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adjective

• of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic

adjective satellite

• relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

• characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

• of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

38%5 "All ___ is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry": G. K. Chesterton
noun

• informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

verb

• use slang or vulgar language

• fool or hoax

• abuse with coarse language

29%5 Positive adjective for music, negative adjective for socks
adjective satellite

• offensively malodorous

• (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

• stylish and modern in an unconventional way

• in a state of cowardly fright

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