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    [Noun]  | "plume" | \ ˈplüm \


    1: a feather of a bird: such as

    2: a large conspicuous or showy feather

    3: contour feather


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pluma small soft feather {mat|fleece|};

    [Noun]  | "nom de plume" | \ ˌnäm-di-ˈplüm \


    1: a name that a writer uses instead of their legal name : pseudonym, pen name


    Origin: 1840 ;

     French, pen name; probably coined in English;

    [Verb]  | "plume" 


    1: to provide or deck with feathers

    2: to array showily

    3: to indulge (oneself) in pride with an obvious or vain display of self-satisfaction


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "plumes" 


    1: something given in recognition of achievement;


      * e.g., " ... the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet "



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    [Noun]  | "plume" 


    1: something given in recognition of achievement;


      * e.g., " ... the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet "



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    [Noun]  | "nom de plume" 


    1: a name used by a writer instead of the writer's real name;


      * e.g., " ... He wrote under a nom de plume. "



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    [Verb]  | "plumes" 


    1: to think highly of (oneself);


      * e.g., " ... that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills "



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    [Verb]  | "plume" 


    1: to think highly of (oneself);


      * e.g., " ... that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills "



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     [ "plume" ]

    1: Feather on top of a marching band uniform hat.

      * e.g.,  ... (to a freshman) Your plume is on backwards.  

     [ "Plume" ]

    1: The absolute best part of a marching band uniform. Plumes are usually fluffy and they add about a foot to your height. Plumes come in nearly any colour, and some lucky bands even get sparkles in theirs.

      * e.g.,  ... "You are wearing the <opposite gender> plume!" "Your plume is on backwards!" 

     [ "plume" ]

    1: n. A feathery object that makes your band hat about a foot higher than it is to begin with. Often used to trick the freshmen by telling them it's on backwards. If one starts to have an odor, it never goes away.

      * e.g.,  ... as a freshmen "Is my plume on backwards? why does it smell so bad?"  

     [ "Plume" ]

    1: Plume is the best girl you may know. She has the best humor you could find, based on "les pommes, crac crac" and fanny ardant imitations. She has un cerveau plus vite que la moyenne and really knows how to help you not fallung in love with your best mate (helpful). She has a really developped vocabulary and you can absorb it really quickly without noticing. If you have a Plume in your life you should really keep her. One of the ways to do so is feed her with cheese and gnocchi. She's so sweet that un pot de confiote couldn't steal her crown. We all love her really really much and she is to be crowned best communist ever.

      * e.g.,  ... Ce jeu de mots était délétère, Plume aurait fait tellement mieux !!!!! è-é 

     [ "plume" ]

    1: a nifty feathered writing utensil

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, this plume is a very nifty writing utensil. 

     [ "Pluming" ]

    1: The frenglish word meaning to pluck the feathers off of lark, which is a type of bird. like in the song, "Alouette (lark) je te plumerai!"

      * e.g.,  ... i captured this lark the other day and I was about to start pluming it and it flew away! 

     [ "plume" ]

    1: A girl that doesn't put herself in a relationship so she has the freedom 'whore' herself out to people without feeling guilty.

      * e.g.,  ... Sue sure is a plume behind Jeff's back. 

     [ "Plumed" ]

    1: To be the victim of a plum throwing incident.

      * e.g.,  ... I was walking down the street then all of a sudden I got plumed. 

     [ "Toilet Plume" ]

    1: A phenomenon caused when the toilet is flushed after a massive shit. The flush creates a plume of bits of fecal matter that blast into the air in an aerosol form. These fine, invisible traces of fecal matter plume outwards and land on surrounding surfaces like handles, toilet rim, etc. In a full house, busy bathroom , the flushing plumes can also disburse fecal bits into the eyes, nose and mouth.

      * e.g.,  ... That was one busy shithouse in there braaaaahhh. Every stall was full and asses were exploding. Yea broooohhh. Think of the toilet plumes and how much fecal matter your just took in. 

     [ "Doom Plume" ]

    1:  A massive undersea oil plume that threatens to destroy marine life for thousands of square miles, even though it's not visible from the surface. The biggest environmental threat from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Out of sight, out of mind? Not so much.

      * e.g.,  ... The Doom Plume from BP's Deepwater Horizon pipe is spreading fast. It could reach as far as the Atlantic Coast of Florida and Mexico's Riviera Maya. 

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