document_title: Siamese twins (linguistics)

question_text: where does the term siamese twins come from

text: Siamese twins (linguistics)

text: Origin[edit]

text: The term Siamese twins originates with Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined twins from Siam. In the context of the English language, this word was first used and popularised by H. W. Fowler, a renowned lexicographer.

text: Conjunction[edit]

text: The most common conjunctions used in a phrase that constitutes Siamese twins are and or or.

text: With "and" as the conjunction [edit]

text:
above and beyond
airs and graces
alarm and muster
alive and kicking
alive and well
an arm and a leg
armed and dangerous
apples and oranges
back and fill
back and forth[2]
bacon and eggs[1][2]
Bangers and mash
bait and switch
bait and tackle
(old) ball and chain
barefoot and pregnant
bargain and sale
beck and call
bells and whistles
belt and suspenders
big and bold
big and tall
binge and purge
bit and bridle
bits and bobs
bits and pieces
block and tackle
blood and guts
blood and gore
bob and weave
bow and arrow
bound and determined
bound and gagged
bow and scrape
brace and bit
bread and water[2]
bread and circuses
bread and roses
brown and serve
bump and grind
by and large[2]
by guess and by golly
cap and gown
car and driver
cat and mouse
checks and balances
chop and change
clean and sober
cloak and dagger[2]
coat and tie[2]
coffee and doughnuts[2]
cock-and-bull
crash and burn
cream and sugar[2]
crime and punishment[2]
cup and saucer[2]
cut and dried (dry)
cut and paste
cut and run
dandelion and burdock
day and night
dead and buried
dead and gone
death and taxes
divide and conquer
dog and pony show
down and out[2]
duck and cover
each and every
eyes and ears
far and wide
fast and furious
fast and loose
fine and dandy
fingers and thumbs
fire and brimstone
fish and chips[2]
(by) fits and starts
flesh and blood[2]
flesh and bone
forever and a day
forever and ever
front and center[2]
fun and games[2]
fuss and bother[1]
goals and aspirations
good and plenty
goodness and light
hale and hearty[1]
hard and fast
ham and eggs[2]
hammer and nail[2]
hammer and sickle
hammer and tongs
hearts and minds
here and now
hide and watch
high and mighty[1]
high and dry
high and tight
hit and run
hit it and quit it
hither and yon
hither and thither
home and hosed
home and dry
hook and eye
hook and loop
horse and buggy
horse and carriage
hot and high
hot and bothered[2]
hugs and kisses (XOXO)
intents and purposes
kiss and tell
kiss and makeup
kith and kin[1]
knife and fork[2]
lakes and streams
law and order[2]
lo and behold
lock and dam
lock and key[2]
look and feel
loud and clear
make do and mend
man and boy
meat and potatoes
men and women
milk and honey
mortise and tenon
name and address[2]
names and faces
nice and easy[2]
nook and cranny
noughts and crosses
nuts and bolts
odds and ends[1]
off and away
once and for all
out and about
over and out
peaches and cream[2]
Ps and Qs
peanut butter and jelly
peas and carrots
pestle and mortar
pickles and ice cream
pick and axe
piss and vinegar
prize and booty
pork and beans[2]
pure and simple[2]
quick and dirty
rack and pinion
rack and ruin
raining cats and dogs
rape and pillage
religion and politics
research and development (R&D)
rhythm and blues (R&B)
rich and famous
rise and shine
(between a) rock and a hard place
room and board
rough and tumble
run and jump
(all's) said and done
salt and pepper[2]
scratch and sniff
search and rescue
seek and destroy
shirt and tie[2]
short and fat[2]
short and sweet
short and stout
show and tell
shuck and jive
sick and tired
slash and burn
slings and arrows
slip and fall
slow and steady
skin and bone(s)
smash and grab
smoke and mirrors
snakes and ladders
socks and shoes
song and dance
sound and fury
(in) spirit and (in) truth
spit and polish
stand and deliver
stress and strain
suit and tie[2]
sunshine and rainbows
supply and demand[2]
sweetness and light
a swing and a miss
sword and sandal
tables and chairs
tall and thin[2]
tar(red) and feather(ed)
tar and feathers
tea and crumpets
(through) thick and thin[2]
thunder and lightning
to and fro
tooth and nail
touch and go[2]
track and field
trial and error[2]
tuck and roll
up and about
vim and vigor
wait and see[2]
warm and fuzzy
warp and woof
ways and means
weak and girlish
whinge and whine
last will and testament
wine and roses
words and phrases
X's and O's
a year and a day

text: With "or" or "nor" as the conjunction [edit]

text:
all or nothing
better or worse
big or small
black or white
business or pleasure[2]
the chicken or the egg
day or night
dead or alive[2]
do or die
fight or flight
(neither) fish nor fowl
give or take[1]
good or bad
gentle or simple
he or she
heads or tails
(come) hell or high water
(neither) here nor there
(neither) hide nor hair
his or her
hit or miss
(not one) jot or tittle
kill or cure
kill or be killed
(neither) love nor money
make or break[1]
more or less
now or never
put up or shut up
rain or shine[2]
rhyme or reason
right or wrong[2]
sink or swim
sooner or later[2]
take it or leave it
two or more
up or down[2]
(neither) use nor ornament
victory or death
win or lose
yes or no

text: With no conjunction[edit]

text: Hunter gatherer

text: Structure[edit]

text: The structure of any Siamese twins phrase has words that are related in some way. The words constituting a Siamese twins phrase may be synonyms, antonyms, include alliterations or similar-sounding words that often rhyme. Other varieties of Siamese twins may also be possible.

text: Examples below are split into various tables; some may belong in more than one table but are listed only once.

text: With opposites and antonyms [edit]

text:
addition and subtraction
assets and liabilities[1]
back and forth
balls and strikes
beginning to end
black and white[2]
big and small
boys and girls
bride and groom[2]
brother and sister
butt and pass
buy and sell
catch and release
cause and effect[2]
church and state
cops and robbers
come and go
coming and going
cowboys and Indians
days and nights
deep and wide
dos and don'ts
dusk till dawn
ebb and flow
fire and ice
first and last[2]
floor to ceiling
food and drink
fore and aft
foreign and domestic
forward and backward
friend or foe
front to back
give and take[2]
good and evil
hail and farewell (etymologically synonyms; functionally antonyms)
hand and foot
head over heels[1]
Heaven and Hell
here and there
hide and seek
hill and dale
him and her
high and low[2]
hips and valleys
his and hers
hither and thither
hot and cold
hurry up and wait
husband and wife[2]
in and out[2]
ladies and gentlemen[2]
land and sea
life or death[2]
long and short
lost and found[2]
love and hate
love and war
man and wife[2]
mom and pop
naughty or nice
near and far
night and day (difference)
nip and tuck
north to south
now and then
now and later
on and off
open and shut
over and under
park and ride
pen and ink
port and starboard
pros and cons[2]
rank and file
rise and fall[2]
savings and loan
in sickness and in health
soap and water[2]
start to finish
strike and dip
sweet and sour[2]
stop and go
the quick and the dead
thick and thin
tip and ring
to and fro
top to bottom
town and country
up and down[2]
ups and downs
uptown and downtown
victory and defeat
war and peace[1][2]
washer and dryer
wax and wane
yes and no

text: With related words and synonyms [edit]

text:
ages and generations
aid and comfort
body and soul[2]
born and raised/bred
bright and early
brick and mortar[2]
by hook or by crook
cheek by jowl
clean and tidy
chapter and verse
(this) day and age
dot the i's and cross the t's
first and foremost
hail and farewell (etymologically synonyms; functionally antonyms)
hand over fist
haughty and high minded
head and shoulders
heart and soul
herbs and spices
house and home
hunger and thirst
leaps and bounds
like father, like son
like mother, like daughter
neat and tidy
six of one,
half a dozen of the other
nook and cranny
null and void[2]
over and done with[1]
pain and suffering
peace and quiet
pick and choose
(on) pins and needles
plain and simple
prim and proper[2]
rocks and shoals
nickel and dime
dollars and cents
rant and rave
shock and awe
signs and wonders
skull and bones
Skull and crossbones
strait and narrow
stress and strain
ticks and chiggers
whine and complain
wind and rain
yea and amen

text: With alliteration [edit]

