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Latin Phrases Bastardized in English

English inherited some Latin phrases, either verbatim or translated. However, there are also some phrases we use in our day-to-day language that are in Latin but take on new, more specific, meanings in English. This quiz focuses on this last category.
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Meaning in English-Speaking Culture
Latin Phrase Used in English
A meeting to debrief after a newspaper has been published
post mortem
A research method whereby a journalist asks passers by for their opinions and experiences
vox populi
A public statement that recognized fault
mea culpa
An object that symbolizes the passage of time and one's upcoming death
Memento mori
The period of US history before the Civil War
ante bellum
The period of US history after the Civil War
post bellum
Legal services offered free of charge for people or corporations in need
pro bono
Internet accessed through cell service
data
A university degree with a grade point average above an absolute or relative threshold
summa cum laude
Not counterfeit
bona fide
The school from which one graduated
alma mater
A tune repeated in a lot of songs to foreshadow death, symbolically
dies irae
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