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Discussion Topic  RE: Basketball terms used figuratively (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
A 'jump ball' is an uncertain situation. The opposite, a certainty, also has a basketball name. ......
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Discussion Topic  Basketball terms used figuratively (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
In the US, college-basketball's annual season culminates in a nation-wide tournament that occupies t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms - outrageous and/or obscure (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
A personal favorite here. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms - outrageous and/or obscure (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
Linnaeus, when he named the botanical and zoological species, typically named them after scientists ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms - outrageous and/or obscure (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms - outrageous and/or obscure (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
In 1867 the United States purchased part of Russia's vast territory in the northwest corner of the N......
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Discussion Topic  Eponyms - outrageous and/or obscure (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
How did a saint's name become associated with a lady of easy virtue? The Athanasian Creed, traditio......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
We'll take an extra day on our "New Beginnings" theme, to look at a word that circled the Mediterane......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
'Napron' lost an ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
This week we've seen, in various tongues, migrating sounds involving a noun preceded by the definite......
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Discussion Topic  Metanalysis vs. neologism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordcrafter
A reader asks the distinction between metanalysis and neologism. A good question, so I decided to po......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
Let's look at the pattern of this week's words.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
Spanish 'el lagarto' shifted its ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
Quite right; reptilian. Corrected. Thanks! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
'Apron' comes from a slippage of the ......
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Discussion Topic  False Starts (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
This week we'll look at some familiar words that were formed by misunderstanding of the start of the......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Astronomy terms, and metaphor (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
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Discussion Topic  RE: Astronomy terms, and metaphor (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
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Discussion Topic  RE: Astronomy terms, and metaphor (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordcrafter
Today's term can be confusing. It measures distance, but some authors see the word 'year' and think ......
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