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Discussion Topic  RE: Antedating the OED (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Google hits: Misogyny - 922,000 Misandry - 56,500 Misanthropy - 516,800 Cuts the lead to 60%.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: People you don't admire (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
"Stand up and repeat 'Tis the Voice of the Sluggard' said the Gryphon." The Lobster ‘Tis the voice ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cutlery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Dinner gathering on New Year's Day. The Greeks cut the Vasilopita ("Basil Cake") on the first, looki......
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Discussion Topic  Devilish Derivation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Music, Liszt especially, triggers the question. We know Satan, the devil, Ol' Nick. A host of Gree......
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Discussion Topic  Long and the short of it (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Long walk for a short beer Long walk off a short pier Two expressions for a disappointment, a less-......
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Discussion Topic  RE: On a Roll (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
...or a joint (post-1960s) ...or a drunk (pre-1960s)...
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Discussion Topic  RE: On a Roll (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Chris: Poets speak of "scan of ear" versus "scan of eye." I give the former precedence, for poetry......
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Discussion Topic  On a Roll (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Has Wordcraft ever discussed the multiplicity of words on a roll(role)? Barrel... Tootsie... Bank........
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Discussion Topic  Exotic Idiom (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Anyone know the origin of the phrase "send in the llamas?" Gave me an almost-but-not-quite feeling ......
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Discussion Topic  Collectives-Idiomatic (in Potpourri) by Robert Arvanitis
In contrast to the metric system, English measure is a jumble of idiosyncratic ratios and history-bo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: chekovista (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
To museamuse's point -- I assert the Mexican dish "fajitas" is actually derived from the Greek "phag......
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Discussion Topic  So seductive, but false... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
"Equerry" is one who cares for the royal horses. One intuits the horse connection, but the word is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
The cocktail is named for the Stalin's Prime Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov. This is special, because......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dry Wit (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Full marks to Stoppard, since his Broca's region was first fixed on Czech. But he got to England by......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Useless words ..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Reverting to the byplay on "gay," I ran across an interesting divagation: Here's an interesting sto......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Useless words ..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Government and Rule (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Is "vers" perhaps closer to the idea of turning, than behaving? Thus a bad turn. Cf. adverse, adv......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Useless words ..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
OR in teen-speak... "Whatever."...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Bell" Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Only if you take a jaundiced view.......
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