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Is “An other-other woman (person / thing)” a popular English phrase?
The following paragraph of Maureen Dowd’s article on former CIA chief, David Petraeus’ scandal titled “Reputation, Reputation, Reputation” appearing in November 13 New York Times seems to require ...
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“After-midnight” as adjective
A recent CNN report reads:
In an after-midnight session the U.S. Senate passed a bill Saturday ...
Google returns few results for after-midnight, other than references to a certain horror ...
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Is there a term for French words adopted by the English language, such as “hors d'oeuvres” or “objet d'art”
I would call them "Frenchisms" or some such -ism, but I figured I'd at least ask first. So is there a name for such adopted foreign phrases? Also, how about those adopted from languages other than ...
