Ready Player One

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Sitcom

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A situation comedy; light entertainment

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Obscene

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Offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency

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To dole (sth) out

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To distribute shares of somethong

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The obscene large amount of money that would be doled out to the rich man's heirs

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That was the rub

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The rub=the central problem or difficulty in a situation

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But that was the rub. James Halliday had no heirs.

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Chime

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Ringing sound

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Electronic chime

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To harbor

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To keep a thought/feelings in one's mind, especially secretly

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Halliday had harbored a lifelong obsession with the 1980s

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To cram

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To completely fill to the point of overflowing

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To be lost on

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To fail to be noticed or appreciated by (someone)

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Anorak's invitation was crammed with obscure '80s pop culture references, nearly all of which were lost on me the first time I viewed it

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Painstaking

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Done with or employing great care and thoroughness

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Unkempt

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(Especially if a person) Having untidy or dishevelled appearance

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With unkempt hair

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Dishevelled

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(Of a person's hair, clothes or appearance) untidy; disordered

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A man with long dishevelled hair

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Emaciated

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Abnormally thin or weak especially because of illness or a lack of food

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Heretofore

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Before now (formal)

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Hereby revoking any and all wills and codicils by me at any time heretofore made....

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Escrow

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A deposit or fund held on trust or as security

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My entire estate is to be placed in escrow until...

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Up for grabs

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(Informal) available

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Here is the dough I'm putting up for grabs

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Moolah

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Money (informal)

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Plop (oneself) down

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Sit or lie gently hut clumsily

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He plops down in front of the Atari

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Reverence

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Deep respect for someone or something

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Joystick

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(Informal) the control column of an aircraft; a lever that can be moved in several directions to control the movement of an image on a computer or similar display screen

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To morph into

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To change into (gradually and smoothly change like the one programmed by computer)

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Halliday morphed into his avatar

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To pore over/through

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To be absorbed in reading or studying (something)

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Poring over dusty spellbooks

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Sheer

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Nothing other than;absolute (used for emphasis)

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Part of the problem was the sheer size of the OASIS

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Trailer park

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(North American) caravan site

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Abject

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(Of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degradating

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The rest of the trailer reeled of cat piss and abject poverty

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Relentless

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Unceasingly intense; non-stop

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Brothel

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A house where men visits prostitutes

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To stave (something) off

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To avert (turn away) or delay something bad or dangerous (thought)

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In a vain attempt to stave off the epic loneliness I now felt

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To shove something into

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Put something somewhere carelessly or roughly

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I began to shove my laptop into my backpack

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To pawn

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To mortgage

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I can pawn it to help pay our rent

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To split hair

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To argue about small details about something

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Dough

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(Informal) money

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Obnoxious

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Extremely unpleasant

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Poseur

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A person who behaves affectedly in order to impress others

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To stall

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To speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with something;

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Wuss

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(Informal) a weak and ineffectual person

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Meagre

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(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.

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I would earn a few meager experience points

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Inept

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Having or showing no skill; clumsy

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Socially inept

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Discerning

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Having or showing good judgement

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Discerning taste

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Inconspicuous

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Not clearly visible or attracting attention.

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an inconspicuous red-brick building

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To let the cat out of the bag

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To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.

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Crypt

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An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.

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Measly

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(informal) Ridiculously small or few.

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And twenty seven measly hit points

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To let the cat out of the bag

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(Informal) to reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.

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Narcolepsy

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A condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxing surroundings

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Star-struck

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Fascinated or greatly impressed by famous people, especially those connected with the cinema or the theatre.

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Herculean

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Requiring great strength or effort

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With a Herculean effort...