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Discussion Topic  Exotic Idiom (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Anyone know the origin of the phrase "send in the llamas?" Gave me an almost-but-not-quite feeling ......
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Discussion Topic  Collectives-Idiomatic (in Potpourri) by Robert Arvanitis
In contrast to the metric system, English measure is a jumble of idiosyncratic ratios and history-bo......
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Discussion Topic  So seductive, but false... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
"Equerry" is one who cares for the royal horses. One intuits the horse connection, but the word is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Hard words' from "River Horse" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Terrific find -- excellent example for the "nice distinctions" category. Visit ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Full marks to Stoppard, since his Broca's region was first fixed on Czech. But he got to England by......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Oh yeah, Arnie? Then what about the Alien and Sedulous Act of 1798? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Whereas "assiduous" 1538, from L. assiduus "busy, incessant, continual, constant," from assidere "t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Well, "sedulous" screams "seditious" to the ear. Not a bad thing I suppose, if you are in diehard o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
"Ineffective, outmoded, obsolete, sent out to pasture." UK term "superannuation fund" carries a sad......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Only if you take a jaundiced view.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Off the political track (or maybe not, considering the message)... "Gul" recalls the Turkish sayi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
A deep throat alleges a plot to gerrymander the entire Congress, but that's just so much spin......
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Discussion Topic  Phonics are Phun (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
A phirst grader's class assignment -- phind words with "ch" in the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
And from ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Also on the topic of wet/dry, an interesting contrast between American and Japanese culture and perc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Wait, kalleh. Isn't a failed joke sometimes called a "damp squib?"...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I assure this august body, that my own ethnic heritage in no way influences my preference for the cl......
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