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Discussion Topic  RE: Chancery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
If I recall from my law school days, chancery dealt with multiple kinds of cases; I don't know wheth......
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Discussion Topic  cognates: 'moon' and 'month' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
nevau, noting that the english words meaning moon, month are cognates, ......
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Discussion Topic  "Ligature" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I've been vaguely aware of the word ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chancery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Interesting. Could the source be Dicken's view of the british court system, where being in court w......
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
When [Thomas Edison][Joseph Swan]* fired him, he was ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Avaricious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I think of avarice as lust for money, but here's an example meaning lust for goods:......
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Discussion Topic  OED includes words never found in use (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
We tend to think of OED as the authority defining 'what is a word': what OED includes counts as a wo......
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Discussion Topic  New term: "drill down" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
One nice thing about driving long distance is that as you listen to the radio for diversion, you may......
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Discussion Topic  "Tit for tat" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
CW used the phrase "tit for tat". Where does that phrase come from? A little googling turned up an ......
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Discussion Topic  Whatchamacallits and doohickies (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
What do you call the something that's on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-but-I-can't-think-of-the-word-for-it?...
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Discussion Topic  Origin of "PU" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Why does 'PU' refer to a bad smell?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
In the old days of ships of mast and sail, an experienced sailor was said to 'know the ropes'. But ......
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Discussion Topic  "Eating crow" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
How did 'to eat crow' come to mean 'to humbly admit error'?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
They forced the king from office, for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
The artist was ......
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Discussion Topic  European Babel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
The countries in the EU have different languages. To avoid offending any country, the EU uses each a......
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Discussion Topic  "Neck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
One more ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  Not sarcasm; not irony ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
What would you call the literary device being used in this witty description I came across while rea......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fugly (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
It's familiar here. However, the f-combination that particularly tickles my fancy is an Australian......
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