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Discussion Topic  RE: Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
PS: Given its etymology,I wonder why plastic surgeons aren't called taxidermists?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
While Parkesine is a thermoplastic (The first, in fact - generally called celluloid) Bakelite is a t......
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Discussion Topic  Word plasticity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
When pondering the manner in which the term, "plastic" has changed, it occurred to me that words the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A turkey of a question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Right. So did they import turkey vultures too? ......
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Discussion Topic  A turkey of a question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I got curious about the etymology of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Allah (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
So none of the Hebrew-based religions actually says the specific name of their deity. Thus the stat......
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Discussion Topic  Dragon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
On a model airplane site someone mentioned Fafnir, the Norse, and later German, shape-shifter who tu......
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Discussion Topic  RE: the politics of prescriptivism (in Potpourri) by Geoff
He seems to have left out some words, so I'm utterly confused by this material. Also, why the inser......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 11/11/11 (in The Written Word) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: I hope I'll be peppered with answers... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Thanks for the info. I could find nothing! Henceforth I shall refrain from referring to chilis as ......
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Discussion Topic  I hope I'll be peppered with answers... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
when I ask the definition of "pepper." I've recently learned that so-called bell peppers have no ca......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Are you armed? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
That depends on how they are used. Whack someone with one and it's a weapon; yell at someone at clo......
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Discussion Topic  Huh??? (in Potpourri) by Geoff
From the Muncie, IN Craigslist: Three wheel bike and Two wheel bikes Am I missing something? Does......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Throw you out on your ear! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
My late mother used it, but I doubt I've heard it in thirty years. Archaic, I suppose, but you aren......
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Discussion Topic  Say whattttt? (in Potpourri) by Geoff
From an on-line article about Herman Cain: Having two African Americans running for President just o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Aristophanes had it right (in Potpourri) by Geoff
I guess one should take the term, "salary" with a pinch of salt....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Who eats what? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Who eats what? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
There's one advantage to eating lots of veggies, as these folks can attest: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Who eats what? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
To my way of thinking, this flick is touting a vegetarian diet: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tofu (in Potpourri) by Geoff
I'll smile next time I eat tofu! There used to be a vanity plate in Oregon that read, "BEZ MOI." I......
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