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Discussion Topic  RE: "Ethics" in Illinois (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
This is slightly frightening. I've been in exams where I finished 10 minutes before anyone else, ev......
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Discussion Topic  RE: boo-ya(h) origins (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
It is one of the catch phrases of SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott....
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Discussion Topic  RE: A punctuation question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
They are pretty good rhymes to me....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What American accent do you have? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
It got me as Wisconsin or Chicago. I would tend to lean away from Wisconsin, but that is probably c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: gossip :- from kinship term to chitchatting verb (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
That's a fun etymology, thanks....
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Booty" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
The term "booty call" means visiting a person for the sole purpose of having sex....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Role of Libraries? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
When I was younger, I went to my local library all of the time, often checking out the same books. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Did it take? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I think the expression comes from "take hold". ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: the keyboard of the imagination (in Foreign Words) by Seanahan
To me, this topic is entirely about what constitutes poetry. One can look at something "poetically"......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Eponyms (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
I would imagine the "ch" in Fuchs is the same as in Bach....
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Discussion Topic  RE: a lexicon of memetic concepts (in Links for Linguaphiles) by Seanahan
Interesting use of the word "pwnz". I would have used "rulez" or "r0x0rs"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banished Words and Phrases for 2006 (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
What exactly is the problem with Gitmo, and why is it this year it has been added to the list? I pr......
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many words? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
There are pidgins with only a few hundred words which are almost as expressive as a language like En......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Banished Words and Phrases for 2006 (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
I first heard wicked meaning "good" probably about 12 years ago, although it seems to have died down......
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Discussion Topic  RE: MSN (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've always heard of the mainstream media to describe news sources other than tabloids, like the "Na......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Aha! moment" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I would probably say, "had a Eureka!", although this is somewhat abusive. Another possibility is "a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Hanukkah (in Community) by Seanahan
In my experience, Jewish people from Chicago and the East coast pronounce it me-NOR-ah. Furthermore......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Establishment (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
Often abbreviated as TPTB, the Powers that Be....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Who/Whom (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Furthermore, you can't say "Whom do you like?", you have to "Whom do ye like". This dumbing down of......
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Discussion Topic  RE: sense of sense (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
It threw me for more than an instance. I think one possibility is "the, or more often, a particular ......
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