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    [Noun]  | "is*sue" | \ ˈi-(ˌ)shü \


    1: a vital or unsettled matter

    2: concern, problem

    3: a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, exit, proceeds, from Anglo-French, from issir to come out, go out, from Latin exire to go out, from ex- + ire to go; akin to Goth iddja he went, Greek ienai to go, Sanskrit eti he goes;

    [Verb]  | "issue" 


    1: to put forth or distribute usually officially

    2: to send out for sale or circulation : publish

    3: provide, supply


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Plural noun]  | "back issues" 


    1: magazines, newspapers, etc., published before the current issue

    [Idiom]  | "have issues" 


    1: to have problems that make one unhappy and difficult to deal with

    2: to have reasons for disliking someone or something : to disagree with or disapprove of someone or something —+ with

    [Noun]  | "issues" 


    1: a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause;


      * e.g., " ... one of the issues of the Civil War was a resolution to the question of states' rights "





    2: a place or means of going out;


      * e.g., " ... since the lake is the issue of the polluted river, it is becoming polluted as well "





    [Noun]  | "issue" 


    1: a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause;


      * e.g., " ... one of the issues of the Civil War was a resolution to the question of states' rights "





    2: a place or means of going out;


      * e.g., " ... since the lake is the issue of the polluted river, it is becoming polluted as well "





    3: the descendants of a person, animal, or plant;


      * e.g., " ... someone who dies without issue might have their estate turned over to the state "



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    [Verb]  | "issues" 


    1: to produce and release for distribution in printed form;


      * e.g., " ... plans to issue a monthly newsletter "



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    2: to throw or give off;


      * e.g., " ... a volcano issuing vast clouds of hot ash "



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    [Verb]  | "issue" 


    1: to produce and release for distribution in printed form;


      * e.g., " ... plans to issue a monthly newsletter "



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    2: to throw or give off;


      * e.g., " ... a volcano issuing vast clouds of hot ash "



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     [ "issues" ]

    1: Fancy and elegant way to say "problems".

      * e.g.,  ... Poor bastard... he has problems. I, have issues. 


     [ "issues" ]

    2: It is so used nowadays, that people often feel proud and want everyone to know about them.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't have drug problems, I have chemical dependancy issues. 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: Type One Issue: That component of a your character that is screwed up due to a previous relationship.

      * e.g.,  ... Example: Any furious domestic argument; see your own life for examples. You probably have issues about it. 


     [ "issues" ]

    2: Type Two Issue: That component of a your character which will be screwed up due to your current relationship.


     [ "issues" ]

    3: Type Three Issue: What your current boyfriend or girlfriend has when your Type One Issue gets in the way of their attempts to give you a Type Two Issue.

     [ "issues" ]

    1: Euphemism used in human dynamics, including but not limited to romances, workplaces and general social discourse.

      * e.g.,  ... Example 1: John Doe has tried to inveigle Jane Moe into bed. She says no. Thwarted, John Doe sneers that, “well, you know, Jane Moe has Issues regarding strong men”, pejoratively implying lesbian tendencies . Reality: John Doe is an irritating, self-satisfied blowhard and well worth avoiding. 


     [ "issues" ]

    2: It is used by X, who is miffed at Y’s refusal to be manipulated by X or act in a way that X wishes them to. X is socially precluded from saying, “Damn! Y won’t bend to my will, which is the only thing that matters! Me! ME! MEEEEEE!!!!! Curses!”, and so, rather, quietly responds with the back of the verbal hand, slyly denigrating Y as having “issues”. The “issue”, of course, is that Y has enough character or determination not to dance like a monkey to X’s tune. The term is non-gender specific, as both men and women are likely to use it in some form or another.

      * e.g.,  ... Example 2: Jane Fictional has tried to alter the conduct of her boyfriend, John Examplefellow. He refuses to make changes that are, in her view, necessary to improve the relationship; he has reasons for doing so, based on his experience(s) and/or view(s), and presents them. Jane will complain to her friends that John “can’t move forward because he has Issues”. Reality: she is nettled that she is unable to “fix the rules” of the relationship, and ascribes this not to controlling tendencies on her part but to nonexistent problems on his. 

     [ "issues" ]

    1:  Topics for discussion or debate.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: "I have issues." 


     [ "issues" ]

    2:  Euphemism for "problems" used by women and effeminate men. These people want to appear to be too polite to say

      * e.g.,  ... Schmoe: "You have ISSUES?! What are you, some kind of girly man? Women have issues. Men have PROBLEMS." 


     [ "issues" ]

    3: "problems," so they say "issues."

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: "Oh, you're such an issuephobe!" 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: A word that was used in the mid nineteen-nineties by mostly loud-mouthed ghetto fabulous women or classless effeminate males. "Issues" is a word that was frequently used by guests of talk shows of the mid nineteen-nineties. Issues is mainly used to describe someone who has numerous problems and problematic circumstances in their life. Furthermore, if one has issues, or an issue, it is most likely a result of their own psychopathic tendencies.

      * e.g.,  ... "That alcoholic skank over there had two abortions and gave up her third child for adoption. She's out at a bar wasted and not even her boyfriend will take her home. That girl be havin' issues." 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: Social 'issues' that a 'battler' labours under...

      * e.g.,  ... BOD has more issues than the N.Y. Times 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: word that is used to descirbe your feelings that someone should be seeking help in the mental sence

      * e.g.,  ... you got some issues man! 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: substitute problems for people who have no real life worries.

      * e.g.,  ... 1: i need an excuse to listen to anti-conformist music 


     [ "issues" ]

    2: problems that would not exist if the "issuee" would only stop thinking about them, unlike authentic problems such as hunger, disease, poverty etc.

      * e.g.,  ... 2: why? 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: some1 wit unresolved problemz

      * e.g.,  ... u got sum issuez? get sum tissuez 

     [ "issues" ]

    1: Particularly popular amongst teens, especially teenage males who are not emotionally happy for no particular reason. What you would have if you find yourself listening to Linkin Park or Korn constantly.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, that kid's got issues! That's the fifty second time he's listened to Hybrid Theory since this morning! 


     [ "issues" ]

    2: Have issue>listen to that shit>leads to more of issues>listen to more of that shit

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