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Initiated: Put through a series of ridiculous tasks and humiliating situations to gain entry to an exclusive organization, which apparently has the purpose of thinking up new ways to humiliate and harass the next bunch of pledges. 2) familiar enough with sports trivia to have a loudly expressed opinion on sports that you never played, never went to see, and never watch on TV. 3) Refers also to trivia of any sort, such as Sherlock Holmes authors who try to improve on the original author!
Sherlock Holmes:
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Sherlock Holmes: He and Mrs. Mapple are my favorite detectives.
Detective story:
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Detective story: A whodunit with a particular sleuth usually selected for the excitement, the drama, and because his or her name sells books
Pastiche:
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Pastiche: A dish of pasta that gives you the itches. Also an imitation of an work of art meant as a homage to its model.
Epiphany:
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Epiphany: 1) Twelfth Night, January 6, commemorating the visit of the Magi to Christ 2) That sharp sudden realization that one has made a total fool of one's self 3) A blinding dose of the obvious
Obvious:
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Obvious: That moment in understanding when yesterday’s mystery reaches its full glory but before it is forgotten tomorrow.
Mystery:
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Mystery:That what you don´t know or think you don´t know. Also the usually obvious misteries of the mystery novels.
Mystery novels:
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Mystery novels: See DETECTIVE STORY, above
Proper:
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Proper: A person who makes his living by leaning against walls to keep them from falling down.
Piquant
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Piquant: A quant overly fascinated with the number pi.
Fascination:
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Fascination: A nation in raptures over whatever.
Whatever:
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Whatever: A way to exit an argument by showing indifference to the results.
Argument:
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Argument: a statement or statements intended to persuade someone.
Universal truth:
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Universal truth: The local rumor on anything from God to any sort of sports playoff
Empirical Fact:
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Empirical fact: A fact related to an empire.
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