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What is cronyism?

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Origin of 'chatterbox'?

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  The parents, instead of applauding her, called her a noisy chatterbox and told her sharply that small girls should be seen and not heard. Matilda  by Roald Dahl

What does Kabuki mean? How is this term used in politics?

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Kabuki  theatre is a stylised Japanese dance-drama tradition.

What is Iconoclasm?

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  The word  Iconoclasm  has its origin in  A dispute over the use of religious images (icons) in the Byzantine Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries.