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How do you properly say “missing each other” (that's SO the wrong word!)?
Imagine I sent a message to someone over Instant Messaging, and then went offline.
5 minutes later, they come online, send me a message and go offline.
10 minutes later, I come online, find their ...
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What is the term used to describe the relationship between two words that are both the opposite of another word, but also the opposite of each other? [duplicate]
To start this off light, I was initially thinking about this with Oreos. There are fresh Oreos, and then there are two different ways they can go stale: dry/hard (in low humidity) and soft/mushy (in ...
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Best word for virtual community [closed]
Can anyone suggest a list of words that posses the meaning 'Virtual Community' ?
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Word that means “plagiarism” but only in relation to plagiarized ideas
I'm looking for a word that has the same meaning as "plagiarism" but in relation to plagiarized ideas only, i.e. not related to writing, art work, drawing etc.
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Metaphor for an important discovery
"Joe Blogg's Damascus" can be used as a metaphor to denote a sudden turning point in attitude, behaviour or some other feature of Joe Blogg's life.
What would be a similar metaphor for an important ...
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Category name for “Other fun stuff” vs “Other serious stuff”
On my website, I currently have seven categories.
Games
Art
Music
Video
Text
Other
Misc
"Other" is for other things that are fun, like games, art, music, video, and text. For example, a fireworks ...
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How do you describe a person who loves everything natural when it comes to health and food?
I am looking for a good adjective to describe a person who prefers natural medicine, who takes natural health products like nutritional supplements, herbal products, organic food whenever possible and ...
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If I am obese willingly then my obesity is what? [closed]
If I am obese (well, not really, but for example) willingly (by my will, as I consciously choose to be obese even though I have no metabolism disorder, can afford healthy foods and can get slim ...
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What is the word for a slime monster's movement?
A slime monster like The Blob makes what movement? Slither is too snake like. I've thought of words like "gloop" and "drip", but it doesn't convey movement.
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Is there a word for selecting yourself as the target audience for an invention or product?
Let me explain this with an example. An inventor faces a problem, he decides to develop a solution for it. Initially, he is the main target audience for his invention.
I was wondering if there was an ...
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The proper usage of “putative”?
I'm trying to write the sentence,
Lower-grade soldiers made up two-thirds of the putative high quality army.
My original sentence was:
Lower-grade soldiers made up two-thirds of what was ...
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Word meaning “to actively demonstrate knowledge”
I'm looking for a word meaning "to actively demonstrate knowledge or skill".
I think that "To flaunt" can have negative interpretation, where as a more neutral act such as "to showcase" may not ...
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Which one of these words is more suitable for “having” or “accomplishing”?
I want to express the achievement of a goal such as "Buying a car", or "Learning a Skill".
Can I say:
"I obtained a new car."
or
"I obtained piano playing skill."
Is there a word better than ...
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I am looking for a word that is the same as “aspiration” but it's done
For example if you wish to do or have something, you can use aspiration. What word is the best to use for things that you have and done already?
I was thinking about accomplishment, but it only ...
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Hypernym for injured and dead
I'm working on some project that deals with natural disasters. I need to find the most proper word that can be used to refer to someone who either was injured or died in a disaster.
Can I use ...
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What term sums up the following situation?
What term sums up the situation in which a person does not feel (s)he has to weigh into (or put much effort) into an argument because the implications will not affect them?
Thus, person X debates for ...
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Meaning of the word “findings”? [closed]
I need to find a word to define the products you see in the capture.
The best match I've found is findings.
Is this word the correct one? Is there a better word for these products?
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What is the term for a photo used to advertise a business such as a firm?
I'm looking for the word that describes the portrait style photos used to advertise yourself to the world. You often see these in the context of a law firm or theater artist profile. Would profile ...
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What is the word for the person who dislikes “Phony” people?
I want to know the word which can describe the personality trait of disliking "Phony" people. Misanthrope is too extreme and generalizes hating human race.
P.S: Any word which can suit personality ...
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what's an antonym of 'monolithic' as in 'monolithic architecture'?
I want to describe an architecture/system that is composed of diverse and modular parts. What's a good antonym for monolithic architecture to describe a technical system?
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What's a word I can use to describe “putting a collar on a pet” in a comical way? [closed]
I thought of something like "stick a collar on" but "stick" doesn't satisfy me. What are my other options?
Anything with some "edge" will do if comical is too hard.
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Is there a word for “a point in time”?
I'm looking for a simple word for a point in time for the name of a database column. The column is for "datetime" objects and it feels wrong to call the column "date", since that implies that the ...
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The correct word for adoption of a law by the National Assembly?
Since I am not a native English speaker I am not sure what word should I use for adoption of a law. The closest to my language is "adoption", but "promulgate", "enact" or some other word may be more ...
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What is a person who hallucinates called? [closed]
What do you call a person who sees illusions or hallucinates?
