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    [Noun]  | "re*sort" | \ ri-ˈzȯrt \


    1: one that affords aid or refuge : resource

    2: recourse

    3: frequent, habitual, or general visiting


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, return, source of aid, from Anglo-French, from resortir to rebound, resort, from re- + Old French sortir to go out, leave;

    [Noun]  | "last resort" 


    1: something done only if nothing else works

    [Verb]  | "resort" 


    1: to go especially frequently or habitually : repair

    2: to have recourse


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Verb]  | "re-sort" | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈsȯrt \


    1: to sort again


    Origin: 1836 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "resort to" 


    1: to do or use (something) especially because no other choices are possible

    [Noun phrase]  | "weapon of last resort" 


    1: a weapon that is only used if its use cannot be avoided

    [Idiom]  | "without resort to" 


    1: without doing (something) or using (something)

    [Noun]  | "resort" 


    1: a place for spending time or for socializing;


      * e.g., " ... the island port was once the resort of smugglers, pirates, and other unsavory characters "



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    2: something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available;


      * e.g., " ... use this money only as a last resort "



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    [Verb]  | "resort (to)" 


    1: to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage;


      * e.g., " ... unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence "





    2: to go to or spend time in often;


      * e.g., " ... resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet "



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     [ "resort" ]

    1: The last option

      * e.g.,  ... "All my friends cancelled, i still have Craig as a last resort to chill though." 

     [ "Resorting sociobots" ]

    1: Resorting sociobots are the ones who have their individuality but slowly and eventually accept the norm for their own personal benefit or as curiosity/experiment/experiment due to curiosity. They are, as (sorta)sociobots (and especially as not sociobots), feared/scorned by the Spreading sociobots and feared/scorned and shot down by Ruling ones, the more beyond hope sociobots are, the more they will want to push resortings out of society for being themselves. They know more about life and come from healthy or healthier families or have had close/long term/a significant contact with a person who has told them/ knows how to be human/how to live and they usually have emotions and feeling and etc that are brightly coloured and go beyond the boxes of society. They can make a change and do to the sociobots with more hope and bravery. They become sociobots for reasons like, acceptance, popularity, curiosity, worry about having a drab life/never changing etc but stay largely unharmed, unaffected, unscarred through the experience and therefore are sometimes admired by most sociobots and followed/supported by concedings. (and on various occasions crushed on by semi hopeful spreading sociobots) These people are rare and there's a reason for that- too many sociobots Also see- Sociobot, Chain of Sociobots, Ruling Sociobot, Spreading Sociobot, Conceding Sociobot, Sociobot Patterns

      * e.g.,  ... (Mitchie from Camp Rock). Resorting sociobots- Sociobot- Ya, that's totally cool right 

     [ "redneck resort" ]

    1: A collection of plastic or vinyl tarps tied off to trees, poles, walls, etc. Generally, they are sighted at camp grounds, music festivals, and car races.

      * e.g.,  ... Well, it looks like we found the party. That's a redneck resort if I ever saw one! Now this is livin'! I got everything I need at me & my friends redneck resort! 

     [ "resort injury" ]

    1: The typically minor injuries one can experience during a tropical vacation. May include Sunburn, sandal blisters, sand in the eyes, and hangovers.

      * e.g.,  ... Mila will always get hurt when she goes to Hawaii. Her first day resort injury is typically sunburn. She usual comes back looking like a crippled lobster. 

     [ "last resort" ]

    1: 1) the worst case option

      * e.g.,  ... 1) With the game on the line, Coach Peterson had no choice but to put their last resort, Rudy The Hunchback, on the field. 


     [ "last resort" ]

    2: 2) the course of action when all else fails


     [ "last resort" ]

    3: 3) the final frontier

     [ "first resort" ]

    1: n. a word (or phrase) created by Hillary Clinton as the antonym to last resort.

      * e.g.,  ... "War should be a last resort, not a first resort" 


     [ "first resort" ]

    2: n. primary action

      * e.g.,  ...  -Hillary Clinton 


     [ "first resort" ]

    3: n. first choice for the course of action

     [ "class resort" ]

    1: A friend that you always hang out with and talk to at school but when you go home and during the weekend you don't even keep in touch with him/her. You usually only talk to this type of person when you have no one else in class to talk to or when you have no one else to eat lunch with.

      * e.g.,  ... Cris- Yo why don't you invite ur friend that ur always eating lunch with? John- Na I only talk to him at school I never really hang out with him outside of school. Cris- Oh, I guess he's ur class resort then huh? 

     [ "ski resort" ]

    1: What you call a bed that 3 guys are sleeping in and the guy in the middle is jerking off one from each side as if he were skiing.

      * e.g.,  ... Shit i dont wanna share a bed with Jake anymore, he was dreaming he was at a ski resort again! 

     [ "second resort" ]

    1: a male/female (usually female) who comes "second". Second as in the other option. An exceptional person, but always comes after someone else. Who in majority of most others' opinion are better in every way possible than the second resort. Most times, second resorts and the better someone have a relationship with each other. Not as in lovers, but it can either be friendship, enemies, sisters, brothers, or cousins.

      * e.g.,  ... example #1- 


     [ "second resort" ]

    2: People women in particular who are second resorts, often feel jealousy with the better someone.

      * e.g.,  ... Eric: Hey, Matt! Who ya gonna' ask out to the dance? 

     [ "resort fling" ]

    1: A short but sweet romance that happens when you meet someone on vacation. It makes your trip that much more enjoyable and special.

      * e.g.,  ... I had the hottest resort fling in Maui. Long walks on the beach, late night swimming under the stars. It was over as soon as it started but something ill never forget. 

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