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How to express concisely the circular concept of a beginning and future simultaneously? [migrated]
There are many movies/books which have an ending that is the foundation for the beginning of the story, an example is Terry Pratchett's book Pyramids. In a way these stories become trapped in a ...
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A noun to describe character sequences between words
I'm creating a formal system in which a sentence can be formed by four types of sequences of characters:
Words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Sequences in between words
What noun would you use to describe a ...
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Is a comma needed here?
If I were to try and describe a book called "Book", is this sentence grammatically correct?
The book Book by Joe Bob is set in...
I was told that this sentence is incorrect, that commas must ...
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How would you describe an operator which has no fixity? [closed]
Traditionally mathematical operators are either prefix, postfix or infix. All the three forms of notation are equivalent and can be converted from one to another.
Formal systems such as programming ...
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Meaning of vitative(ness)
I've seen the following word used in a book about the history of writing, referring to a list of descriptive words written in 1900.
Vitative(ness) is not in my Oxford dictionary, nor dictionary.com.
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How is she to describe how she likes him, when he doesn't know? [closed]
There's a friend of mine—let's call her Lily—and a guy—David. Lily told me that she feels very happy each time she meets, talks, plays games, dines (and so on) with David. I guess she's falling in ...
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What is a word for food preferences?
What single word would you use to describe a list of food preferences, which includes:
Allergies (e.g., shellfish)
Sensitivities (e.g., lactose intolerant)
Dislikes (e.g., Brussels sprouts)
Likes ...
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A word for someone who is overly cautious? [closed]
I am thinking along the lines of a hypochondriac, only not necessarily limited to health.
Overly anxious comes to mind but I don't think it fits exactly...
In context:
'I don't want to come ...
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Regional usage of “Violet” and “Purple”
I am looking to describe a flower such as the one in the following picture for a game:
After showing the game to a number of beta testers, I noted that about half of them were fine with "violet" ...
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Word for a Rare Feeling
I hope it's not too rare, but at least 1 other person has confirmed having experienced a similar feeling.
Small, ordinary things can trigger it, in ordinary situations. Then I sometimes get the ...
