SLAMMER

jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey

(noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

slammer

(noun) a person who closes things violently; “she’s a dramatic slammer of doors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

slammer (plural slammers)

One who, or that which, slams.

(slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.

A tequila cocktail.

One who takes part in slam-dance.

One who competes in a poetry slam.

In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.

(UK, slang) A slam-door train.

Source: Wiktionary



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7 February 2025

STORY

(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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