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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
Back to the original subject. Gnaw Bone, Indiana, supposedly came from a mishearing of the original......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Polygamy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
I note without comment the antepenultimate word in the first sentence. NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (OneWorld)......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Gallic Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by wordnerd
Exactly, winterbranch. The spelling is ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Risible/Ludicrous/Ridiculous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
Interesting question, Asa. A web note offers the view, "This was originally a fly fisherman's term d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do you question everything? (in Wordplay) by wordnerd
Do tuits come in any form other than the round one?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Quotations (in The Written Word) by wordnerd
Though I've never read ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bi- (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
Carrying this further: We have other, perfectly good words to mean "every two weeks," etc. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bi- (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
American Heritage Dictionary tangles the whole thing into an unholy mess. For the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
I just stumbled on this report in the press: ......
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Discussion Topic  The cost of poor English (in Potpourri) by wordnerd
Kalleh said ......
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Discussion Topic  Polygamy (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
Two questions: For "polygamy", meaning multiple spouses, we have two separate subwords: "polyandry......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Do you question everything? (in Wordplay) by wordnerd
Could a ......
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Discussion Topic  A weird example of the global importance of English (in The Written Word) by wordnerd
Apparently Korean parents, hoping to improve their children's pronunciation of English, are now prov......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
I vaguely recall hearing that Exton, Pennsylvania was named because the location, on a map, was mark......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Oddly-birthed geographical names (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
From the web: In 1927, two geologists, responsible for naming many of the small streams in Alaska,......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Revanchism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
Interesting word. I like it. Etymology on line says, "revanchist - 'one seeking to avenge Germany'......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Catechresis (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
I looked it up in one-look, and found the spelling slightly different: "catachresis". ......
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Discussion Topic  "Lasering" in the health insurance industry (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
The newspaper explains this new word better than I could. (I've simplified the quotation.)......
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Discussion Topic  New word: digital shoplifting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordnerd
The news reports a problem with the new camera phones. Bookstore customers are using them to snap a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Six letters to fun--thread 5 (in Wordplay) by wordnerd
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