In the United States, farmland was typically divided as such, and the phrase " the back 40 " would refer to the 40 acre parcel to the back of the farm.

Instead, the phrase appears to have originated in the early 19th century United States ( particularly in the sense " pull oneself over a fence by one's bootstraps "), to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton.

* Democrat Party ( phrase ), a political epithet used in the United States instead of the Democratic Party

Beginning with the now-iconic phrase " Four score and seven years ago ," referring to the Declaration of Independence during the American Revolution in 1776, Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States in the context of the Civil War, and memorialized the sacrifices of those who gave their lives at Gettysburg and extolled virtues for the listeners ( and the nation ) to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy, that the " government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

The phrase and the legend are quoted very often in fiction and popular culture in the United States.

By 1997, the phrase had entered the legal lexicon as seen in an opinion by Supreme Court of the United States Justice John Paul Stevens, ' An example of " junk science " that should be excluded under the Daubert standard as too unreliable would be the testimony of a phrenologist who would purport to prove a defendant ’ s future dangerousness based on the contours of the defendant ’ s skull.

In the United States after Reconstruction, the phrase " the Left " was used to describe those who supported trade unions, the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement.

Of the two, only Hispanic can be used in referring to Spain and its history and culture ; a native of Spain residing in the United States is a Hispanic, not a Latino, and one cannot substitute Latino in the phrase the Hispanic influence on native Mexican cultures without garbling the meaning.

Therefore, supporters of gun rights generally consider the use of the phrase " assault weapon " to be pejorative when used to describe these civilian firearms, and this term is seldom used outside of the United States in this context.

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A common usage of the phrase is the concept of a " prima facie speed limit ", which has been used in Australia and the United States.

As well as translating " Et cum spiritu tuo " as " And with your spirit ", which some scholars suggest refers to the gift of the spirit the priest received at ordination, in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed " consubstantial with the Father " was used as a translation of " consubstantialem Patri " ( in Greek " ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί "), instead of " of one Being with the Father " ( or, in the United States only, " one in Being with the Father "), and the phrase, formerly translated as " It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven ," was translated literally as " which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins " ( see Pro multis ).

Reform Judaism is a phrase that refers to various beliefs, practices and organizations associated with the Reform Jewish movement in North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

* 1901 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, " Speak softly and carry a big stick " at the Minnesota State Fair.

The phrase " secular humanism " became prominent after it was used in the United States Supreme Court case Torcaso v. Watkins.

Before the 1980s, the North American phrase " trick-or-treat " was little known in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and when introduced was often regarded as an unusual and even unwelcome import.

Senator James Rood Doolittle of Wisconsin asserted that all Native Americans were subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, so that the phrase " Indians not taxed " would be preferable, but Trumbull and Howard disputed this, arguing that the U. S. government did not have full jurisdiction over Native American tribes, which govern themselves and make treaties with the United States.

* September 2 – Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, " Speak softly and carry a big stick " at the Minnesota State Fair.

* March 1 – Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the French National Assembly.

At the time of the Great Depression ( of the 1930s ), the phrase " The Great Depression " had already been used to refer to the period 1873 – 96 ( in the United Kingdom ), or more narrowly 1873 – 79 ( in the United States ), which has since been renamed the Long Depression.

After the September 11 attacks, the phrase, especially in the United States, has come to symbolize heroism, self-sacrifice and initiative in a tough situation.

In some countries, such as the United States, the phrase " ice cream " applies only to a specific variety, and most governments regulate the commercial use of the various terms according to the relative quantities of the main ingredients.

In the United States, Australia, and Canada, a more patient-centered approach is taken and this approach is usually what is meant by the phrase " informed consent.

As fiercely anti-Communist as they were anti-Semitic, Kennedy and Astor looked upon Adolf Hitler as a welcome solution to both of these " world problems " ( Nancy's phrase ).... Kennedy replied that he expected the " Jew media " in the United States to become a problem, that " Jewish pundits in New York and Los Angeles " were already making noises contrived to " set a match to the fuse of the world.