text:
bag and baggage[1]
baubles and beads
beams and balance
bed and breakfast[1][2]
belt and braces
big and bad
the birds and the bees[2]
bish bash bosh
black and blue
bold and beautiful
bootleggers and Baptists
boxers or briefs
bread and butter[2]
bull and boar
cash and carry
chalk and cheese
cliques and clans
command and control
cookies and cream
deaf and dumb
(between the) devil and the deep blue sea
dine and dash
down and dirty
dribs and drabs
drink and drive
drunk and disorderly
Dungeons and Dragons
fast and furious
feast or famine
fire and faggot
flip-flop
flora and fauna
forgive and forget[2]
form and function
footloose and fancy free
friend or foe
fun and frolics
fur and feathers
ghosts and goblins
grins and giggles
guys and gals
to have and to hold
hearth and home
hem and haw[2]
Jack and Jill[2]
Jew and Gentile
juking and jiving
king and country
kit and caboodle[4]
kith and kin
last but not least
latitude and longitude
Lend-Lease
life and limb
live and learn
lock and load
love it or leave it
mix and match
meek and mild
name and number
part and parcel[5]
peas in a pod
pen and pencil[2]
pen(cil) and paper
pig in a poke
pillar to post
pots and pans[2]
publish or perish
rags to riches[1]
ranting and raving[2]
read and write[2]
ready to rumble
rest and relaxation
(a.k.a. R 'n' R)
(without) rhyme or reason
right and wrong[2]
rock and roll
rough and ready
rules and regulations[1]
safe and secure
safe and sound
shot and shell
signs and symptoms
slip and slide[2]
spick and span[3]
spit and shine
Stars and Stripes[2]
sticks and stones
sugar and spice
this or that
tic-tac-toe
tit for tat
top and tail
toss and turn[2]
trick or treat
trials and tribulations[2]
tried and tested
tried and true
truck and trailer
wash and wear
watching and waiting
weep and wail
wet and wild
whooping and hollering
wild and wooly
wise and wonderful
witches and warlocks
wrack and ruin

text: With rhymes and similar-sounding words [edit]

text:
break and take
box and cox
chalk and talk
charts and darts
chips and dip
double trouble
even Steven
fender bender
five and dime
flotsam and jetsam[4]
no fuss, no muss
handy-dandy
harum-scarum
helter skelter
high and dry[1][2]
hire and fire[1]
hit it and quit
hither and thither
hocus pocus
hoi polloi
hot to trot
huff and puff[2]
hustle and bustle
lap and gap
lick 'em and stick 'em
lout and proud
mean, green,
fighting machine
meet and greet
motor voter
my way or the highway
namby-pamby
name and shame
name it and claim it
near and dear
never, ever
nitty gritty
odds and sods
onwards and upwards
Orgy Porgy
out and about
out and proud
pell-mell
pump and dump
rough and tough
shout and clout
saggy baggy
shake and bake
slowly but surely
smoke and joke
stash and dash
stop and drop
so far, so good
surf and turf
time and tide
town and gown[1]
use it or lose it
wake and bake
wear and tear
weed and feed
wham, bam, thank you, ma'am
willy nilly
wine and dine[1]
yea or nay
(the) yeas and (the) nays

text: With repetition[edit]

text: Some of these are examples of reduplication.

text:
actor's actor (an)
again and again
all in all
around and around
arm in arm
back to back
be all and end all
billions and billions
bit by bit
bling-bling
bumper to bumper
business to business
by and by[1]
let bygones be bygones
cheek to cheek
closer and closer
come, come
(from) coast to coast
day in, day out
day to day
day by day
for days and days
four-by-four (4x4)
elbow to elbow
end to end
dog eat dog
from ear to ear
end over end
an eye for an eye
eye to eye
face to face[1]
forever and ever
go, go, go
hand in hand
hand to hand
head to head
heart to heart
higher and higher
home sweet home
horror of horrors
kill or be killed
king of kings
less and less
lies, lies, and more lies
little by little
live and let live
lower and lower
louder and louder
man to man
measure for measure
more and more
mouth to mouth
neck and neck
never say never
nose and nose
nose to nose
on and on
out and out
over and over
round and round
poet's poet
run, run, run
shoulder to shoulder
side by side
side to side
so and so[1]
(and) so forth and so on'
step by step
strength to strength
such and such
through and through
time after time
time and time (again)
(from) time to time
two by two
toe to toe
(on the) up and up[1]
wall to wall
for weeks and weeks
(from) wire to wire
woman to woman

text: Legal terminology[edit]

text: Known as legal doublets, there are many collocations and merisms which are repetitively used in a legal or official context. Many of these can be found in legal documents dating back centuries; their habitual use has been decried by some legal scholars as superfluous in modern legal briefs.[5] There are also legal triplets, which are listed below in their own section.

