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Apropism 7: AS IS [YOUR] WANT
This idiom speaks to someone who follows their desires without inhibition. Use it when you want to convey an instinctive, id-driven approach.
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Apropism 6: LEFT UNREAD
This idiom represents the ultimate digital cold shoulder, when a recipient of your text message does not even open it, leaving its status as "unread".
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Apropism 5: MUTE POINT
This phrase references a concept or perspective that is so irrelevant it might as well be left unsaid, that even if spoken can have no effect on the world.
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... incessant repetition of the Gilligan's Island theme music made him loose his mind...
Apropism 4: LOOSE [MY] MIND
Following in the footsteps of phrases like "loose the dogs of war," this phrase colorfully personifies the mind, and the idea of releasing it from rational bounds in a descent into insanity.
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Apropism 3: WET [YOUR] APPETITE
This idiom hinges on the most visible sign of hunger: salivation. Use it anytime you want to evoke the tangible, physical experience of your character's craving!
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It's called a techs message because you use technology to send it.
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... request that visitors reign in their desire to imitate the martial arts demonstrated on...
Apropism #2: REIGN IN
When a queen or prince exerts authority to curb their subjects, they reign them in. Use this idiom whenever you want to appeal to your audience's more noble instincts, and emphasize the sovereignty they have over their own actions.
"She had long suffered from a DEEP-SEEDED resentment of geese and other waterfowl"
Apropism #1: DEEP-SEEDED
Derived from the ancient agricultural practices of plowing and sowing, the phrase "deep-seeded" is used most often to describe ideas that are firmly planted in a person's psyche, making them likely to flourish and difficult to remove, evoking the organic nature of ideas.
