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noun • an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up adjective satellite • snarled or stalled in complete confusion verb • cause to be in a state of complete confusion | ||||||||
| 26% | 15 | Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason | ||||||
noun • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening • the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason • (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation • the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency • systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | ||||||||
| 26% | 13 | Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason | ||||||
noun • An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function | ||||||||
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1 | Apology from Williams or Ryan
The Guardian Cryptic -
24 May 2006 | The Guardian Cryptic / 24 May 2006 |
2 | Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason | |
3 | Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason | |
4 | Non-apology apology
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26 Jun 2015 | New York Times / 26 Jun 2015 |
5 | Words of apology
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21 Oct 1988 | New York Times / 21 Oct 1988 |
6 | ___ honorable (formal apology)
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20 Nov 2005 | New York Times / 20 Nov 2005 |
7 | “— you an apology”
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17 Oct 2020 | Eugene Sheffer / 17 Oct 2020 |
