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Discussion Topic  RE: A test about tester (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
...then in this usage "test" is related to the French word "tête" (= "head"), and the circumflex acc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: panoply (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
Again, not from dictionary - A palimpsest is a canvas or parchment or whatever that has been used ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: panoply (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
Is this not a case of language and usage evolving faster than the dictionaries? It touches also on t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Animal words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
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Discussion Topic  RE: A BBC delicacy! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
Did I just finally get the "tin ear" reference? from Rin Tin Tin, via "Rover was killed by a...P......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanglish (and others) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
I suspect it's much older than Ogden Nash. Though I'm sure he would have approved if it had been bl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Animal words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
I haven't looked it up, but here is my understanding: A SHELL is an external covering usually made ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Spanglish (and others) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two Tudors to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it ha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Animal words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
an exoskeleton, usually made of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Individuals in society (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
I've only encountered it before in the name "Peirian Sodality," a.k.a. the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchest......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tom Swifties (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
...Actually, I thought the choir's "indecorous" remark was the best we've seen lately. Bassically I ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Individuals in society (in The Vocabulary Forum) by haberdasher
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Discussion Topic  RE: Foreign (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
...don't know where it fits in chronologically, but for a while we saw references to "ESL," S standi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cliches (in The Written Word) by haberdasher
...as is "money is the root of all evil."...
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Discussion Topic  RE: A BBC delicacy! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
I plead guilty to calling it Bon Mar-SHAY, but that's on account of assuming that it was meant to be......
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Discussion Topic  RE: An Elementary Major General (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
It's probably repeating a dead horse, but isn't there a word for breaking words in unexpected places......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Latin ordinal numbers? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
I like "Ist" and I'll wager I'm not the only one. You have no grounds for feeling defensive! Koko ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Shion (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
from Bartleby's: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Shion (in Questions & Answers about Words) by haberdasher
(actually I would guess the more important difference is with the -e as opposed to the -y)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Double Negatives (in Wordplay) by haberdasher
A double negative is not the same as an affirmative, actually, except in a purely two-valued system ......
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