Permanent and Temp

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Permanent noun - A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals.

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Temp is an antonym for permanent.

Temp noun - A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.

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Permanent is an antonym for temp in topics: temporary, lasting only a short while, temporarily helping.

Nearby Words: temped, temping

It gives a temp power upon completion which seems to be permanent, until you hit level 50 at which point you can trade it in for Incarnate shards.

Source: Video Game / City of Heroes
Donna Noble doesn't even have a permanent job—she's a "temp," or employee hired on a daily basis to fill in for absent workers—but her knowledge of office life is incredibly useful, not to mention her ability to quickly figure out how new-to-her workplaces function.

Source: Heart Is an Awesome Power
Several of these are status-effect related (Body Temp, Antibody, Locomotion), and grant perpetual, permanent immunity to their respective status effects (Heat/Freeze, Poison/Venom and Slow/Stop, respectively), allowing you to render many of the game's nastier status effects ineffective.

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