.S.). See also the other vg ratings: EC(Early Childhood), K-A(Kids to Adults; was replaced by 'E' in 1996), E(Everyone), E10+(Everyone ten years of age or older), T(Teen), M(Mature Audience), AO(Adults Only), and ESRB.
GTA:SA(Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) is no longer rated 'M', but instead 'AO', and subsequesntly is no longer on the shelves, barely in stock at all.
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The highest GPA(Grade-Point Average) possibly achievable, assuming you take an Honors class and aced every single test, got 106%s on assignments, et cetera. Known as an ‘A++’.
The highest GPA(Grade-Point Average) possibly achievable, assuming you take an Honors class and aced every single test, got 106%s on assignments, et cetera. Known as an ‘A++’.
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