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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd fruits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
wordnerd-- You can get mangosteens canned here in the States, but it ain't the same thing. For the f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Odd fruits (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
The mangosteen is a fantastic fruit. Purple, pithy outer covering. Cream-colored flesh. Little, flat......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Kissing a fool: chiasmus (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Ink-stained wretch" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: Malversation (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Well, it came in through French ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Ink-stained wretch" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
So, Jesse Sheidlower (of the OED) suggests that it was the Man Who Came to Dinner, i.e., Alexander W......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Ink-stained wretch" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
I don't know, but I see a bunch of Yiddish-speaking type-setters....
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Discussion Topic  RE: This usage grates (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Actually, to pick a nit, neither of the example sentences is passive. Reliant is an adjective and no......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Least favorite words? (in Potpourri) by jheem
I usually hear and use tweak only in its fine adjustment meaning. I think it comes from electronics ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: scrophulariaceous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Well, scrofula comes from a Latin word ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Stress (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
I heard and read it before: nothing to stress (out) about, nothing to stress over, don't stress, don......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Highly appropriate sayings (in Potpourri) by jheem
Kalleh writes: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Greek for "Love" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Not a problem, Robert. I just thought folks'd be interested in the etymology. I wondered about Delph......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Greek for "Love" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Gk ......
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Photo Album  RE: What is a "robin"? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
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Discussion Topic  RE: Boss Sauce (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
That's interesting. So the term ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Flexible orthography (in Potpourri) by jheem
Yes, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A word for it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
Asexual, for me, has stronger connotations of having no sexual organs or not using sex to reproduce,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Baseball words in England (in Potpourri) by jheem
While looking for an etymology of ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Boss Sauce (in Questions & Answers about Words) by jheem
As with many things in the '60s, the adjectival form of the word boss is a bit older than one would ......
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