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Discussion Topic  Fun usage: “metonym” (in The Written Word) by shufitz
I found several interesting usages in today’s Wall Street Journal. I’ll post separately, to facilita......
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Discussion Topic  Clean his clock (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I heard someone say, "He'll clean his clock," meaning 'dominate; overpower; win utterly". Where do......
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Discussion Topic  Physicists Humor (in The Written Word) by shufitz
It seems that improvisational comedy is being taught to the CERN-collider physicists studying subato......
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Discussion Topic  Reading in your sleep! (in Potpourri) by shufitz
The things you find while looking for other things! Here's a 1924 newspaper account of training me......
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Discussion Topic  "Porphyria" and colors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
A doctor discussing the disease ......
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Discussion Topic  What kind of deal is this? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
The radio has been airing an annoying ad-jingle that puns on the word ......
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Discussion Topic  'Faux-mosexual' (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Apparantly a new word has been created. A ......
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Discussion Topic  OED odd on sex? (in Potpourri) by shufitz
This was prompted a thread where Proofreader notes the sexual meaning of the term ......
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Discussion Topic  "debris": pronunciation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
On the radio, I was surprised by how a BBC pronouncecd the word ......
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Discussion Topic  Fish pedicure (in Potpourri) by shufitz
Not related to anything linguistic or important, but you might enjoy this article titled ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by shufitz
The MD was ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by shufitz
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by shufitz
The bank teller was ......
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Discussion Topic  Cross words about crosswords (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
The local paper has long had a crossword puzzle, each accompanied by the previous day's solution. Re......
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Discussion Topic  Favours and Favourites (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
What was the now-obsolete meaning of being the ......
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Discussion Topic  "get" sunbeams from cucumbers" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Recently, reading Swift’s ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The dis- game (in Word Games) by shufitz
It looks to me that Tross is being systematic, starting with the beginning of the alphabet and worki......
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Discussion Topic  "sorrowful" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
It strikes me that there’s something wrong with this headline, but I can’t figure out what. For con......
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Discussion Topic  The dis- game (in Word Games) by shufitz
A lawyer can be disbarred, and a priest can be defrocked. There really ought to be like terms for b......
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Discussion Topic  A fetching thought (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
How come something can be ......
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