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      [Verb]  | "lecture" 


      1: to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures

      2: to deliver a lecture to

      3: to reprove formally


      Origin: circa 1590 ;

      [Verb]  | "lecturing" 


      1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;


        * e.g., " ... the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service "



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


        * e.g., " ... a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease "



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      [Verb]  | "lecture" 


      1: to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings;


        * e.g., " ... the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service "



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


        * e.g., " ... a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease "



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       [ "lecture" ]

      1: The art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through the minds of either.

        * e.g.,  ... blah blah blah +$$$ 

       [ "lecture" ]

      1: A long speech in which a group of children have to listen to an adult tell them that they are immature and wrong and should think of other people first.

        * e.g.,  ... you all need to make the mature decision so do what i say but this is not a lecture 

       [ "Lecturing" ]

      1: Being open and sharing becomes lecturing when you're talking to somebody who wasn't looking for your level of openness, which seems like hypocrisy. Like everyone else, the person you're told you're lecturing is a hypocrite too.

        * e.g.,  ... Stop lecturing me, I don't let my friends see my butt hurt in public, you're the butt hurt one! 

       [ "Lecture" ]

      1: A really good time to sleep and/or masturbate.

        * e.g.,  ... I have a three hour lecture! 

       [ "lecture" ]

      1: An act of passing on information at one's leisure, and although it is meant to get through to one's head, it ends up pissing them off anyway.

        * e.g.,  ... "I hate it when my older brother lectures me. He treats me like I'm his son. I'm not dammit! Also, make sure you don't tell him what to do when he's driving; his ego shows when he's behind the wheel and he will lecture you to the max if you act like a backseat-driver even at the MOST MINOR situation." 

       [ "lecture" ]

      1: to browbeat someone with harsh criticism

        * e.g.,  ... Don't lecture me on how to do things. 

       [ "Lecture" ]

      1: A term of some "more mature" people educating, or delivering some "thoughts of life" to "immature people", usually from parents to their children.

        * e.g.,  ... Ugh, you know what? I just got a 5 hour lecture from my mom just because I showed her a meme! 

       [ "Lecture" ]

      1: The act of committing oral sex while avioding a project, usually lasting about a half hour.

        * e.g.,  ... "Sorry I was late, I was being lectured by my boyfriend" "Lectured? Is that why it took you a half hour to drive five minutes? Guess either he doesn't last long or you're no good..." 

       [ "Lecturer" ]

      1: The provider of information in universities. If male elbowpatches are traditional (although you do get the occasional 'cool' one in jeans), if female either powersuits or dressing like a hippy. Results of a lecturer talking are as follows:

        * e.g.,  ... "I need a nap before clubbing tonight." 


       [ "Lecturer" ]

      2: - roughly one paragraph of notes never to be used

        * e.g.,  ... "Yeh me too, which lecturer is it today?" 


       [ "Lecturer" ]

      3: - a quick nap

        * e.g.,  ... "Dr D, talking on female rights" 


       [ "Lecturer" ]

      4: - a brilliant game of hangman usually more informative than the actual lecture.

        * e.g.,  ... "Nap time it is!" 

       [ "lecturant" ]

      1: (also. Lecture-Rant, pronounced Lektcha-rant) An angry lecture that may have an accusatory undertone. A lecture-style scripted performance in which the lecturer consciously speaks truth to power and ignores codes of civility. The word was first introduced at Davidson College (North Carolina) in an event sponsored by the Middle East North Africa Student Association (MENASA).

        * e.g.,  ... It wasn't a lecture. It wasn't rant. It was a lecturant. 

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