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Discussion Topic  RE: Jerry did WHAT? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Phonetically, jerry-rig seems to be an alteration of jury-rig by association with the unrelated and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jerry did WHAT? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well this is interesting. The original term is jury-mast, a temporary or helping mast, and from that......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lock of Hair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
No, not German, Germanic. Common ancestor of English, German/Dutch, and Scandinavian....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms make a mulligan for wrecklessness. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Never heard of 'mulligan'. And 'wrecklessly' has some 7000 ghits, many of which are evidently intend......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lock of Hair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Lock the hair (OE ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Britannia (in Potpourri) by aput
The original personification was on Roman coins, with some of the attributes of the later representa......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 'Hard words' from "River Horse" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
Indeed, the Macbeth is why any reasonably educated person should know 'incarnadine', as it instantly......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Salutations (in The Written Word) by aput
I use "Dear Madam/Sir" for an unknown addressee, and also use the standard distinction of "Yours fai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Andragogy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
No, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms for Sexual Intercourse (in Potpourri) by aput
discussing Ugandan affairs...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Adjectives from proper nouns (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In mathematics removal of the capital is a high honour, not accorded to all eponyms: Hermite is comm......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ntrstng thry (in The Written Word) by aput
ntllgbl r nntllgbl?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Across the lifespan (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Actually no. I was puzzled by it at first, then thought it must refer to goods or products, or perha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pharming (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think if you have a broadband connexion at home, that's permanently on so would need a fixed IP ad......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Brevity in writing (in The Written Word) by aput
But you only feel doubt because you know, in this case, the right fact, and it jars. Say it said the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pharming (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
An unfortunate word, because pharming is well-established as meaning pharmaceutical farming. I would......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Most important book? (in The Written Word) by aput
Coming ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: so that? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word needed for new web-spam (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
All of the clones should have some kind of identifying small print like "ripped off Wikipedia under ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Us Yanks" vs. "We Brits" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Any adjective can be used on its own in noun-like positions in certain contexts: The poor will alway......
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