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Opposite word for “cursive”, as related to writing — jdstankosky 32411
16h ago
Why is “happyness” spelled with a Y in the movie title “The Pursuit of Happyness”? — dada123 106116
23h ago
What are the distinctions between “authoritarian”, “totalitarian”, and “dictatorial”? — Fixee 1,3391934
1d ago
“Maximum” vs. “maximal” — nickf 5031511
jun 15 at 16:50
Cold turkey as expression — Juanillo 446312
jun 14 at 22:40
What does Theoden's quote in The Two Towers 'oft evil will shall evil mar' mean? — chris.w.mclean 1594
jun 14 at 18:19
Is there a difference between “holiday” and “vacation”? — benregn 3722511
jun 14 at 10:26
What is the origin / reason for adding asterisks within swear words like f**k? — JonW 1536
jun 13 at 5:52
“How does it look?” — alexlo 2578
jun 12 at 11:46
Fine semantic differences between “thus” and “therefore” — Cru 513
jun 11 at 14:32
Expression for parents who are “silly” happy? — Jon 1593
jun 10 at 21:29
What is the meaning and origin of the common phrase “the world is your oyster”? — RoboShop 8493613
jun 10 at 6:15
What is the exact meaning of “blood-dimmed (tragedy),” and how does it pass current among Anglophones? — Yoichi Oishi 15.3k638169
jun 9 at 21:15
Difference between “I'm fine” and “I'm good” — Anonymous 8831325
jun 9 at 12:04
Neither do I / Nor do I / Me neither / Me either — Suchi 26028
jun 8 at 14:45
Does the word, ‘peruse’ have a single meaning of ‘attentive reading,’ or double, contradicting meanings of ‘attentive’ and ‘cursory’ reading? — Yoichi Oishi 15.3k638169
jun 7 at 7:43
Why do we say that an obscene joke is “off-color”? — Bruce James 59614
jun 5 at 21:46
Word identification - unfriendly smile while talking — rraallvv 2106
jun 5 at 21:46
What is the difference in usage between “lethal” and “fatal”? — Shyam 7,87732255
jun 5 at 17:25
A word that describes the polite phrases we use to begin our letters — Jamie Dixon 21219
jun 5 at 15:09
How do you get from the literal meaning of “all bets are off” to the idiom? — Billare 9,323949161
jun 2 at 0:32
Can “wet” be used for liquids other than water? — terdon 1,84415
may 31 at 19:11
What is the word to mean to apply attributes of an entire race to a single individual? — Chloe 22315
may 31 at 12:26
Difference between “slacks”, “pants”, and “trousers”? — Tim 2,80722462
may 30 at 12:03
Is “authentification” a real word? — Matt Phillips 15615
may 30 at 7:43
Does English have half-graded antonyms? — Bradd Szonye 4,6892828
may 30 at 1:03
What is the difference between a proverb, an adage and an aphorism? — z7sg Ѫ 8,18911962
may 29 at 21:32
Is the usage of 'personally' in 'I personally don't like something' redundant? — Enigman 19326
may 29 at 20:17
What's the origin of the idiom “to cut your teeth on something”? — Fylke 1535
may 29 at 15:12
Are there any names of food that are associated with political correctness other than Fried chicken? — Yoichi Oishi 15.3k638169
may 29 at 5:52
Correct usage of “persons” (vs. “people”) — Blama 5314
may 28 at 17:51
Is “misconfigured” a word? — Chris Dwyer 4,58372351
may 28 at 1:40
Origins of possessive pronouns — gpr 1,975617
may 27 at 23:05
Adjectives with Latin etymology when noun has non-Latin etymology — asymmetric 1855
may 27 at 8:09
Etymology of “flounder” — Carlo_R. 4,37621036
may 26 at 10:34
Is the phrase “I just sucked it out of my thumb” used in American English? — Farrel 25118
may 24 at 19:41
On the usage of “etcetera” — Julian Bayardo Spadafora 1534
may 24 at 18:21
Make/take a photograph? — Lucas 52228
may 23 at 18:25
In the context of family, what is the opposite of “immediate”? — Emanuil Rusev 5982519
may 22 at 18:34
Why is “sergeant” pronounced “sargent”? — Daniel δ 32.3k895206
may 22 at 11:07
Is the history of h-dropping in English in any way related to the silent h of French? — Billare 9,323949161
may 19 at 4:46
What do you call a bunch of garlic (when you don't remove the cloves)? — Ramon Tayag 15315
may 18 at 2:48
What is the origin and history of the word “motherf---er”? — Arlen 155117
may 16 at 4:28
What does “if you will” mean? — 動靜能量 4781716
may 16 at 1:17
Using “seldomly” — Robert Koritnik 241314
may 15 at 19:30
What is the correct pronunciation of the word “solder”? — bbqshirt 5615
may 14 at 20:03
What are the jimmies that are being rustled? — SF. 4,4761126
may 14 at 0:36
What kind of noun is a picture? — Chibueze Opata 519111
may 13 at 22:05
“Infer” vs. “imply” — can “infer” imply “imply”? — Beska 28619
may 11 at 0:48
Apostrophe-“s” vs “of ” — JeffSahol 13.3k1651
may 10 at 14:40
“Doctor's appointment” or “doctors appointment”? — rachel 220125
may 8 at 12:20
When do you use “Cheers” instead of “Thank you” in spoken English? — pinouchon 260210
may 8 at 5:43
Imperative vs. Declarative (can a third grader or his parents tell the difference?) — Beska 28619
may 7 at 18:12
Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object? — nicholas ainsworth 3,04621948
may 7 at 16:11
Mnemonic for remembering how to spell “mnemonic” — ukayer 946727
may 6 at 5:21
What's the opposite of oxymoron? — Dominic 5113
may 4 at 8:49
What does “brought up by hand” mean? — AtoMerZ 1634
may 2 at 16:27
First usage of parentheses or brackets ( and ) — Hamlet D'Arcy 1905
apr 30 at 7:45
Is using passive voice “bad form”? — rest_day 2,7371927
apr 29 at 16:35
Saying “today morning” to mean “this morning” — Spiff 17316
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