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Discussion Topic  RE: Group Nouns (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
A column of accountants, and, a little closer to home, a table of actuaries....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Guess the theme (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Pleased to confirm for wordcrafter I've made a "close" inspection of the OED. (Being near sighted, I......
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Discussion Topic  Reality-Challenged (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I've never liked the term "virtual reality," on the belief that "reality" ought not take modifiers. ......
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Discussion Topic  Repetitiously Redundant (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Or....periphrastically pleonastic. Or....circumlocutory prolixity. When my little guy asked "what d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Nice correlation, markmywords.. I suspect that human nature always makes the next-country-over to s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Dutch" phrases (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Thank you for starting the thread -- The one on Securities Markets was already morphing into this, f......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Next we'll hear that there's no relationship amongst: Dutch uncle, double-dutch, Dutch concert, Dutc......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I suspect 'dead cat' is a tribute to the ability of cats to land on their feet, unlike the stockbrok......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Good connection jheem. Perhaps you'll add "brownian" to the eponym page? Imagine flipping a (fai......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Historical footnote -- Investment banks purport to represent both those who have money (investors) ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: From the securities markets (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
I have heard an early use of "underwriter," in the insurance sense of the word. When first explorin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Ides of March: Caesar words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting note on double superlatives brings to mind a thought on "grade inflation" for adjectives......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Ides of March: Caesar words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
It seems even the Romans "kept up with the Jones.." Agnomen (n.) An additional or fourth name give......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Ides of March: Caesar words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
A brief check of National Geographic site confirms the Roman practice, that interest was due on the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Excellent explanation of homo-nym/-phone/-graph. I once collected multiple-homo-sets. For example:......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
jheem wrote: "Wouldn't somebody in Russian use Cyrillic ш?" I suspect the writer was thinking of ho......
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Discussion Topic  Tonality (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Listening (involuntarily) to Japanese anime theme music, the thought occurs: What is the interplay ......
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Discussion Topic  Hybrid words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
No ancient Greek or Roman would have used a word like "carbohydrate," even if they wanted to lose we......
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Discussion Topic  RE: An aptronym? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I find an interesting etymology, more jocular than learned: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Ran across an interesting usage "Taškent," versus the more usual "Tashkent." Someone in the Russian......
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