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  • 41Derek Taunt — Derek Roy Taunt (16 November 1917(Note 1) – 15 July 2004) was a British mathematician who worked as a codebreaker during World War II at Bletchley Park. Taunt attended Enfield Grammar, then the City of London School.[1] He studied mathematics at… …

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  • 42a|taunt — «uh TNT», adverb. in a fully rigged state; with all sails set. ╂[< French autant as much] …

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  • 43playground taunt — noun An insult or phrase of the type that is traditionally used by children against one another; a childish verbal attack …

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  • 44taunter — taunt·er …

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  • 45Taunted — Taunt Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.] To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to… …

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  • 46Taunting — Taunt Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.] To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to… …

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  • 47tauntingly — taunt·ing·ly …

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  • 48taunter — taunt ► NOUN ▪ a jeering or mocking remark made in order to wound or provoke. ► VERB ▪ provoke or wound with taunts. DERIVATIVES taunter noun. ORIGIN from French tant pour tant like for like, tit for tat …

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  • 49Happy Fun Ball — Just one of Happy Fun Ball s numerous warnings. The Happy Fun Ball was the subject of a parody advertisement on Saturday Night Live. It originally aired February 16, 1991 on NBC and was brought back for several repeats. The topic of the skit is a …

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  • 50Cryptanalysis of the Enigma — enabled the western Allies in World War II to read substantial amounts of secret Morse coded radio communications of the Axis powers that had been enciphered using Enigma machines. This yielded military intelligence which, along with that from… …

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