Majorities

Word MAJORITIES
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Definitions and meanings of "Majorities"

What do we mean by majorities?

More than half (50%) of some group.

The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.

Legal adulthood.

The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

Ancestors; ancestry.

A term coined by Venus Raj, as first heard during the question and answer portion of the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant. It comes from the root word "bonggang bongga", a term commonly used in Filipino gayspeak, which means "extravagantly extravagant", "outlandishly outlandish", or "exuberantly exuberant". Urban Dictionary

At Miss Universe Pageant 2010, during the Q&A Portion. Miss Philippines answered two times Major. And its very popular now. Urban Dictionary

The English translation of the Filipino colloquialism: bonggang bongga. Culled primarily from local gay lingo. Popularized by Ma. Venus Raj during the question and answer portion of the 2010 Ms. Universe pageant. She may have also meant to say "medyo, medyo" or "chever, chever". Urban Dictionary

A Filipino slang for huge / enormous or immense. (c. 2010) This was taken from the common trait of the language of Filipino or some south east asians which repeats the adjective to make it more intense. literal tagalog translation: malaking-malaki (huge) Urban Dictionary

An adjective used to describe something to the highest level of fierce, awesome, beast, etc. Mainly used by Posh, the hot and sexy Victoria Beckham. Urban Dictionary

A word majorly used by the major Victoria Beckam. Urban Dictionary

The greater part or number of something. ie. Group or people or bag of candy. Urban Dictionary

Major is a name given to males, most of the time. It consists of the letters 'M', 'A', 'J', 'O', and 'R'. The name isn't very common but it sounds hella dope. Urban Dictionary

Another word for awsome. Urban Dictionary

Very. Urban Dictionary

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The word "majorities" in example sentences

A similar ploy (expiration after 2012 unless re-ratified) helped the new Best Graphic Story category gain majorities in its favor last year and this. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The key is to constrain majorities thru counterbalancing sources of power. ❋ Terry Newell (2010)

Look at what your “wants” produced for 8 years prior to Obama, you jackholes … … … Win majorities in both Houses and the Presidency, then let everyone know; until that time, keep your stupid pieholes shut … … ❋ Unknown (2010)

The difference between 59 and 52 vote majorities is largely immaterial, especially when the Senate is shedding people who often voted with the opposition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Activism by the radical left has caused this polarity, and activism by heretofore too silent majorities is going to have to be the rule. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think the Democrats are going to help their Republican brethren out, unless President-Elect Obama can beat it out of them, Dems (especially in majorities) are HOPELESS at getting things done. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Knowing as we do how lucrative being an MP can be, even if it means having to jettison any personal honour one may have, it is unsurprising that ‘LibDem’ MPs with wafer thin majorities should be having a fit of the vapours at the thought of being confronted by something truly democratic (Let the People Have Their Say!) as opposed to their ersatz version of democracy (‘Do as you are told!’). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Our democratic system respects the ultimate right and power of the majority, but it contains checks and balances precisely to prevent short-term majorities from saddling the country with long-term decisions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republicans, even in this volatile, new-normal-double-digit-jobless rate environment want long term majorities, solidified by a larger majority in the House and eventual control of the other two levers. ❋ Charles D. Ellison (2010)

Bush, with razor-thin majorities — and for a time, a divided Congress — operated as though his margins were insurmountable, and sowed interparty divisions as an electoral strategy. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Whether they have functioning majorities is much less clear. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even the best-case scenarios suggest wafer-thin majorities and a legislative agenda in disarray. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If progressives continue to support unelectable candidates and positions not acceptable either to most republicans or a great many democrats, there will be no chance to regain majorities in the Congress and restore checks and balances to government. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Again, it’s not a perfect solution, and I am by no means “purity-trolling” here, but he might be worth some attention from national progressive organizations who are interested not only in majorities, but in good, progressive policy outcomes. sacman701 says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

But if they retain majorities in either house, they’ll probably figure the worst is over and try to hang on to the gains they’ve made. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republicans likely won’t win majorities in either the House or the Senate in 2010, and even if they did they’d be stuck with Obama’s veto until January 2013. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It's not a major major mistake, unless you say it in national television." William [Baldwin]: "What's the biggest mistake that you've made in your life and what did you do to [make it right]?" [Venus]: "You know what, Sir, in my 22 years of existence, I can say that there's nothing major major problem that I've done in my life because I'm very confident with my family, with the love that they are giving to me. So thank you so much that I'm here. Thank you, thank you so much!" ❋ It's OK VR, You Made Us :) (2010)

I'm so Major Major [happy]. =) ❋ VehVeh (2010)

[You know what] sir, in my [22] years of experience, I can say there's nothing major major, I mean problem that I have [done in] my life. ❋ Lady Jayjay (2010)

In my years of existence in this world, i have not yet encountered one major-major problem in my life, and I thank God for that. Filipino translation: Sa mga taon kong inilagi sa mundo, hindi pa ako nakakaranas ng malaking-malaking suliranin sa buhay at [ito'y] [aking] ipinagpapasalat sa Panginoong [Diyos]. ❋ CyberJake (2010)

"There was [this woman] in a [powder blue] [trouser] suit, SHE was MAJOR." "Does this look Major." "You're Major." "I'm going to pick out a house, it's going to be totally Major." ❋ DVBcelebritard (2008)

"My solo career was so bad it was major." "My career with [the Spice] Girls was major." "OMG that shirt is major." "This is so major [i love it]." "My husbands goal was major." "I dont like it, it's [majorly] shit." ❋ Majorly Major (2007)

Majority of the people at the movie [theater] [prefer] to watch 'Kung [Fu] Panda' ❋ Sexy Virgo (2011)

Hey, [do you] know what Major [has been] [up to]? ❋ Oofbutinitalics (2018)

"That was [major]" "You major([ly]) got [owned]" ❋ TheSeaShell (2008)

[Geoffrey] thinks [killing] Tom [Goodman] is major funny. ❋ TGKF (2003)

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