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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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Poll  RE: Ceramist (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would also say "ceramicist", but if I had to say ceramist, I would pronunce it the same way as Tro......
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Discussion Topic  RE: how do words mean? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I think the "planet" controversy could be viewed similar to the meaning of the word "state". There ......
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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: What American accent do you have? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
It got me as Wisconsin or Chicago. I would tend to lean away from Wisconsin, but that is probably c......
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Discussion Topic  Personification vs. Anthropomorphism (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
The first is defined as ......
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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: "Booty" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The term "booty call" means visiting a person for the sole purpose of having sex....
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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: Eponyms (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I would imagine the "ch" in Fuchs is the same as in Bach....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banished Words and Phrases for 2006 (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
What exactly is the problem with Gitmo, and why is it this year it has been added to the list? I pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
There are pidgins with only a few hundred words which are almost as expressive as a language like En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banished Words and Phrases for 2006 (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I first heard wicked meaning "good" probably about 12 years ago, although it seems to have died down......
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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: The Establishment (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Often abbreviated as TPTB, the Powers that Be....
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Discussion Topic  RE: sense of sense (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
It threw me for more than an instance. I think one possibility is "the, or more often, a particular ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dactyl Riddle (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
I think that is the hardest riddle ever....
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Discussion Topic  RE: words with changed meanings (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I agree with zmjezhd. It doesn't make sense for a polysemous word to have to have dozens of senses.......
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