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    [Noun]  | "dis*course" | \ ˈdi-ˌskȯrs \


    1: verbal interchange of ideas; especially : conversation

    2: formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject

    3: connected speech or writing

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English discours "capacity for reasoning," borrowed (with assimilation to cours {see: |course:1|course:1} and other derivatives) from Medieval Latin discursus, going back to Late Latin, "exchange of ideas," going back to Latin, "action of running in different directions," from discurrere "to run off in different directions, (of the mind or a speaker) branch out, range," from dis- {see: |dis-|dis-} + currere "to run" {mat|current:1|};

      * Note : For formation of the verbal noun cursus see: etymology and note at {course:1|course:1}.;

    [Noun]  | "discourse analysis" 


    1: the study of linguistic relations and structures in discourse

    Origin: 1952 ;

    [Verb]  | "discourse" 


    1: to express oneself especially in oral discourse

    2: talk, converse

    3: to give forth : utter

    Origin: 1546 ;

     Derivative of {see: |discourse:1|discourse:1}, in part after Middle French discourir "to treat, deal with," descourir "to converse";

    [Noun phrase]  | "universe of discourse" 


    1: an inclusive class of entities that is tacitly implied or explicitly delineated as the subject of a statement, discourse, or theory

    Origin: 1854 ;

    [Noun]  | "discourse" 


    1: talking or a talk between two or more people;


      * e.g., " ... Thomas Jefferson is said to have been able to participate in knowledgeable discourse on a breathtaking array of subjects "



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    [Verb]  | "discourse" 


    1: to give a formal often extended talk on a subject;


      * e.g., " ... the guest lecturer discoursed at some length on the long-term results of the war "



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    2: to talk as if giving an important and formal speech;


      * e.g., " ... grandly discoursed as though he were an expert on every subject "



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     [ "discourse" ]

    1: verbal expression or exchange; conversation

      * e.g.,  ... Their discourse was widely varied; they discussed everything from Chaucer to ice fishing. 

     [ "discourse" ]

    1: The act of slapping two penises together. Learned people (that's "learNED" pronounced with two syllables, boyee) often use the word "discourse" because they do not want to offend anyone by actually saying "slapping two penises together."

      * e.g.,  ... Eagleton is invoking an ethical obligation on the part of the intellectual to speak for, but also to, those whose consciousness is lagging behind whatever Hegelian discourse of utopian progress is being espoused. 

     [ "Discourse" ]

    1: Whatever discussions are trending among the MeDiA eLiTe on Twitter.com – good/bad/hot/lukewarm takes, viral personal essays, cancellations, any content ripe for mining/dissecting/ruining et al.

      * e.g.,  ... You gotta be Extremely Online to keep up with the discourse 

     [ "Discourse" ]

    1: Discourse is when there’s a meltdown, a bad take being rted, a good take being debated for no goddamned reason, a new trend or template that has caught everyone

      * e.g.,  ... Can't wait for the new discourse this saturday 

     [ "Discourse" ]

    1: An English term the nobody understands.

      * e.g.,  ... "No students what is the discourse of this piece of text" . . . . . . . . WTF! 

     [ "discourses" ]

    1: the word your english teacher says sometimes and you haven't got a fucking clue what he's on about

      * e.g.,  ... nerd: modern discourses 

     [ "reasoned discourse" ]

    1: Term for when gun control advocates regularly censor comments on their message boards or blogs. Usually when their arguments and claims are easily refuted. Term comes from the last days of the old Brady Campaign blog where they ran a series called, of course 'Reasoned Discourse' where they highlighted alleged violent or disgusting comments they had received. This was shortly before they blocked all comments and later deleted them.

      * e.g.,  ... I pointed out that murder was already illegal and that making it moreso with a special gun murder statute was a bit silly. Reasoned discourse broke out, and my comment vanished from the blog. 

     [ "discourse twitter" ]

    1: a Twitter environment full of debate and arguments

      * e.g.,  ... Discourse Twitter is so toxic... 

     [ "Slur Discourse" ]

    1: Commonly used in the LGBTQIA+, When a community argue about who can say certain slurs within their group.

      * e.g.,  ... White lesbians gatekeeping dyke, a word originated by black lesbians by not allowing bisexual people to say it is an example of slur discourse. 

     [ "discourse account" ]

    1: a discourse account is an account, typically on instagram, that posts aesthetic edits occasionally featuring popular anime characters while also containing opinions of the person running the account

      * e.g.,  ... Anne runs a discourse account called 'fairy.course' on instagram. Anne has never touched a single blade of grass in her life. 

     [ "discourse account" ]

    2: discourse accounts can talk about anything, but most of them talk about lgbt discourse and/or fandom discourse

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