Wordcraft Home Page    Wordcraft Community Home Page    Forums    Search    Search Results
Page 1 ... 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 ... 134
Go
New
Find
Tools
Search Results: (2666 matches) New Search Login/Join 

Discussion Topic  RE: Book Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by shufitz
......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Vocabulary Forum

Discussion Topic  "Ligature" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I've been vaguely aware of the word ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: Chancery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Interesting. Could the source be Dicken's view of the british court system, where being in court w......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
When [Thomas Edison][Joseph Swan]* fired him, he was ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay

Discussion Topic  RE: Avaricious (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
I think of avarice as lust for money, but here's an example meaning lust for goods:......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  OED includes words never found in use (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
We tend to think of OED as the authority defining 'what is a word': what OED includes counts as a wo......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  New term: "drill down" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
One nice thing about driving long distance is that as you listen to the radio for diversion, you may......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  Whatchamacallits and doohickies (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
What do you call the something that's on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-but-I-can't-think-of-the-word-for-it?...
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: feedback as a countable noun (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
aput says, "it makes sense: 'We've had two feedbacks asking about...'." Musing here. If 'feedback' ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  Origin of "PU" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Why does 'PU' refer to a bad smell?...
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: Perchlorate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
Much of that I understand, jheem. But can you give a few examples of 'impersonal' verbs, with valen......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
In the old days of ships of mast and sail, an experienced sailor was said to 'know the ropes'. But ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay

Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
They forced the king from office, for ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay

Discussion Topic  RE: If you're fired, you're de-__ (in Wordplay) by shufitz
The artist was ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay

Discussion Topic  European Babel (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
The countries in the EU have different languages. To avoid offending any country, the EU uses each a......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: "Neck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  "Neck" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
One more ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: like a broken record (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  Not sarcasm; not irony ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
What would you call the literary device being used in this witty description I came across while rea......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words

Discussion Topic  RE: Compl__mentary (in Questions & Answers about Words) by shufitz
This, found in ......
Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words


» Refine Search
» New Search

  Powered by Social Strata Page 1 ... 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 ... 134 

Wordcraft Home Page    Wordcraft Community Home Page    Forums    Search    Search Results

Copyright © 2002-12