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204 lines
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{
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"shy":{
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"antonyms":[
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"adventuresome",
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"adventurous",
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"audacious",
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"bold",
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"daring",
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"dashing",
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"gutsy",
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"hardy",
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"venturesome",
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"venturous"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a sudden start aside (as from fright)":[],
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": a verbal fling or attack":[],
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": cockshy":[],
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": disposed to avoid a person or thing":[
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"publicity shy"
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],
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": disreputable":[
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"gambling hells and shy saloons",
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"\u2014 Blackwood's"
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],
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": easily frightened : timid":[],
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": having less than the full or specified amount or number : short":[
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"just shy of six feet tall"
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],
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": hesitant in committing oneself : circumspect":[],
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": secluded , hidden":[],
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": the act of shying : toss , throw":[],
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": to develop or show a dislike or distaste":[
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"\u2014 usually used with from or away from an author who shies away from publicity"
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],
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": to make a sudden throw":[],
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": to start suddenly aside through fright or alarm":[],
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": to throw (an object) with a jerk : fling":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"I was painfully shy as a teenager.",
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"She was too shy to ask for help.",
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"He gave her a shy smile.",
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"Help yourself if you want more. Don't be shy ."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"1787, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"1791, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English schey, going back to Old English sc\u0113oh, going back to West Germanic *skeuh(w)a- (whence also Middle High German schiehe, schiech \"timid, despondent,\" and, with alteration or variant ablaut, Middle Dutch scu, scouw \"timid\"), perhaps extended form of Indo-European *(s)keu\u032f(H)- \"perceive, watch\" \u2014 more at show entry 1":"Adjective",
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"derivative of shy entry 1":"Verb",
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"derivative of shy entry 2":"Noun",
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"derivative of shy entry 4":"Noun",
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"of obscure origin":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for shy Adjective shy , bashful , diffident , modest , coy mean not inclined to be forward. shy implies a timid reserve and a shrinking from familiarity or contact with others. shy with strangers bashful implies a frightened or hesitant shyness characteristic of childhood and adolescence. a bashful boy out on his first date diffident stresses a distrust of one's own ability or opinion that causes hesitation in acting or speaking. felt diffident about raising an objection modest suggests absence of undue confidence or conceit. modest about her success coy implies a pretended shyness. put off by her coy manner",
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"synonyms":[
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"fainthearted",
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"fearful",
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"fearsome",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"scary",
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"skittish",
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"timid",
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"timorous",
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"tremulous"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203124",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"shyster":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u012b-st\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"How Bob Odenkirk became the great American shyster in the riveting show, Better Call Saul. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 1 May 2022",
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"Marty the nebbish, Ike the shyster , Phyllis the shrew. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"In the 1930s, it was purchased by Norman Baker, a shyster who lured cancer patients to come here for treatments that had no medicinal value. \u2014 Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living , 25 Sep. 2020",
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"Small business owners trying to stay afloat as the economy reels from the impact of the coronavirus can add another worry to the list: shysters pretending to be affiliated with the federal government's flagship relief program. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 20 Apr. 2020",
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"Lukens, almost alone, kept the faith, arguing that the bust had simply exposed honest dealers from shysters . \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
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"Fyre Festival shyster Billy McFarland was just caught allegedly selling fake tickets to the Met Ball. \u2014 refinery29.com , 15 June 2018",
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"Some cryptocurrency pioneers think alt-coins are thus more like penny stocks\u2014ones that get talked up by shysters to lure in naive investors, who get fleeced. \u2014 Kotryna Zukauskaite, Smithsonian , 20 Mar. 2018",
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"So Tillerson stepped down as the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world to cap his career spending one year being jerked around by a louche New York City shyster . \u2014 Rob Tornoe, Philly.com , 13 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from German Scheisser , literally, defecator":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042551"
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},
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"Shymkent":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"city in southern Kazakhstan that is north of Tashkent, Uzbekistan population 603,499":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"shim-\u02c8kent"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044753"
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},
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"shylock":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the Jewish usurer and antagonist of Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice":[],
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": loan shark":[],
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": to lend money at high rates of interest":[
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"expos\u00e9 of systematic thievery \u2026 shylocking , and murder",
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"\u2014 Current Biography"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u012b-\u02ccl\u00e4k"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071038"
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},
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"shyish":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": rather shy : inclined to be shy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8sh\u012bish",
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"-\u0113sh"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102305"
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},
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"shy bladder":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": paruresis":[
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"The fear of urinating in the presence of others (even when you're safely locked in a bathroom stall) actually has a name: paruresis, otherwise known as shy bladder syndrome .",
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"\u2014 The Oprah Magazine",
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"I should have pushed him to drink more water that day because it was a scorcher and because I know (due to his shy bladder ) he only drinks the bare minimum to get by.",
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"\u2014 Mike Myers"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1987, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021934"
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}
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} |