The phrase is used both for the physical seal itself ( which is kept by the United States Secretary of State ), and more generally for the design impressed upon it.

The phrase originated in gay male culture in the United States and was historically an insult.

to another, it seems that nobody but his father ever used the phrase, `` Atta boy ''!!

The phrase " mad Arab ", sometimes with both words capitalized in Lovecraft's stories, is used so commonly before Alhazred's name that it almost constitutes a title.

In a perfect anagram, every letter must be used, with exactly the same number of occurrences as in the anagrammed word or phrase ; any result that falls short is called an imperfect anagram.

During its design stages the name Victorie Stadion was frequently used, referring to the Dutch War of Independence, the phrase " n Alkmaar begint de victorie " ( Victory begins in Alkmaar ) in particular.

The form used in the Roman Rite included anointing of seven parts of the body while saying ( in Latin ): " Through this holy unction and His own most tender mercy may the Lord pardon thee whatever sins or faults thou hast committed deliquisti by sight hearing, smell, taste, touch, walking, carnal delectation ", the last phrase corresponding to the part of the body that was touched ; however, in the words of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, " the unction of the loins is generally, if not universally, omitted in English-speaking countries, and it is of course everywhere forbidden in case of women ".

The phrase is often used in a less serious manner in relation to someone or something that is out of control and causing trouble ( e. g., a dog tearing up the living room furniture might be said to be running amok ).

Although commonly used in a colloquial and less-violent sense, the phrase is particularly associated with a specific sociopathic culture-bound syndrome in Malaysian culture.

The phrase " black-letter law " was used in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case Naglee v. Ingersoll, 7 Pa. 185 ( 1847 ), almost 50 years before the first publication of Black's.

Existence is not being ; it gives being – here a customary phrase is used, existence is a principle ( a source ) of being, not a previous source, but one which is continually in effect.

The phrase began to be used in response to the blending of sounds between these international genres and frequent misrepresentations of genre by casual fans.

BDSM is currently frequently used as a catch-all phrase to includes a wide range of activities, forms of interpersonal relationships, and distinct subcultures which may or may not fit well into the original three intended categories.

Although prior to the catastrophic collapse of the towers, the phrase " a good day to bury bad news " ( not actually used by Moore ) has since been used to refer to other instances of attempting to hide one item of news behind a more publicised issue.

The phrase " national home " was intentionally used instead of " state " because of opposition to the Zionist program within the British Cabinet.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

The phrase has been used to mean giving actual or figurative support or aid to someone in a situation or project, i. e. to " watch their back ".

This phrase is frequently used when discussing the value of an electric current, especially in older texts ; modern practice often shortens this to simply current but current intensity is still used in many recent textbooks.

Some writers, such as James-Charles Noonan, hold that, in the case of cardinals, the form used for signatures should be used also when referring to them, even in English ; and this is the usual but not the only way of referring to cardinals in Latin .< ref > An Internet search will uncover some hundreds of examples of " Cardinalis Ioannes < surname >", examples modern and centuries-old ( such as this from 1620 ), and the phrase " dominus cardinalis Petrus Caputius " is found in a document of 1250.

Libertarianism has been used in modern times as a substitute for the phrase " neo-classical liberalism ", leading to some confusion.

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Due to the possibility of confusion between the use of the word " cytosol " to refer to both extracts of cells and the soluble part of the cytoplasm in intact cells, the phrase " aqueous cytoplasm " has been used to describe the liquid contents of the cytoplasm of living cells.

Nonetheless, Young's 1955 obituary also used the phrase.

Although any music which uses computers in its composition or realisation is computer-generated to some extent, the use of computers is now so widespread ( in the editing of pop songs, for instance ) that the phrase computer-generated music is generally used to mean a kind of music which could not have been created without the use of computers.