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Discussion Topic  RE: Decimation and changes of meaning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
of course you are all quite right about the definition shift of decimate; but to my mind there isn't......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dirigisme (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
>There is nothing more in the on-line dictionaries. OneLook® led me to this Encarta entry: gov......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
>guess whose site? yes, that was a bit of a nefarious ploy, wasn't it?! but actually, according ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
an antonym for feckless?! why, feckful, of course! YCLIU ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Martha Stewart Words" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
there are of course lots of citations without the qualifier; to wit, "How would'st thou haue payed M......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
>I hate the sound of [feckless]. what the feck are you talking about?! (this by way of saying, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Martha Stewart Words" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
yes, the definitions of confuse and conflate are often conflated, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Viral Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
boy, howdy! I guess it must be true: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
>Most dictionaries I've consulted give two pronunciations for orthoepy, including the OED Online.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
see also ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
troiism - the sending of the daily word three(3) times at a go (well, that's how many copies *I got......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciations and Mispronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
which has caused me to wonder why there are two pronunciations given for orthoepy by the usual gang ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Forgotten English (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
Pleased I am to find this thread, as I had last year's calendar (a gift), but was too cheap to buy y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cultural differences (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbifying Revisited, Part 2 (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
>>What makes a word a word? Because 2 dictionaries carry "incent" and "inc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sheer Enlightenment (in The Written Word) by tsuwm
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Discussion Topic  RE: diamerdis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
ah, remindful of ye olde Reverse Midas Touch®*. I think I'll just reply discreetly to this query and......
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Discussion Topic  diamerdis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
I received a query about this word, which shows up via Google® mostly in the intro to Ammon Shea's "......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What do you call....? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bromatology -- more food words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
I. semese, a. - rare. [ad. L. semes-us, f. semi- + esus, pa. pple. of edere to eat.] Half-......
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