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Discussion Topic  RE: Culminate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
It sounds to me like the committee wrote a paper, which then had someone do two years of work. It's......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dark Origins of Nursery Rhymes (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Which one was the linguist, again? Matt Damon or Heath Ledger?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: She's a shoe-in (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Amsterdam has very specific laws regarding prostitution in an attempt to allay those fears, Kalleh. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tap dancing politicians? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
It would make more sense if the word were "telegraphed". Look at definition 3b of telegraphed. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nauseous? Nauseated? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I use the former exclusively in conversation. If someone nauseated me, I would say, "you made/make ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Practical Joke (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
A practical joke is a joke that involves action. A regular joke is something you say, with a punchl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Google bombs (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I like Google-Fight. You google two queries, and the query with the most hits is the victor....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gnosis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Evolution of swearing (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Arête (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've only ever heard of arete meaning virtue. I was exposed to it in Philosophy 100 and have heard ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Collectives-Idiomatic (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Well, you can start with groups of animals, a murder of crows, a pride of lions, an exhaltation of l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Route (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Or antagonist......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Route (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Like Cat, I always say "Root 66" to rhyme with boot. There are probably some contextual reasons beh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Route (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I obviously grew up hearing both, as I see no difference in rout(like out), or root(like boot) as pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: She's a shoe-in (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Remember, "it's not the teat, it's the tumidity"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: eponyms page - major omission? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Lolita is of course from Nobokov. Another eponym like Spartan is sparse, which comes from Sparta,......
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Discussion Topic  Irony (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
We all know irony is "the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention". Ho......
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Discussion Topic  RE: They also serve ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: She's a shoe-in (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Kalleh, men don't look at nurses and say, "Hey a nurse, now there's a sex object". On a whole, men ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words from pre-scientific revolution (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
On the note of atomos(from Democritus, I believe), I read an interesting essay by Asimov. If instea......
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