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    [Verb]  | "ap*pro*pri*ate" | \ ə-ˈprō-prē-ˌāt \


    1: to take exclusive possession of : annex

    2: to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use

    3: to take or make use of without authority or right


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, from Latin ad- + proprius own;

    [Verb]  | "appropriated" 


    1: to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right;


      * e.g., " ... archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums "



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    2: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep;


      * e.g., " ... you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it! "



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    [Verb]  | "appropriate" 


    1: to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right;


      * e.g., " ... archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums "



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    2: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep;


      * e.g., " ... you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it! "



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     [ "Appropriate" ]

    1: Something that's suitible for children and adults containing no swearing, nudity, gore etc.

      * e.g.,  ... "That movie better be appropriate for Sarah to watch." 

     [ "Appropriate" ]

    1: To use without someone’s permission, often in a disrespectful way.

      * e.g.,  ... African American identity is sometimes appropriated by people who didn’t earn it with their white privilege. 

     [ "appropriate" ]

    1: A certain way people want things to be done without thinking about it or it necessarily making any sense. Used when there are no firm standards and/or valid justification for restrictions, but people just making rules because of traditions of themselves or others.

      * e.g.,  ... "It isn't appropriate to voice your objections." 

     [ "appropriate" ]

    1: HAWT...as in off the hook bodacious, utterly bootylicious. A frickin walking hardon. Like... oh my god, i think i wet myself, because that is so frickin hawt!!!

      * e.g.,  ... how "appropriate" is that swim suit? 

     [ "cultural appropriation" ]

    1: A way for people, normally white girls from LA, on twitter to take offense for another culture while people from the actual culture normally really don’t give a shit.

      * e.g.,  ... Person: My lNative American step-mother used to hang dream catchers on our walls, but she passed away. Is it still appropriate for me to keep it? 

     [ "Passive Appropriate" ]

    1: To say something that in context is appropriate, but can be taken easily out of context to be made inappropriate.

      * e.g.,  ... Susie told me that I had a big package, and we know she wasn't talking about the box I was carrying; it was so passive appropriate! 

     [ "Cultural Appropriation" ]

    1: Something that both SJWs and far right white supremacists unanimously agree on.

      * e.g.,  ... SJW: "Oh my god, that white person is making a CURRY?! That is cultural appropriation and so wrong!" 

     [ "Cultural Appropriation" ]

    1: When a different culture adopts cultural traditions of another culture. This's a very common process in diverse locations and open-minded people, in which multiple cultures accept and adopt others' traditions. This's rarely a bad thing - examples of when "cultural appropriation" is when the Nazis adopted the Swastika (卍) from Indian religions and therefore gave it a bad name. Barbaric philosophy of SJWs conclude that cultural appropriation is a grave sin. This SJW philosophy has very common traits with racial segregation, apartheid, racism, and likewise. Although SJWs believe that they're politically correct, this racist barbaric philosophy can easily be categorized under hate speech, discrimination, or racism, or in the support of thereof.

      * e.g.,  ... Cultural Appropriation is a very common result of diversity! 

     [ "Cultural Appropriation" ]

    1: Cultural Appropriation is the act of believing that wearing an Asian inspired dress and putting a lampshade on your head while saying 'Ching chong willy wong' are as racist as each other.

      * e.g.,  ... Idiot 1: Yo I just cancelled someone for Cultural Appropriation. 

     [ "Cultural appropriation" ]

    1: The idiotic conflation of culture with racism. Essentially the absurd belief that the cultural exchange that has served to enrich humanity throughout all of human history is wrong because racists exist.

      * e.g.,  ... SJW: OMG, look at that white girl with dreadlocks! That's cultural appropriation! 

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