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Discussion Topic  RE: The Color of Words (in Potpourri) by Robert Arvanitis
kalleh's opening disclaimer "not the color of color words" reminds me of a test on psychological int......
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Discussion Topic  Detective Descriptors (in Potpourri) by Robert Arvanitis
After an excess of youthful television viewing a list arises spontaneously. Namely, detectives in f......
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Discussion Topic  Unambiguous Ambiguities (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Sometimes there's is just no arguing that a term is ambiguous. I offer "moped." Does that refer to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
wordcrafter Not unlike the ketchup slogan, I await more varieties. Here of course for written works......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Group Nouns (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
A column of accountants, and, a little closer to home, a table of actuaries....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Guess the theme (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Pleased to confirm for wordcrafter I've made a "close" inspection of the OED. (Being near sighted, I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Wordcrafter's new entry "iff" sent me back to "Symbolic Logic" by I. M. Copi (MacMillan, 1967). Mem......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I wonder, is a circular argument as bad as a circular definition? I recall something from Jonson, "......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Swords (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Despite the initial admonition, I hope wordcrafter will indulge an interesting passage on foil/epee/......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Swords (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
If I may turn the conversation to playing cards, we derive "spade" from the Greek sword... Spade (2......
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Discussion Topic  Reality-Challenged (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I've never liked the term "virtual reality," on the belief that "reality" ought not take modifiers. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The press reflects on Reagan (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
It may be of interest that hegemony is derived from Hegemone, one of the early forms of goddess who ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Repetitiously Redundant (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
My better half has leapt to my rescue. jheem makes a good point that language must be redundant som......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Repetitiously Redundant (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
CJ Stolin has (carbon) dated me. I do seem to recall a song "When the moon hits your eye..." And t......
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Discussion Topic  Repetitiously Redundant (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Or....periphrastically pleonastic. Or....circumlocutory prolixity. When my little guy asked "what d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Nice correlation, markmywords.. I suspect that human nature always makes the next-country-over to s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Thank you for starting the thread -- The one on Securities Markets was already morphing into this, f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Next we'll hear that there's no relationship amongst: Dutch uncle, double-dutch, Dutch concert, Dutc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I suspect 'dead cat' is a tribute to the ability of cats to land on their feet, unlike the stockbrok......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Good connection jheem. Perhaps you'll add "brownian" to the eponym page? Imagine flipping a (fai......
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