Although a violent injury can damage a disk, problems with disks are often brought on by the normal aging process or by everyday activities, such as lifting heavy objects the wrong way, stretching too hard during a tennis volley, or slipping and falling on an icy sidewalk.
HOPLOPHOBE. A person who is afflicted with an irrational fear of firearms. Being averse to firearms since the shooting incident, they lobbied for more bans of all firearms citing the firearm's evil characteristics as reasons for the control measures.
uk â /ËÉªd.i.Ém/ us â /ËÉªd.i.Ém/. B2 [ C ] a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own: To have bitten off more than you can chew is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you. âº [ C or U ] formal the style of expression in writing, speech, or music that is typical of a particular period, person, or group: