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Discussion Topic  Newspeak and prescriptivism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Although I've attempted to accept the non-prescriptivist position of the linguists here, I am left w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: pyxis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Interesting stuff! Thanks for sticking with it and getting registered! Geoff...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jumbo VI (in Word Games) by Geoff
Sorry. I just don't comprehend how it works. I'll bow out. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: For Know-it-alls (in Word Games) by Geoff
I just saw something in the news about actor Johnny Dupp. Something about hauling dirt in a dupp tr......
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Discussion Topic  Corporate ownership of language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
San Francisco Gate recently ran an article about a restaurant that serves such simple dishes as maca......
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Discussion Topic  RE: pyxis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
What's happening here? I can't see z's messages any more! I clicked on preferences and it says I'm......
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Discussion Topic  RE: pyxis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Fooey, z, your link won't work! At any rate, I'm always suspicious of English words with an "x" in ......
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Discussion Topic  Miserlou loves company (in The Written Word) by Geoff
If you've seen the movie, ......
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Discussion Topic  Steamed about Steampunk (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Where did this term come from? I looked it up, and it seems to derive from a Sci-Fi writer's anachr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: pyxis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  aglet/aiglet (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
This word is uncommon enough for the Bluffing Game, but I'm too curious about its etymology to use i......
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Discussion Topic  Bluffing Game: Speculum (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Nary a woman in first world countries doesn't know what a speculum is - but that's not all it is. Y......
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Discussion Topic  I'm left wondering about the right (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
How did we come to think of "left" as being liberal and "right" as being conservative? Was it from ......
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Discussion Topic  More on silly names for coffee sizes (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Elsewhere we recently mentioned Starbucks' using Italian names for their coffee sizes. I can't find......
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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  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  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  weltanschauung vs. umwelt (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
As used in English, what differentiates these two German loan words? Is it just the difference betw......
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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  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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