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      [Preposition]  | "because of" 


      1: by reason of : on account of


      Origin: 14th century ;

      [Preposition]  | "because of" 


      1: as the result of;


        * e.g., " ... I was late for work because of the snowstorm, which made driving a nightmare "



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       [ "Because it's there" ]

      1: Famous quote spoken by mountaineer George Mallory in response to the question: "Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?" It symbolizes the basic human desire to strive for the unachieved, whatever the legitimate purpose is. Mallory would go on to die on Everest, forever to be remembered as a man unafraid of death, frostbite, or the Yeti.

        * e.g.,  ... C: why would you want to watch the Indiana Jones Trilogy nonstop in Farsi without subtitles? 

       [ "no because" ]

      1: Placed as an interjection at the beginning of a sentence. Generally used to add emphasis, similarly to "like" or "literally". It is most commonly used by female or queer teens.

        * e.g.,  ... A: *opinion B agrees with* 

       [ "because" ]

      1: The shorthand version for expressions like "because of" or "because I am". Made popular thanks to sites like Twitter, where brevity matters; now often used jokingly or ironically, even in regular conversation.

        * e.g.,  ... We're going drinking after class because Friday. Tommy forgot to charge his iPad before the meeting because stupid. I don't do drugs anymore because flying monkeys. 

       [ "because" ]

      1: Abbreviated use of the phrases "because of (noun)" or "because it's (adjective)"

        * e.g.,  ... "Why'd you go to her party, if you don't like her?" 

       [ "because" ]

      1: A word that all parents can't live without. It has no real meaning.

        * e.g.,  ... "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I BEG OF YOU!!!!!" 

       [ "because" ]

      1: The most terrible of motives and the most unanswerable of responses

        * e.g.,  ... Homosexual male: "Why did you call me a faggot" 

       [ "becausing" ]

      1: imperalism 😎

        * e.g.,  ... hes a becausing dumbass 

       [ "becausing" ]

      1: a word a idiot uses that mispells because..

        * e.g.,  ... person 1: i am becausing- 

       [ "Because" ]

      1: It means whatever the person wants it to mean. It's a reason for everything.

        * e.g.,  ... Why don't you like that? ...Because 

       [ "because" ]

      1: my uncles excuse for anything

        * e.g.,  ... daughter: "Daddy why are you drunk?" 

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