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Discussion Topic  RE: Epi- words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by arnie
I never saw the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbing of nouns re-revisited (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is Lady Mondegreen available ??? (in Wordplay) by arnie
We've discussed mondegreens a few times. Here are links to a couple of the threads: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "coup de grace" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The definition of "a decisive, finishing stroke" is what is extended, metaphorically, to mean any fi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "coup de grace" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
"The cherry on the top of the cake" is a pretty common metaphor here for the finishing touch to some......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "coup de grace" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
The final part of the definition, "a decisive, finishing stroke", is the sense in which your parents......
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Discussion Topic  RE: It's about time we had another quiz - so, a quiz about time (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
OK, here goes: 1. antibiotic - 1940s 2. astronaut - 1920s 3. bulldozer - 1930s 4. chain-store - 192......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Animal words revisited (in Potpourri) by arnie
HW Fowler states in ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: My moment of publishing glory (in Wordplay) by arnie
As Bart Simpson would say, "Eat my shorts". ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Slang: sometimes ephemeral; sometimes presistent (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I think the term "sheik" dates from around the 1920s. Rudolph Valentino set female hearts a-flutter ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: psyops (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
At the beginning of the second World War in 1939 both the British and Germans sent out their bombers......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do I speak ironically, or sarcastically? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  Pope or Parson? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
I saw a reference today in an American book to the rump of a roast turkey as "the pope's nose". In E......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Sparks redux (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do I speak ironically, or sarcastically? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
There is only one instance of irony in that whole song. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Writers on Writers (in The Written Word) by arnie
I don't think US President Warren G. Harding ever pretended to be a writer, but here's a wonderful d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: All the World is a Pun (in Wordplay) by arnie
Oh what did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware What did Del-a-ware boy, what did Delaware She wore a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quid-ity (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
No-one really knows where the slang word "quid", meaning a Pound Sterling, comes from. See ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do I speak ironically, or sarcastically? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by arnie
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