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A funny synonym for software developer [closed]

I am struggling with my twitter bio description. Being a software developer, I am planning on something like this: "Developer of things that make the computer useful" . But I can see that it is not at ...
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Polite/professional alternative to 'It turns out'

I have been tasked with coming up with a nicer phrase to use than 'It turns out'. It is to be used in situations like the below: 'It turns out' that we cannot... 'It turns out' that we ...
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Phrase synonymous to “a general understanding”?

I am writing a goal where I would like to replace the phrase "a general understanding" with something synonymous. The whole line reads: Writes clean and concise code that reflects a general ...
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Alternative to “as-well-as” for an academic paper

Is there some better alternative to phrase as well as for an academic writing? It sounds to me too informal. The whole sentence is: Improvements of both parts are possible as well as joining ...
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What is the courteous alternative of “Do you understand what I say?”? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: “Does it make sense?” or “Do you understand me?”? "Do you get me?", "Do you get my point?", etc? What is the courteous alternative of "Do you understand what I say?"?
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Is there such a thing as an idiom thesaurus that delivers synonym phrases? [closed]

Is there a resource that anyone knows of that is the equivalent of a number of phrases that mean the same thing? Perhaps called a "phrase thesaurus" or "idiom thesaurus" or "phrase synonyms" for ...
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Term for locally installed and fully owned software

I am having a bit of trouble coming up with an appropriate term for software that is locally installed, and fully owned by the buyer. This would be the opposite of the term "software as a service", ...
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Word (or shorter phrase for) “evaluate the relationship between”? [closed]

I am creating a poster to describe some research I have done. Listing the objectives I have something like (edit: using more sensible comparisons): Evaluate the relationship between height and ...
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Can “an act of protest” and “a sign of protest” be used interchangeably? Are they idioms that are synonymous to each other? [closed]

Can "an act of protest" and "a sign of protest" be used interchangeably? Are there contexts where one of these phrases should be used, and not the other? Also, are "act of protest" and "sign of ...
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What does “not even close” mean? [closed]

I was watching a Matt Damon interview on YouTube. In it, the interviewer asked Matt Do you remember? Can you speak any of the languages you spoke? Matt replied Not even close What does ...
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What's the correct term for potato chips?

In school I learned to say crisps but I don't want to mix it with french fries. So what's the correct term to use, and what synonyms are there?
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Difference between “Excuse me” and “Sorry”

What is the difference between "Excuse me, ..." and "Sorry, ..."? When do we use one or the other? For example, when you haven't heard the speaker, or stepped on someone's foot or accidentally ...
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Synonyms of “that's it”

I often use that's it from me for today to summarise and finish my report on daily standup. Are there any other, similar phrases?
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Better way to say “repeat sequentially”

I'm trying to say "it counts the number of times a given value repeats sequentially" in a list, meaning it finds the maximum number of times a value occurs in a row in a list. I know there's a word ...
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Are there synonyms for “love marriage”?

I was fascinated by an answer to a comment question I asked under Is the term “would-be” just an Indian usage or universal? about a term for a non-arranged marriage in India. Love marriage was the ...
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Synonyms for “little by little”

What are some other ways I can say something that means the same thing as "little by little"? The only other thing I know is "bit by bit."
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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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What is another term for left-minded people?

I want to address people who are mathematical, logical and analytic; left-minded, let's say. But I find the left- vs right-minded theory trendy and biased (just the opposite of the people I'm trying ...
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Synonym for a specific usage of “after all”

Is there any other word or phrase that could be used instead of "after all" in a case where it comes at the end of a sentence? For example: Running away was in his nature, after all. (If you ...