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RE: Basketball terms used figuratively
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A 'jump ball' is an uncertain situation. The opposite, a certainty, also has a basketball name. ......
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March 28, 2006 08:02
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In the US, college-basketball's annual season culminates in a nation-wide tournament that occupies t......
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March 27, 2006 06:58
RE: Eponyms - outrageous and/or obscure
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A personal favorite here. ......
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March 26, 2006 11:43
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Linnaeus, when he named the botanical and zoological species, typically named them after scientists ......
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March 25, 2006 09:33
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In 1867 the United States purchased part of Russia's vast territory in the northwest corner of the N......
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March 22, 2006 08:52
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How did a saint's name become associated with a lady of easy virtue? The Athanasian Creed, traditio......
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March 21, 2006 06:40
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We'll take an extra day on our "New Beginnings" theme, to look at a word that circled the Mediterane......
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March 20, 2006 06:58
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'Napron' lost an ......
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This week we've seen, in various tongues, migrating sounds involving a noun preceded by the definite......
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March 18, 2006 12:55
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A reader asks the distinction between metanalysis and neologism. A good question, so I decided to po......
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Let's look at the pattern of this week's words.......
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March 17, 2006 07:36
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March 16, 2006 07:08
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Spanish 'el lagarto' shifted its ......
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March 15, 2006 07:24
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Quite right; reptilian. Corrected. Thanks! ......
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March 15, 2006 07:20
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'Apron' comes from a slippage of the ......
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March 14, 2006 06:55
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This week we'll look at some familiar words that were formed by misunderstanding of the start of the......
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March 13, 2006 07:35
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March 11, 2006 07:54
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Today's term can be confusing. It measures distance, but some authors see the word 'year' and think ......
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