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Discussion Topic  RE: Innovation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
In general, WordNet synonym sets are accurate. As an ontology, it is fairly accurate. I don't know......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Innovation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Tinman, despite my rather extensive experience with WordNet, I'm not certain that I trust it as a s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Onboarding (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I consider this no worse than "deplaning", which assumes that "planing" means "to board a plane". I......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "in high dudgeon" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
A "dudgeon" appears to be a hilt of a dagger, possibly made from wood. How this relates to "high du......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Economy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Just to be clear Richard, you are using a trillion to mean 10^12, which is one million * one million......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Mis-attributed quotes? (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
"There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" is often attributed to Twain, alt......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Birth of "Venus" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
Well, I certainly think that in 50 years, only old people will consider Pluto to be a planet. As fo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Birth of "Venus" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I must disagree with you Wordnerd. The use of language is dictated all the time. When I was in hig......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Birth of "Venus" (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
Jupiter, the king of the gods, happens to be the biggest of the planets. I don't believe the Greeks......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Ethics" in Illinois (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
This is slightly frightening. I've been in exams where I finished 10 minutes before anyone else, ev......
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Discussion Topic  RE: boo-ya(h) origins (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
It is one of the catch phrases of SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott....
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Discussion Topic  RE: A punctuation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
They are pretty good rhymes to me....
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Discussion Topic  RE: gossip :- from kinship term to chitchatting verb (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
That's a fun etymology, thanks....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Role of Libraries? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
When I was younger, I went to my local library all of the time, often checking out the same books. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Did it take? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I think the expression comes from "take hold". ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: MSN (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've always heard of the mainstream media to describe news sources other than tabloids, like the "Na......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Demotivation (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
If at first you don't succeed, then maybe failure is what you're good at....
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Aha! moment" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would probably say, "had a Eureka!", although this is somewhat abusive. Another possibility is "a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Establishment (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Often abbreviated as TPTB, the Powers that Be....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Who/Whom (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Furthermore, you can't say "Whom do you like?", you have to "Whom do ye like". This dumbing down of......
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