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Discussion Topic  RE: Sports jargon in business (in Potpourri) by arnie
We use "hung out to dry" commonly over here, so I doubt any connection with American football. I can......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Occupations Surviving as Surnames (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
When I was young, our family's next-door neighbours were Mr and Mrs Cooper. Mr Cooper had been a coo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Shingle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The word ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Creole (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I thought when I saw the heading you were talking about the language, which is a result of the mixin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The two crack test (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: The two crack test (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
One of my favourite threads in this forum was the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sports jargon in business (in Potpourri) by arnie
On occasion I have dozed off in front of the TV and woken up at dead of night to find US football or......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dictionaries (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Dictionaries with one- or two-word definitions are pretty well useless. It is rare for the true flav......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sports jargon in business (in Potpourri) by arnie
Out of curiosity, is the term 'hospital pass' used in the USA? In rugby and football (and by extensi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game - cantle (in Wordplay) by arnie
Three and four for me, please....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Shingle (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've always seen it used as Wally mentioned. It's not a phrase used here in the UK, but I have assum......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Californicate (in Potpourri) by arnie
You mean to say you've never heard of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album named ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Interior Designers (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The Wikipedia article simply says "dietitian (sometimes spelled dietician)". In other words, it's ju......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The two crack test (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Speed Bumps (in Potpourri) by arnie
We were taught to say 'no bid' always, not 'pass'. Someone might mistake the word for a bid in 'hear......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Speed Bumps (in Potpourri) by arnie
I'd not heard of that term in Bridge, either. According to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Heart attack: early warning (in Potpourri) by arnie
How about a variant of Bob's first suggestion? Concerned how often we have fun,...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game - cantle (in Wordplay) by arnie
<Bump> I almost missed this, too. Mine is on its way....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Speed Bumps (in Potpourri) by arnie
Yep. "Speed bumps", "road humps", and "sleeping policemen" are all used. Town planners tend to cal......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Right Honorable (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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