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Discussion Topic  RE: buck up! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've heard from any number of places that "pass the buck" was used in poker. Evidently a buckskin m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A song by any other name... (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I'm in a hurry this morning, so a bad pun... A warrior that battles a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Dominant Animals: Insects (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
What is the etymology of the weird bd?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Availability bias" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
When phone polls are conducted, there is an inherent availability bias, that is, only people with ph......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
From Feist's Silverthorn, we get "the cell had been blanketed by some ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Old/Middle English to Modern (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Blasphemy (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Blasphemy (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
In general, the word blasphemy has taken on a much broader term than just the religious sense. In a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unpleasant places (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I remember a camp song I learned from my father called "Happy Sunday School", which is how he learne......
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Discussion Topic  RE: OED's thought-processes (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
At first glance, there are a couple of things which come to mind. First, it could be the text from ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Precious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Precious is often used to describe a "cute" mannerism of a child. Such mannerisms quickly disappear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apotheosis v. epitome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I first heard the word apotheosis from a Babylon 5 episode titled "Falling Towards Apotheosis" where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Has anyone read this book about language? (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Just for future reference, if you could include the name of the book somewhere in your post, people ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bilbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Tolkien was a philologist, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was some meaning of bilbo which corre......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Zit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I'd say pimple and zit are both pretty common. I use pimple more often that zit, and rarely use acn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Zit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Google (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kalleh's Mom? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Google (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: The-saurus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Of course, knowing the Greeks, the word could have come from sources much farther from home. It cou......
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