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accord and satisfaction
aid and abet[5]
all and sundry[6]
acknowledge and confess
alter or change[5]
appropriate and proper[5]
assault and battery
bind and obligate[5]
breaking and entering
by and between[7]
butts and bounds
care and attention
cease and desist[5]
covenant and agree[5]
deem and consider[5]
demise and lease[5]
depose and say
due and payable[5]
eastings and northings
expressed or implied
final and conclusive[5]
fit and proper
free and clear
from now and henceforth
full faith and credit[5]
furnish and supply[5]
goods and chattels
have and hold[5]
heirs and successors
high crimes and misdemeanors
hue and cry
indemnify and hold harmless[5]
infangthief and outfangthief
keep and perform[5]
kind and nature[5]
legal and valid[5]
let or hindrance
lewd and lascivious conduct
liens and encumbrances[5]
make and enter into[5]
marque and reprisal
metes and bounds
mind and memory[8]
No quarter. No mercy.
null and void[5]
over and above[5]
perform and discharge[5]
power and authority[5]
profit and loss[2]
sac and soc
sale or transfer[5]
search and seizure
signed and sealed[2]
sole and exclusive[5]
successor and assigns[5]
terms and conditions[5]
toll and team
true and correct[5]
waif and stray

text: People and fictional characters[edit]

text:
Abbott and Costello
Adam and Eve[2]
Antony and Cleopatra
Ant & Dec
Batman and Robin
Bert and Ernie
Bonnie and Clyde
French and Saunders
Gilbert and Sullivan
Jacob and Esau
Jack and Jill
Laurel and Hardy
Lennon and McCartney
Lewis and Clark
Mel and Sue
Morecambe and Wise
Penn & Teller
Pinky & The Brain
Rodgers and Hart
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Romeo and Juliet
Sonny & Cher[4]
Tom & Jerry
Tristan and Isolde
Tim & Eric
Vic & Bob

text: Rhyming slang[edit]

text:
Adam and Eve
apples and pears
bottle and glass
Brahms and Liszt
dog and bone
frog and toad
hand and blister
north and south
rabbit and pork
tit for tat
trouble and strife
two and eight
whistle and flute

text: Variants[edit]

text: Siamese twins occurring as a pair (that is, having two words occurring together) are also known as binomials. If the variant has three words occurring together, it is also known as a trinomial. Another name for this collocation is tricolon when the three parts are of the same or consistent grammatical form. Many of these could be considered triplets and satisfy the rule of three in writing.

text: Common trinomials[edit]

text:
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
beans, bullets, and bandages
beg, steal, or borrow
blood, sweat and tears
Eagle, Globe, and Anchor
eat, drink, and be merry
bewitched, bothered and bewildered
bird, ball, and chain
calm, cool, and collected
could've, would've, should've
ear, nose, and throat
fat, dumb, and happy
Father, Son, Holy Ghost
fear, uncertainty, and doubt
fraud, waste, and abuse
Friends, Romans, countrymen
Get it? Got it? Good.
gold, silver, and bronze
good, bad, and indifferent
the good, the bad, and the ugly
guns, germs, and steel
hand, foot, and mouth
healthy, wealthy, and wise
here, there, and everywhere[1]
hook, line, and sinker[1]
lather, rinse, repeat
lie, cheat, or steal
lights, camera, action
location, location, location
win, place, or show
hop, skip, and a jump
I came, I saw, I conquered
(no) ifs, ands, or buts
judge, jury, and executioner
left, right and center[1]
life, liberty, and property
lock, stock and barrel
mad, bad, and dangerous
me, myself, and I
nasty, brutish, and short
planes, trains, and automobiles
(neither) rain, nor sleet, nor snow
reading, writing and 'rithmetic
ready, willing, and able
red, white, and blue
sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
shake, rattle, and roll
short and sweet and to the point
slips, trips, and falls
small, medium, and large
stop, drop, and roll
stop, look, and listen
soup, soap, and salvation
sugar and spice and everything nice
tall, dark, and handsome
this, that, and the other
Tom, Dick and Harry[1]
up, down, and sideways
way, shape, or form
whats, whys, and wherefores
win, lose, or draw

text: Legal triplets[edit]

text:
cancel, annul, and set aside[5]
convey, transfer, and set over[5]
give, devise, and bequeath[5]
grant, bargain, sell[5]
name, constitute, and appoint[5]
ordered, adjudged, and decreed[6]
remise, release, and forever quit claim[5]
rest, residue, and remainder[5]
right, title, and interest[5]
signed, sealed and delivered[6]


document_title: List of Indian state flowers

question_text: which is the state flower of himachal pradesh

root

text: List of Indian state flowers

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text: India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is made up of 29 states and 7 union territories. All Indian states have their own government and Union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. As most of the other countries India too has a national emblem-The lion capital. Apart from India's national emblem, each of its States and Union Territories have their own state seals and symbols which include state animals, birds, trees, flowers etc.[1] A list of state flowers of India is given below. See Symbols of Indian states and territories for a complete list of all State characters and seals.

