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Discussion Topic  RE: What "ist" it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I think your have to go back to the root word with -ism before deciding on good or bad. Only if you ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mnemonics (in Potpourri) by Graham Nice
As a Chemistry teacher, I know loads, and have probably forgotten more. Most Englishmen Possess Big......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The language in Minnesota (in Potpourri) by Graham Nice
Hundreds and Thousands are still in general use as an ice cream topping or something to go on top of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: At the risk of reopening old wounds (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Good old TES. I liked the stress on the fact that it doesn't really matter too much either way! What......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Hodge-Podge of Reduplicatives (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Graham Nice
I will try my best to use the phrase niminy-piminy before the day is out. Argy-bargy is something t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's today? (in Potpourri) by Graham Nice
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Discussion Topic  RE: A Hodge-Podge of Reduplicatives (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Graham Nice
arty-farty, airy-fairy and bierdy-wierdie all sum up certain types of people very well. What happen......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Flowery language (in The Written Word) by Graham Nice
In my school, we conventionally capitalise subjects, so Law is fine. We might also put grades in bol......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I have just had another look at the title of the thread. Surely the N-word and yid are a little more......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Xenophobia embedded in our language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
We had similarly racist sayings in my Berkshire childhood. In the UK there is a sizeable minority wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I think we do use a few baseball metaphors in the UK. We have a band called Leftfield, and I know it......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do I speak ironically, or sarcastically? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I apologise for ever offending anybody through sarcasm/irony confusion. Anyway I have a few question......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
Far more interesting than my humdrum usage. The thought of ladies turned on by Steely Dan makes me l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sparks redux (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
What does redux mean then? Rabbit did it and it has always bothered me....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
P-- T--- was the phrase I knew, though I never met one. Does FM mean anything in the US?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Logomachy: Valuable geographical names of foodstuffs (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I believed that story about the world series being named after a newspaper. Just think of all the wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Adjectives and adverbs oft gang agley (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
I will stay true to my new name and not get in any fights, but really.... Anyway, the opposite of f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Adjectives and adverbs oft gang agley (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
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Discussion Topic  RE: Adjectives and adverbs oft gang agley (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Graham Nice
The quick/quickly confusion is interesting. What is the logic behind 'faster' being an acceptable ad......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Weird and Wonderful Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Graham Nice
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