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RE: Perfect Reduplicatives
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Since the "nearly identical" reduplicatives pre-date my membership here, I take the liberty of shari......
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April 13, 2010 03:47
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Let's not forget the Italian classic: ......
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January 09, 2010 08:53
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November 06, 2009 16:52
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Inspired by wordcrafter, found an excellent site which explains many of the chromatic phenomena. It ......
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November 03, 2009 20:28
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When in Siberia, beware the shatuny....
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November 01, 2009 18:33
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So it's illegal to buy or sell organs, but it's ok to swap organs of like kind? How about a kidney ......
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October 27, 2009 21:18
RE: Book Reviews: Fertile Ground for Word-Hunting
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Merriam-Webster says of "dyspeptic:" Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from dys- + pepsis digestion, fr......
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October 19, 2009 05:13
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Might even fit back with "words that just sound naughty"...
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October 09, 2009 08:33
RE: Double Entendre: Doublet Meaning
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The Online Etymology Dictionary has no clue about rote in the sense of learning: "rote c.1300, in ......
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October 07, 2009 14:18
RE: Double Entendre: Doublet Meaning
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Burden stirs a recollection: "Honor" and "onus" share a common etymology, from the Latin for burden......
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September 30, 2009 20:30
RE: Why so dead?
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Seeing Proof's take on that set me looking, and here's what turned up: ......
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September 18, 2009 12:42
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"Are you sure?" "I'm tax serious!" "How did you know, detective?" "That clue was a tax giveaway." ......
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September 18, 2009 08:45
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"Euphemism" does not have the same pejorative connotation as the conspiratorial "code word." It's a......
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September 18, 2009 05:34
Why so dead?
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There are a number of expressions with "dead" as an unlikely modifier: dead certain dead eye dead g......
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September 18, 2009 05:18
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In 2006 I saw an entry on "glicée," ......
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September 16, 2009 07:38
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As the seat of will, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex is a personal favorite....
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August 24, 2009 18:35
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Asa - Yes, the one-humped version was in fact bred for speed... Proofreader - Is that why they call......
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August 23, 2009 12:23
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Interesting taxonomy (from Wikipedia): * potamodromous fish migrate within fresh water only (Greek:......
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August 23, 2009 03:41
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Supervolcanoes? Superheroes, superstars, supermodels, supersize it... No one without a superlative......
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August 18, 2009 09:34
RE: Postpositive Adjectives
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In "Rabbit Redux" critics feel John Updike returned to a character in the most positive sense possib......
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