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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I thought it was "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously". Back in college, my first linguistics pro......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Kalleh, if you read neveu's post again, you'll see "three". ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Yet more PC nonsense (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
After 9/11, a certain radio company, which will remain nameless, banned an absurd list of songs, one......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's the word for....? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I was going from homo = same, logos = word, but that didn't really capture it. What I was going for......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's the word for....? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
My initial gut feeling is homologue(homolog)?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Close, but it was actually said by Churchill. That isn't even my favorite Churchill quote. "Mr. Ch......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Nope, lower case is correct, although I can see why it is confusing, as the mathematician in questio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I usually say "Let's get lunch", or even "Let's go to lunch". I probably also say "have lunch", but......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
On not being able to end sentences with prepositions, "It is something up with which we should not p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
For the record, I doubt any of you will get this joke. You are the lucky ones. Those who get this ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's that word? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Man, I butchered that joke/anecdote, whatever it was....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's that word? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
You see, Astrology is the combination of Astronomy and Cosmology, and since Astronomer and Cosmologi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
That's a good definition. It took my brain a minute to wrap about the definition. On that note, do......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I've always liked "Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you can never blame too deeply", mostly because ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
"If you're not fired with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm" -Vince Lombardi Is there a n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less-known meanings of familiar words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
And in America, I've never heard clock or riddle used in either. Maybe this is because I've never h......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Less-known meanings of familiar words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I never really though of sublimation as the lesser known of the two words. Of course, the band Subl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Misuse of Words - What annoys you? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
My computational linguistics professor last semester made a point that if we used hapax legomena whe......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Workaholic: anachronism? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The show started taking place in 1976, and has gone on for 6-7 seasons now, so it is quite possible ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Hard words' from "River Horse" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
You missed my favorite use of the word incarnadine, oh wait, the only time I've really ever heard it......
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