Crazy?
Hallucinator? (Is this even a word?)
Insane?
Freak?
Something else?
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Which word (adjective or noun) best describes the idea of doing something anywhere, anytime and with anyone?
The ideal word, which can be either an adjective or a noun, should describe (or at least allude to) the idea that doing something anywhere and anytime with anyone, or that something is done anywhere, ...
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A single or double word that describes a group of casual but important guides or scouts [closed]
The word needs to describe group of people that you choose to influence you. It would be nice if the word was reasonably simple or hip as well.
examples: guides, advisors, council, brain trust, ...
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Does a truism need to be true to be a truism?
I frequently hear people quoting widely-used idioms or proverbs as if they are fact, simply because they are used frequently by many people. For example, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
Can ...
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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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Looking for words similar to “lagging” and “ahead of”
In computer networking, assume that I'm waiting for packets which are ordered by sequence number. First I get sequence number 1, and then 2, then 3 …
Assume that I now have 99 packets and ...
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Term for “sum of durations”
While writing to a friend, I attempted to ask which web browser they used most. In the end, I asked which browser they used “more frequently”, but this was not the true object of my curiosity. By ...
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Word to describe a sensation of death coming over your entire body?
This is the context where I want to use the word:
He closed his eyes. The living did not come to mind, neither friend,
nor family—only the dance of death, plain to see. The dancing figures
of ...
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Alternative for “full-fledged”
I am looking for an alternative for "full-fledged".
Mister X systematised its use and meaning, and developed the notion
into a full-fledged concept of ...
The context is academic, but not ...
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Looking for a word to describe being shot by a sniper
Is there a verb that characterizes being shot by someone from a hiding place, perhaps at long range, like a sniper?
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Event: “archived” vs. “filed” vs. “shelved”
I'm coding a database that has an Events table with a status field. When an event's date has not yet passed, the status is Published.
I would like to use a term to mean that the date of the event has ...
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Is there a single word or a phrase that can be used to denote either Before or After? [duplicate]
I am looking for a word that does not refer to now, but can refer to either before or after. In case of phrases, the lesser the words, the better is.
It is to name a Java class file whose basic task ...
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Word for Success + Triumph
Are there words that mean succeed and nurture, kind of like triumph and foster together? Looking for something that conveys a winning environment that helps people achieve their goals. Halcyon is the ...
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logic and reasoning
My sentence:
Sometimes a question can have multiple answers where all of them share some kind of evidence but none of them can be a [strict — right — 100% sure that it is the answer — what else?] ...
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Is “introductive” a word? Or should I use “introductory”?
I was very surprised when open office's spell check underlined the word introductive. I checked a few dictionaries and only a few (including The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University ...
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How to call an item that's neither an accessory nor a piece of jewelry
First let us paint a picture together.
Think of an individual whom wears clothes (like the lot of us); this individual also has an item around the wrist, which is not an item that affixes to another ...
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A word to describe thing or activity that is usually happens with other people [closed]
For example:
The movie contains violent scenes, (that usually can be seen in) the Tarantino movies.
He barely know us, but gave us a warm welcome, (that's usually given by) close friends.
What ...
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A word to describe something that has a clear-cut purpose and consequently works out of the box
I'm looking for a word that would convey the idea of something that adresses a definite problem set and consequently lets you do so without much effort.
Here's an example:
Hammers are designed to ...
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A word to describe “work that is ready to be done”
I'm writing an application that generates a spec sheet for a publication. At the top there will be a list of the various components (ads, articles, etc.) and how many there are for each status type:
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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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What's the opposite of Proof of Concept?
From an Information Technology perspective, what's the opposite of Proof of Concept?
I need to ask my client if they want us to build them a Proof-of-concept (app in its basic form) or a full-fledged ...
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Adjective antonym of “discriminate”
In biology, hierarchical clustering is used to separate studied samples into different groups, thus if successful, the clustering criteria can be seen to "discriminate" between group A vs. B.
I am ...
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single word that means which can be constructed at home
What is the word that means “that which can be fixed up at home”?
For example, I buy parts from a store, bring the parts home, and then can construct the thing out of those parts by myself. What is ...
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What is one word for - endlessly spread in all directions?
What is one word for - endlessly spread in all directions? It may be in context of a forest.
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom
I see four people in front of me. One is from Wales, one is from Scotland, one is from England and one is from Northern Ireland. I can say about each one "He is Scottish/Welsh/English". But, how do I ...
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What do you call an indoor water tap?
I always thought water sources were called taps in kitchens, bathrooms etc, but a Google search only returned outdoor taps.
So my question is, what are indoor taps really called? Like this one: ...
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What is one word for ''too good to be ideal''? [closed]
Something which is so good & ideal that anyone would jerk mockingly at someone who believes it to be true; either now or hopeful for sometime in the future. The adjective for this too good ...
