Clocks
Clocks noun - European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage.
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Kicks
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Essentially, clocks within clocks within clocks: the "kicks" that wake people one stage closer to reality, but don't work more than one level deep.
Source: Film / Inception - Serial Escalation kicks inhalfway through God of Clocks, when she escapes Cospinol's pot—from that moment to the end of the book is one long Crowning Moment of Awesome for her.
Source: Literature / Deepgate Codex -
Toulouse swings from the rafters and knocks the gun from Warner's hand; Nini uses her high kicks to knock Warner upside the head and keep him from recovering the weapon; the Argentinian clocks him with a door; and the sitar player brains him with his instrument.
Source: Film / Moulin Rouge!
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