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Discussion Topic  RE: Ashley Judd: etymology in the news (in Potpourri) by arnie
Michael Quinion recently wrote about seersucker in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by arnie
The Take Our Word for It site (cited by Kalleh) looks like it may have become defunct. The last upda......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Special Word of the Moment (in Potpourri) by arnie
I've seen it spelt only as "rigmarole". As usual, Michael Quinion has an excellent article on it at ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Elide (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I can't bring to mind an example, but I have certainly seen "elide" used in the way Kalleh mentions,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Varieties of Written Works (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Detective Descriptors (in Potpourri) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Two antennas (in Wordplay) by arnie
A while later they had two kids; one of each: UHF and VHF....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gantlet vs. gauntlet (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I didn't know the variant "gantlet" existed until this post. I see that it appears to be an American......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Detective Descriptors (in Potpourri) by arnie
Elderly Foreign (I could list their countries, such as China, France, etc.)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Korkease (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I've no idea, but the use of the capital letter seems to indicate the use of a trade name....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Entertain (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Well now, "to provide amusement" is a pretty good definition of "to entertain". When we entertain so......
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Discussion Topic  RE: winkelhake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: computer tests vs. pencil/paper ones (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I'm certainly no expert on this, but I would have thought that students with ESL would have used com......
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Discussion Topic  RE: winkelhake (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
It's not a single word, but there is a hyphenated phrase "raggety-arsed" (or "raggity-arsed") which ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dirty words (politicaly speaking) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
Just in case anyone was wondering, the chorus to ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: meritocracy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Poll  RE: "which" vs. "that" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
According to The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms: ......
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Poll  RE: "which" vs. "that" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I was told a rather sad tale today by a journalist friend. In an article he wrote "Whether [Tony] Bl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pedicab (in Potpourri) by arnie
This morning I saw a guy pedalling a mobile billboard around London. He was lying back in a sort of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pedicab (in Potpourri) by arnie
The company name on the side of one I saw today was "London Bicycle Taxis". This is despite the fact......
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