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Discussion Topic  RE: Promiscuous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Proofreader, I would have guessed you'd say "Promiscuous" was the titan who stole fire from the gods......
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Discussion Topic  RE: 101 great programming quotes (in Wordplay) by Geoff
From the introduction: "People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they?" Huh? I've l......
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Discussion Topic  RE: World Toilet Day (in Potpourri) by Geoff
I find it absurd that in the USA toilet paper has become euphamized into "bath tissue." Just try ba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Promiscuous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Promiscuous (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Yes. I no more think of "promiscuous" as relating exclusively to sex than I do "morality," although......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Calling "Ralph" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
A long since deceased German American friend used to refer to his noisy children as ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cutlery (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Hello, Kit! In the USA one sometimes hears, "kitchen utensils," and since "utensil" and "tool" are ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Which is it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Have you got a sharp knife handy? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limerick Game: Penola (in Wordplay) by Geoff
Mine's unworthier and irreverenter than yours, Proof! I was tired and needed something to get my br......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Tetchy (in The Written Word) by Geoff
IIRC, it was fairly common in the USA back in the 1950s, but is rare now. I think it was used in so......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Calling "Ralph" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Which is it? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I've always heard ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Training? (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Those overly PC types need a dose of First Amendment! ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Calling "Ralph" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Z, Ive known Germanic and Scandanavian men named either Rolf or Ralf. Variations on the same name, ......
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Discussion Topic  Calling "Ralph" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
While we in the US use this expression as a euphamism for vomiting loudly, it doesn't work with the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Franchise? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Being the preccriptivist prig that I am, it doesnt work for me because "an Al Quaida" contains redun......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bucket list (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I guess you've not seen the Britcom, "Keeping Up Appearances," Proof. There's a Mrs. Bucket who pr......
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Discussion Topic  Bucket list (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
What is it? What does it mean?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Simpson's Paradox (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I thought it had to do with the unlikely success of Homer, Bart, Marge, et. al....
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Discussion Topic  Squat (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
A friend recently asked what the origin of the slang expression, "I didn't get squat" was. I'm incl......
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