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Discussion Topic  The Tangled Web (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Sunday (NY) Times magazine had an article on lying, with the interesting assertion: "English has 11......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Poontang (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
The notion of censoring software brings to mind a cartoon. The administrative assistant asks the ex......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sincerest Form of Flattery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Asa: You may not have the rights to your own DNA -- see for example current Scientific American art......
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Discussion Topic  Are There Untranslatable Word Games? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
A chance inquiry intersects with a Vocabulary thread, to yield the captioned question. Wordcrafter ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Poontang (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Medical Latin includes the term "pudendum..." For the persistent - pudendus, from gerundive of pudE......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sincerest Form of Flattery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Caterwauller has got the flavor I was seeking on shifting emphasis, given one's personal perspective......
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Discussion Topic  Sincerest Form of Flattery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
A family "discussion" has arisen. Since the issue involves words and shades of meaning, I of course ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Waters of the World (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Perhaps we can lay the difficulty on the Greeks. "Limnos" means pool, and lends itself to a Greek s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Waters of the World (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Tracing the Latin palus, for marsh, I found ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Waters of the World (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Riprap holds the flow of water. Words can do the same -- hold, guide, shape the flow of ideas. See......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Palindrome's pals? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Asa: Perhaps "cyclical," as in some algebras. Wrap the word around a clock, with initial letter at......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Antedating the OED (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Google hits: Misogyny - 922,000 Misandry - 56,500 Misanthropy - 516,800 Cuts the lead to 60%.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: People you don't admire (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
"Stand up and repeat 'Tis the Voice of the Sluggard' said the Gryphon." The Lobster ‘Tis the voice ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cutlery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Dinner gathering on New Year's Day. The Greeks cut the Vasilopita ("Basil Cake") on the first, looki......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Devilish Derivation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
OR Not... I didn't find "Mephisto" etymology, hence the appeal. But shufitz's post suggested searc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Devilish Derivation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
The ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Devilish Derivation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
shufitz,I believe you've nailed it. One use of learned terms is to hide underlying ignorance. In r......
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Discussion Topic  Devilish Derivation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Music, Liszt especially, triggers the question. We know Satan, the devil, Ol' Nick. A host of Gree......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd and Amusing Scientific Names (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
The Manx emblem is known in Greek as the triskelion, from three + legs. In turn, skelos (literally ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: bald-faced vs. bold-faced (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Brings to mind the poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). I seem to recall lines like "Oh b......
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