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I can be contacted at dlangdon (at) hawaii (dot) edu


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comment Are the fictitious names “Initech” and “Initrode” a play on words?
Yeah... If you could just, check out the answer I received to this question on movies stack exchange... that would be greawt. movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3720/…
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comment Are the fictitious names “Initech” and “Initrode” a play on words?
To the more experienced users of this site: is there a better tag for this question?
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asked Are the fictitious names “Initech” and “Initrode” a play on words?
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comment What do you call it when a name/word is better known by a pejorative?
If you think that "ObamaCare" is a poor example of a perjorative, please suggest a better example and I will improve my question.
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asked What do you call it when a name/word is better known by a pejorative?
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asked How to describe the sound of the English language as spoken by someone with Asperger's Syndrome?
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comment How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean “spicy”?
With 50 votes and 2500 views and no clear answer, I'm going to accept this answer that it is "a genuine inadequacy in the English vocabulary with no simple fix."
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accepted How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean “spicy”?
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comment How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean “spicy”?
No, "burning hot" could be idiomatically interpreted to mean "spicy" as well. As a matter of fact, I've heard people talking about spicy food "setting their mouths on fire".
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accepted A word to describe the color of hair that is nearly jet-black, but slightly brown?
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asked How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean “spicy”?