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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: 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: "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: vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've found that if I am reading poetry aloud, I say the vowels exactly the same. I don't ever recal......
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Discussion Topic  vowel sounds of sleep/deep (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've noticed that when I say "sleep" the vowel is significantly shorter than when I say "deep". The......
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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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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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Discussion Topic  RE: words with changed meanings (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
The words "knight" and "knave" underwent interesting semantic shifts....
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