decade
Example:
The years 2000-2009 are a decade.
The years 2000-2009 are a decade.
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Decadence
Decadent
DeCadence
An A Cappella group at UC Berkeley that sets the standard for current co-ed A Capella groups across the nation.
Example:
Man:"Wow, that A Cappella group was great! Who are they?"
Woman:"Oh, that's DeCadence!"
Man:"THE DeCadence?"
Woman:"Yes!"
Man:"WOW! They must be the greatest A Cappella group around!"
Woman:" Yes! Of course they are!"
Man:"Wow, that A Cappella group was great! Who are they?"
Woman:"Oh, that's DeCadence!"
Man:"THE DeCadence?"
Woman:"Yes!"
Man:"WOW! They must be the greatest A Cappella group around!"
Woman:" Yes! Of course they are!"
decade
Period at the end or the start of which people argue and bicker about whether the decade is effectivly at an end or not.
Example:
"Dude, there's no use in making a 'best of this decade' list when there's still a year to come in this decade!"
"Dude, there's no use in making a 'best of this decade' list when there's still a year to come in this decade!"
Decadence
Literally meaning decline and decay it is usually used to refer to the decay of a society. However decadence is a very subjective term and is usually used by square control freaks who only like the simple and wholesome and believe that anything edgy or creative will lead to chaos.
Example:
Snobby complainer: words are starting to be used differently and couples are having anal sex which is wrong even though is is safe and usually consensual. And Mexicans are coming in and threatening to destroy our trafitional values whatever that means.Oh the decadence. Soon our civilization will decay into anarchy.
Snobby complainer: words are starting to be used differently and couples are having anal sex which is wrong even though is is safe and usually consensual. And Mexicans are coming in and threatening to destroy our trafitional values whatever that means.Oh the decadence. Soon our civilization will decay into anarchy.
Decadence
Combination of 'decade' and 'hence' - the act of looking back at life 10 years hence and wondering why you did all the depraved things that seemed perfectly normal then.
Example:
Older and more mature now, we sat around the bonfire and laughed our heads off as we dived nostalgically into the decadence of 1999.
Older and more mature now, we sat around the bonfire and laughed our heads off as we dived nostalgically into the decadence of 1999.
Decadism
/dekə - dizəm/
A political ideology which consists of capitalist ideals ending with the hope of reaching luxury and opulance whilst building upon seperate individual’s failures.
A political ideology which consists of capitalist ideals ending with the hope of reaching luxury and opulance whilst building upon seperate individual’s failures.
Example:
The decadence displayed in Berlin during the great depression truely reflects the ideology of Decadism.
The decadence displayed in Berlin during the great depression truely reflects the ideology of Decadism.