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Discussion Topic  RE: OED on basketball (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
It is almost always said as "A pull-up jumper", as in, you stop moving forward, lift the ball up as ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pinker's latest (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I bought this book last week and am slowly working through it. Pinker crams so much information int......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "going viral" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
A viral video is a video that becomes very popular on the internet, particularly YouTube. It descri......
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Discussion Topic  RE: New term: "sexile" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I didn't recognize it at first since I've never heard it in that tense. I heard "sexiled" many time......
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Discussion Topic  RE: being "jake" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Best WWII book? (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
As long as you are mentioning Vonnegut as WWII books, I'll suggest Catch-22, one of my all time favo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: a "quant" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Back to the original point, I hear quant used to describe any computer science PhD working for an in......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pomma Point (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
To quote the Comic book Guy, "There is no emoticon for what I am feeling"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd phrasing (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
There's an expression, "The best defense is a good offense". I typically use it when I'm told to be......
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Poll  RE: Bryson Question recast as a poll (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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Poll  RE: Bryson Question recast as a poll (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Could someone please explain to me exactly why this is a joke?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Prosopagnosia (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I learned about this word when I first studied Cognitive Psychology in college. It actually lends s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "disenfranchised" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
When I read Winston Churchill, he talked about the "franchise", where Americans would talk about uni......
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Poll  RE: A question of google. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would say "I'm googling it"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: decimate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
For a long time, I didn't know about tithe meaning 10%. Actually, I didn't know the actual meaning ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: We could use these words! ;) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The momentary pause of sunlight when you go under a bridge is known as the "heliopause"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: most irritating Net words (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
There's a Cairo along the Mississippi, in Illinois I think, and they pronounce it Kay-row, just like......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Antiquated Words - Oddballs Only (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I think it is a pretty antiquated word. David Eddings uses it fairly often in his fantasy novels, b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wordplay on The Simpsons (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Mr. Burns yacht is named "Gone Fission"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Wordplay on The Simpsons (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I've always enjoyed "Camus can do, but Sartre is Smartre!" This is Homer's response to a joke with ......
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