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Discussion Topic  RE: "anabasis" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
The "military retreat" meaning of anabasis seems to stem from Xenophon's book ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Blasphemy (in Potpourri) by zmježd
A good dictionary lists the words in a language, all of their meanings and usages. On hacker, see th......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Epicaricacy" found! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Well, I was misinformed about the OED's policy on inkhorn terms. They must have ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Epicaricacy" found! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Epicaricacy" found! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I would say that the first occurence of a foreign word in the literature does not support its being ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Thank-you-ma'am (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I have run into the etymology in one of Charles E Funk's books, but, alas, not a thank-you-ma'am in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Auschwitz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
It may have to do with Belsen being liberated by the British Army and Auschwitz being liberated by t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Epicaricacy" found! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I've never had a problem with the Greek word for schadenfreude. It is επιχαιρεκακια. After all, it i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Auschwitz (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Yes, but if Belsen fits and gets an entry, so should Auschwitz....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apotheosis v. epitome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Interesting, the etymologies are from Greek ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: World Scrabble Championship (in Potpourri) by zmježd
Therre is an ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ships (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: Summer reading (in The Written Word) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: -ship (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
I'm sorry for my pettiness, jo. Please accept my public apology....
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Discussion Topic  RE: -ship (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
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Discussion Topic  RE: Viewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
And folks in the cinema used to be called movie-goers. A music professor friend of mine used to get ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: -ship (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
The suffix -......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Viewer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
Well, the viewers of a play are called an audience (from Latin ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Linguistic Past Lives (in Potpourri) by zmježd
I'd call it wishful thinking rather than linguistics. Since I don't even believe in life after death......
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Discussion Topic  RE: We're boned (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd
The expression ......
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