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Hip Hip Hooray!

nov 21 at 15:21 coleopterist 20.3k

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Yes, no, adverbs, and interjections

adverbs part-of-speech interjections exclamations

aug 17 at 18:47 Marcus_33 4,356

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Medical term for deafness

single-word-requests terminology analogy medical

oct 12 at 18:27 coleopterist 20.3k

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Why are Australian redheads often called 'bluey'?

slang australian-english nicknames colors

18h ago Hugo 31.7k

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Why does 'coed' only mean female coeducational students?

etymology

oct 20 at 14:06 coleopterist 20.3k

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How and when did American spelling supersede British spelling in the US?

american-english british-english orthography history dictionaries

oct 28 at 17:32 coleopterist 20.3k

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Pronunciation of 'aunt' in the US

pronunciation american-english accent

jun 6 at 14:30 Kate 1

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“I'm on the brew”

etymology british-english slang scottish-english

nov 23 at 17:39 Hugo 31.7k

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Is “make due” now considered acceptable?

grammaticality idioms eggcorn errors

sep 14 at 2:26 FumbleFingers 60.1k

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Term for a person who can read but cannot write

single-word-requests terminology

oct 11 at 3:53 JLG 14.8k

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Normans vs. Saxons: cow = beef, sheep = mutton, chicken =?

etymology history analogy food french

jun 1 at 22:31 shaun 1

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Use of American-Indian “How” in British English

british-english speech metaphors books

sep 6 at 5:29 Community♦ 1

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Is 'Jap' still considered an ethnic slur?

offensive-language ethnonyms

feb 10 at 18:05 JapanCK1 1

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Condolence message: “I was sorry” vs. “I am sorry”

tenses politeness

nov 11 at 17:54 coleopterist 20.3k

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Whispering “sweet nothings”

meaning etymology idioms

feb 27 at 19:27 coleopterist 20.3k

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Is the phrase “consistently inconsistent” redundant and does it have a single word?

single-word-requests redundancy

jul 27 at 21:02 Jennifer 1

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What are the components of a word called?

etymology terminology

aug 4 at 14:22 dhasenan 150

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Are camp followers prostitutes?

meaning etymology terminology military

mar 25 at 1:07 RegDwighт♦ 45.8k

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The growth of English

vocabulary history loan-words

jul 17 '12 at 16:16 jwpat7 38.3k

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The pronunciation of 'Aryan'

pronunciation

sep 17 at 19:24 John Lawler 36.6k

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“Bust a cap” meaning and derivation

etymology expressions american-english aave

oct 4 at 21:23 Hugo 31.7k

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What is the difference between a “prefix” and a “combining form”?

differences terminology prefixes compounds affixes

jan 26 at 5:57 Cerberus 28.8k

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Checked-out teenagers

meaning phrases

jan 20 at 14:43 Robusto 82.7k

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Antonyms and mutually exclusive words

terminology antonyms

oct 14 at 17:44 coleopterist 20.3k

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Alternative definitions of wifebeater

etymology word-usage

feb 16 at 21:18 J.R. 34.4k

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Are “flower” and “flour” always homophones?

nouns pronunciation homophones

jan 11 at 12:06 Peter Shor 23.1k

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French Letters and condoms

etymology british-english euphemisms

jan 10 at 18:58 Laure 1,728

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Words based on the names of gods [closed]

single-word-requests etymology vocabulary proper-nouns religion

jan 17 at 1:07 MT_Head 8,869

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Retroflex approximants in AE dialects

pronunciation american-english linguistics rhotic phonetics

dec 15 at 11:09 Mechanical snail 814

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Water : Aquatic :: Sand : xxx?

single-word-requests adjectives analogy

jan 6 at 1:40 tchrist 36.5k

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