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text:
State
Common name
Scientific name
Image

Andhra Pradesh
Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera

Arunachal Pradesh
Lady's slipper orchid
Cypripedioideae

Assam
Kopou phul
Rhynchostylis gigantea

Bihar
Orchid Tree (Kachnar)
Bauhinia variegata

Chhattisgarh
Foxtail Orchids
Rhynchostylis gigantea

Goa
Red Jasmine
Plumeria rubra

Gujarat
African Marigold
Tagetes erecta[2]

Haryana
Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera

Himachal Pradesh
Pink rhododendron[3][4]
Rhododendron campanulatum

Jammu and Kashmir
Common rhododendron
Rhododendron ponticum

Jharkhand
Palash
Butea monosperma

Karnataka
Lotus
Nelumbo nucifera

Kerala
Golden shower tree
Cassia fistula

Madhya Pradesh
Lilium candidum
Lilium candidum

Maharashtra
Jarul[5]
Lagerstroemia speciosa[6]

Manipur
Siroi lily
Lilium mackliniae

Meghalaya
Lady's slipper
Cypripedioideae

Mizoram
Red Vanda
Renanthera imschootiana

Nagaland
Rhododendron
Rhododendron arboreum

Odisha
Ashoka[7][8]
Saraca asoca

Punjab
Gladiolus
Gladiolus grandiflorus
[9]

Rajasthan
Rohira
Tecomella undulata

Sikkim
Noble orchid
Cymbidium goeringii

Tamil Nadu
Glory lily
Gloriosa superba

Telangana
Ranawara
Senna auriculata

Tripura
Nag Kesar
Mesua ferrea

Uttar Pradesh
Palash[10][11]
Butea monosperma

Uttarakhand
Brahma Kamal
Saussurea obvallata

West Bengal
Night-flowering Jasmine
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text:
Union territory
Common name
Scientific name
Image

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman Pyinma[12][13]
Lagerstroemia hypoleuca

Chandigarh
Palash[14]
Butea monosperma

Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Not Designated

Daman and Diu
Not Designated

Delhi
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa

Lakshadweep
Neelakurinji
Strobilanthes kunthiana

Puducherry
Cannonball tree's flower
Couroupita guianensis


document_title: List of past presumed highest mountains

question_text: what was the tallest mountain before mt everest was discovered

text: List of past presumed highest mountains

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text: The following is a list of mountains that have been presumed, at one time, to be the highest mountain in the world. How general were the following presumptions is unclear. Before the age of exploration, no geographer could make any plausible assumption.

text:
Chimborazo, 6,267 metres (20,561 ft). Presumed highest from sixteenth century until the beginning of the 19th century. Not in the top 100 highest mountains when measured from sea level, however due to the earth's equatorial bulge this is the farthest point from the Earth's center.
Nanda Devi, 7,816 metres (25,643 ft). Presumed highest in the world before Kangchenjunga was sighted in an era when Nepal was still closed to the outside world. Now known to be the 23rd highest mountain in the world.
Dhaulagiri, 8,167 metres (26,795 ft). Presumed highest from 1808[1] until 1847.[2] Now known to be the 7th highest mountain in the world.
Kangchenjunga, 8,586 metres (28,169 ft). Presumed highest from 1847 until 1852. Now known to be the 3rd highest mountain in the world.[2]
Mount Everest, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). Established as highest in 1852 and officially confirmed in 1856.[3]
K2, 8,611 metres (28,251 ft). Discovered in 1856 before Mt. Everest was officially confirmed, K2's elevation became something of an enigma until it was officially resolved at a later date.[2] News media reported in 1986 that satellite measurements by the University of Washington during an expedition to K2 by George Wallenstein had given a height between 29,064 feet (8,859 m) and 29,228 feet (8,909 m).[4] This erroneous figure was quickly retracted, and K2's status as second highest was reaffirmed.[4]

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