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Discussion Topic  RE: from the news (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
WHAT is being raised is the same -- pilus, hair. HOW it is being raised differs. Erect relates to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Promiscuous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Geoff: Good remembering. It seems I have repeated myself, in a different context: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Promiscuous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
From the "Wind and the Lion" ......
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Discussion Topic  "Yes, but can you make it THIS small?!" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Ran across an article about the smallest legible font. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Theme: Unexpected Meanings in "Little Women" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
My favorite use of the word, from The Wind and the Lion. "Eden: And this is your way? Abducting wom......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Figurative animal-adjectives (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Let's not forget the Italian classic: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Miscellaneous Words Again (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Miscellaneous Words Again (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
So it's illegal to buy or sell organs, but it's ok to swap organs of like kind? How about a kidney ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Code Words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
"Euphemism" does not have the same pejorative connotation as the conspiratorial "code word." It's a......
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Discussion Topic  Why so dead? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
There are a number of expressions with "dead" as an unlikely modifier: dead certain dead eye dead g......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Postpositive Adjectives (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
In "Rabbit Redux" critics feel John Updike returned to a character in the most positive sense possib......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms Redux (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Economic application here: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms Redux (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
The visual is fascinating: ......
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Discussion Topic  Floral Terms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal, on the origins of floral terms. ......
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Discussion Topic  Inseparable words versus separts (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
There are a number of words where the "separated" form is unable to stand alone. For example, while......
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Discussion Topic  RE: There's a name that body-thing?! (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
...which is why we refer to the epicanthic fold....
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Discussion Topic  Cool new site (in The Written Word) by Robert Arvanitis
Etymological geography, or, if you prefer, geographical etymology: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unspelled Pronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Same thought for sough and slough......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unspelled Pronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
kalleh: It does seem the difference is English/American, with original Greek having the "k" sound a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unspelled Pronunciations (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting that "schedule" shares an etymology with "schism."...
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