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Discussion Topic  RE: Bill Clinton's Crossword (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
For those who have even a casual interest in Crossword puzzles, I recommend this book. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A brief study of letter frequency in English (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would think a better judge would be a corpus of English text. The letter "e" may not be the most ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: karass and granfalloon (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
That quote is directly from the book. The karass containing many of the characters from the book ha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: karass and granfalloon (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I made a list of the various words from Bokonism at Wordie. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Coined Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I use this word every time someone says embiggens, which my generation actually use fairly often, d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Vocabulary Quiz (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I got around 117,000, but I think that number is, to put it bluntly, crap. Many of the words were p......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronouncing the "T" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: squirrel dancing (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I see nothing inherently wrong with dwarf tossing, as long as it is consensual....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sports jargon in business (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Come to think of it, the position of closer is relatively new to baseball, as is the concept of reli......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sports jargon in business (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
The expression "in the ballpark" is from baseball, and is a widely used expression. The term "close......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sports jargon in business (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I use baseball jargon often, and occasionally I will use the term "balk" in the baseball sense and a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Playing the piano (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I use "I play the trumpet" more frequently than "I play trumpet", but find both acceptable....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The two crack test (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Before Kalleh's suggestion, I thought something like the butt crack and cleavage, but felt too bashf......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "spoonerism" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
On the lines of Beeping Sleauty I have heard "Rinde-cella", who "slopped her dripper". I thought it......
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Discussion Topic  RE: THREADS (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I have to say that "threads" sounds pretty dated to me....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Immoral 'blue' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Actually, the OED says "to talk a blue streak", meaning a constant stream of words, so "to swear a b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: regolith (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
OED says it is erroneous from the Greek word for rug/blanket, plus the suffix lith. Apparently coin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: table vs table (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Someone (an American) at my office (in America) said "I'd like to table such and such a restaurant".......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A good day yesterday (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I enjoyed ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chinglish (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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