ELI5
ELI5
Examples:
loneliness
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cubism
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equity valuation
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malware
,
electric potential energy
POSSLQ
Posslq is a word made up by the United States Census Bureau in 1980 to mean "person of opposite sex sharing living quarters”. For example, if a man and a woman live together without being married, they are referred to as "Posslq's".
Related topics others have asked about:
Cohabitation in the United States
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Common-law marriage
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Family (U.S. census)
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Significant other