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Not 100% but they're certainly taking the edge off- making me eepy too 😅 Thank you for the hugs🫂🫂
Persephone, what are you doing up at 3am? Oh nothing. Just taking a painkiller for cramps and zapping my under eye with a laser
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An older or literary adjective meaning alluring or attractive — having a quality that catches attention or wins affection. The sense of 'taking' as infectious or contagious is archaic. As a noun, 'a taking' can mean the act of seizing or capturing something, and in some British dialects 'in a taking' means in an agitated or distressed state. The attractive sense survives mainly in formal or literary writing.
She had a taking smile that made people want to stay longer than they planned.
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Alluring; attractive.
“>> because he's also taking over the candy.”
“>> It is my favorite word. I like taking”
“>> I'm I'm just taking like a horrible stab”
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(obsolete) Infectious; contagious.
“Persephone, what are you doing up at 3am? Oh nothing. Just taking a painkiller for cramps and zapping my under eye with a laser”
“Exactly! I just retired, 36 years teaching all levels college writing. Making them care about their own writing, taking it personally and taking pride in it, helps avoid most all forms of shortcuts and "cheating," although LLM have been a huge challenge.”
“>> It is my favorite word. I like taking”
“>> because he's also taking over the candy.”
“>> I'm I'm just taking like a horrible stab”
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The act by which something is taken.
“Renewables generated over half of UK’s electricity last year, yet gas still sets the price most of the time. The government is now taking steps to change that. But how will it really work in practice, and who benefits? 👇 www.thriverenewables.co.uk/news/2026/04...”
“Not 100% but they're certainly taking the edge off- making me eepy too 😅 Thank you for the hugs🫂🫂”
“I just found this out Turns out the anti anxiety and anti depressants I take can make my anxiety worse and can cause insomnia. No wonder I feel crap sometimes because of anxiety even when taking them. Explains why I find it so hard to fall asleep sometimes too”
“Is there a place like reddit where you can't ask questions/post without power hungry degenerates taking down everything they don't like?”
“Words cannot describe how much I HATE taking baths!”
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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