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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Goofy: "Claiming that a word has a certain meaning is not being prescriptivist. It's just stating a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
arnie: No, no seriously, don't give up. Go to OneLook under algorithm and see if some of the defs ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
arnie: I wouldn't be too sure about that. First of all, "algorithm" is often used to mean not prog......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Guys, don't get me wrong. As a fellow card-carrying prescriptivist I maintain that broadening or st......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Guys thank you, this is all extremely enlightening. Other sources agreee that "algorithm" isn't a s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Bob: Thank you again. While I realize that Word, Outlook, and Norton are programs, none of these i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Thanks again guys and don't stop Tho it's becoming clear that "routine" is still the closest zm: a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
zm: Thank you for that excellent rundown. I will be first to admit my vocabulary is more free-rang......
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Discussion Topic  RE: algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
zm: Thank you kindly for all that. But please, where else have I used it incorrectly Isn't spam r......
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Discussion Topic  algorithm, routine (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gates loop (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Rich, very common indeed and I like your examples better than mine...
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Discussion Topic  The Establishment (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
What do you understand by this term To me ~ constitutes a gigantic institution fueled by greed, the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gates loop (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Rich: No I disagree. Any noun can be used as an adjective. Thus Barbie Doll, Mason-Dixon Line, Si......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gates loop (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
If "Gates" is considered an adjective no apostrophe is required However, it's often omitted in the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gates loop (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
k: Not so sure about that. Let's ask Arnie...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gates loop (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
arnie: Thank you for that scholarly reply. Well at least my proposed neologism applies well to the......
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Discussion Topic  Gates loop (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Earlier this morning accessing a sister site (which for reasons of protocol must remain anonymous), ......
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Discussion Topic  I was just sayin' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
Lately I note this expr used in mitigating response to an unwarranted umbrage, eg John: What a colo......
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Discussion Topic  fair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by dalehileman
The cops wouldn’t help him because he was a fair –NYPD Blue I can't provide further context but by ......
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Discussion Topic  dating a neologism (in Potpourri) by dalehileman
Repeatedly in the past I've broached the subject of finding the earliest use of an expr without reso......
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