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Alternative to “accessible”
In the context of a technical manual, engineers use the word "accessible" to indicate that a piece of hardware should have "easy access" for repair, maintenance, and other modifications.
What would ...
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What is the word for one who refuses to capitulate the status quo? [closed]
What are some alternative words/phrases for one who refuses to capitulate the status quo?
Similarly question for the capitulators of the status quo.
Alternatives I came up with are progrssionalist ...
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What is the proper alternative for 'credentialize'?
Usage:
The emergence of a second competitor in the market will help
credentialize the product and the vision.
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What is a good alternative to “the film is set in”?
I'm writing a paper about a movie.
I would like to start like this:
Monsters is a 2010 independent science-fiction film directed by Gareth Edwards and set in the Mexico-U.S. border region. It ...
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Two single word (if possible) each to describe two different Leave types [closed]
There are two scenario as follows:
Person who receive "Leave Credit" when attending some events.
Person who "Request Leave" when they want to take time off.
I was thinking of using "Credit" to ...
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“Easy-to-make-typos” alternative?
Is there a good, compact word or phrase that would explain one's ability to make typos?
I mean, I'm trying to write something like this:
Now you can use this feature without either non-predictable ...
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Alternative to “double entendre”?
Does anyone know another word or way to say double entendre — in the non-bawdy sense of the word — as this phrase was only invented in the latter 1600's and so not around when Shakespeare wrote his ...
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Alternative word for playgoers' behavior
Is there a word for playgoers' behavior when hissing and booing the villain?
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Is there a specific name for a portmanteau of two alternative spellings?
This question came about in a discussion between myself and another user of the Gaming.SE chat after I linked in this chiptune track called
An Eskimeau Experience
Here is the gist of the discussion:
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Said In Context: A more appropriate alternative to [sic]?
For a long time, I understood [sic] to mean said in context, but I was told that that said in context is really a backronym. Fair enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic#Improper_abbreviation
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Alternatives to “hypocrite”
I'm trying to accurately describe a person who acts in one way and does another but knowingly and openly accepts that his actions also include him in the same group he criticizes.
This differs from a ...
