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Discussion Topic  RE: Gun metaphors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Possibly apocryphal Mae West quote: "Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gun metaphors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
They sent a librarian to war with Manila envelopes? Now I'm ALL confused!...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gun metaphors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I think that was Farragut, not Dewey. Dewey was a philosopher who invented library cataloguing. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gun metaphors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
And no doubt the Norse man's name ......
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Discussion Topic  Names as descriptors (in Potpourri) by Geoff
In bygone days one's family name often described one's occupation, and those names are still with us......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gun metaphors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I think some of the above predate firearms, and/or don't relate to them. "Troubleshoot?" Hmmmmm......
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Discussion Topic  Bluffing Game: Gaffer (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Most of us are familiar with the movie making job of gaffer - they're in charge of the lighting - an......
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Discussion Topic  Pyrrhic victory (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
In the Bluffing Game I posted a daffynition of "donnybrook" as being the battle won by King Harold p......
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Discussion Topic  Origins of "Slav?" (in Potpourri) by Geoff
After peeking in at the palindrome thread it occurred to me that some languages don't have alphabets......
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Discussion Topic  More nails in my prescriptivist coffin (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Deleted. Wrong link. See below for proper text....
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's WORST jokes (part one) (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Some scientists who study the nature of the universe add Alka Seltzer to champagne because it's a fi......
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Discussion Topic  At bay (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I can't find the origin of the above term. While "bay" has several definitions, only one seems to b......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Newpaper articles of interest - Part II (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Speaking of bollocks, perhaps it's time for a reverse invasion from England to France: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: World's WORST jokes (part one) (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Viagra: L. via, path, and PIE root gra, seed. Thus Viagra means seed path. Kinda makes sense! ......
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Discussion Topic  Dashpot (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
While what's left of my right brain was in tick-over mode (idling for us in the US) ......
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Discussion Topic  Is language over 70,000 years old? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  "A horrific accident of a man"??? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by Geoff
When the Knights Templar got the axe, they were ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: Epigone (in Wordplay) by Geoff
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