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Discussion Topic  RE: Offender (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The OED tries to find the earliest example of the word being used with that specific meaning. Later......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Offender (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
As for dildo, the etymology is unknown at dictionary.com and I don't have access to the OED online. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Often you will hear the concept of a Universal Grammar. That is the idea that our brains are hardwi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Shall/Should (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I'd say those are some of the most complicated usage notes I've ever read on dictionary.com, illustr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does it take to be an American / Brit / Aussie? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does it take to be an American / Brit / Aussie? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I'm trying to go through my list of vegetarians in my head and I can't seem to find any Christians, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why-Fi? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
You're right zmjezhd, Ackerman wasn't intending it to be derogatory, although it fairly soon became ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why-Fi? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Sci-fi originated as a derogatory term, kind of like "Big Bang". The American Sci-fi channel shows ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
So, I would never say "There is none left", however, I would certainly say "There's none left", whic......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Well-meaning but incorrect grammar "rules" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I don't like I would ever say "none is left", that sounds terribly ungrammatical to me, while "none ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why-Fi? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Yes, it is a decent attempt at a pun, sorry I didn't mention that, but it is the same pun as Sci-Fi.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why-Fi? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The Wi is for Wireless. Many people have laptops with wireless internet cards, and many coffee shop......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does it take to be an American / Brit / Aussie? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I have seen an episode or two of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
To go to grad school in engineering, you take the GRE, and they basically ignore the verbal score. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does it take to be an American / Brit / Aussie? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Back in college we had a floor barbeque, pay for out our floor funds. The RA who ran it obviously d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would imagine it is a euphemism for poor. Most of the engineers I knew in college thought that a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does it take to be an American / Brit / Aussie? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: What does it take to be an American / Brit / Aussie? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I'm allergic to cats, does that make me un-American? How can you not have at least heard of "The Wi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Language-creation by metaphor (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I thought it was "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously". Back in college, my first linguistics pro......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
From the Daily Show tonight, "George Bush declined to speak for the NAACP for five years in a row, d......
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