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Discussion Topic  RE: Bangs vs. Fringe (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
But of all the dislocations between English and American, my favorite is the "everyone-take-one-step......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library tha......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Useless words ..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Reverting to the byplay on "gay," I ran across an interesting divagation: Here's an interesting sto......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Oh yeah, Arnie? Then what about the Alien and Sedulous Act of 1798? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Whereas "assiduous" 1538, from L. assiduus "busy, incessant, continual, constant," from assidere "t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Well, "sedulous" screams "seditious" to the ear. Not a bad thing I suppose, if you are in diehard o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Jane Austen #3 (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
"Ineffective, outmoded, obsolete, sent out to pasture." UK term "superannuation fund" carries a sad......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Useless words ..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Government and Rule (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Is "vers" perhaps closer to the idea of turning, than behaving? Thus a bad turn. Cf. adverse, adv......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bangs vs. Fringe (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I seem to remember a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Useless words ..... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
OR in teen-speak... "Whatever."...
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Bell" Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Only if you take a jaundiced view.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
Off the political track (or maybe not, considering the message)... "Gul" recalls the Turkish sayi......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Words of Elections and Voting (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Robert Arvanitis
A deep throat alleges a plot to gerrymander the entire Congress, but that's just so much spin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: BOUSTROPHEDONIC (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
Pleasure in petting the pet is pet-hedonics...
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Discussion Topic  Phonics are Phun (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
A phirst grader's class assignment -- phind words with "ch" in the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluffing Game: BOUSTROPHEDONIC (in Wordplay) by Robert Arvanitis
I recuse myself from answering the true meaning, being Greek. However, I note that an alternative p......
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