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May 20 |
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Why is it ‘A God,’ not ‘God' in Mark Sanford’s “I want to acknowledge a God not just of second chances, but third, fourth, eighth chances”? @DilipSarwate - you're making the exact point that I was disagreeing with. Atheists aren't usually 'anti' a single religion. If they were, you'd get "Christian atheists" and "Muslim atheists" and so on. As TrevorD says, atheists deny the existence of all past, current and future gods. |
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May 20 |
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Why is it ‘A God,’ not ‘God' in Mark Sanford’s “I want to acknowledge a God not just of second chances, but third, fourth, eighth chances”? This is a good answer - it always slightly annoys me when an atheist characterises their position as "not believing in God". For me, a much better definition is "not believing in gods". |
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May 3 |
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Origin of “cracked the shits” I like the answer @hugo - the "crack a tinnie" idea also forms a nice analogy with "open up a can of whoop-ass". That doesn't make this derivation true, of course, but it's nice all the same :) |
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Apr 17 |
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Is code written by a programmer “handcrafted”? Agree with the use for above-average quality. "Handcrafted" could also imply a piece of code that has been specifically written or adapted for some specialised purpose. |
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Apr 17 |
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Where does “can't be arsed” come from? @ColinFine - there's a great example in Spinal Tap where the manager, in a desperate attempt to inject some enthusiasm, says "it's time to kick some arse" and, as you suggest, it just sounds wrong. |
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Apr 17 |
answered | Classic contemporary design and contemporary classic design |
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Apr 2 |
answered | Word/slang for “I have just committed the source code, please update your working copy”? |
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Mar 22 |
answered | What is an elegant way to refer to a figure displaying an algorithm? |
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Mar 5 |
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom @FumbleFingers - We're talking about nationhood here - of course it's political. But the simple fact is that very few, if any, citizens of NI would agree with your contention that the term "British" can be used as a blanket term to describe them all. You seem to be insisting that people from a part of Ireland can be uniformly described using an adjective that applies to the neighbouring island purely for sake of linguistic simplicity. Of course the word "British" exists...to describe people and things from Britain. But Britain doesn't equal the UK (hence the full name of the UK). |
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Mar 5 |
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom @FumbleFingers - My point is that using the term "British" for a nationalist in Northern Ireland is, practically speaking, just plain incorrect. Even if that person wants NI to remain part of the UK, they will almost certainly want this in the context of their Irish identity being preserved. |
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Mar 5 |
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom I agree that in a certain theoretical context the term "British" could be used to describe all people from Northern Ireland. But my point is that you would never actually use this in practice without checking first :) |
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Mar 5 |
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom @FumbleFingers - I think you're letting a narrow 'dictionary' definition of British override reality. There's no context in which using the term "British" to describe NI Nationalists is either helpful or meaningful. |
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Mar 5 |
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Referring to people from different parts of United Kingdom I wouldn't use the term British to describe a person from Northern Ireland unless they specifically use the term first. There is way too much historial/political context that needs to be understood first. |
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Jan 17 |
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Why is 'allopathy' not an accepted synonym for 'mainstream medicine'? Of course, while a homeopathic dilution may include digitalis on the label, it's so dilute that there won't be any actual digitalis remaining in the solution. |
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Jan 11 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jan 10 |
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Other analogies similar to “flu and ”influenza" Before this question was closed I was going to suggest "hard drive". Non-techies often use this term for the 'big box' part of a PC that you plug the monitor, keyboard and mouse into. Like using flu to describe a cold, it's incorrect but has become common usage. But it's not an abbreviation. |
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Jan 7 |
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Should words be capitalized for being religious terms? I can't think of any capitalized religious terms that aren't also proper nouns, so unless anyone can think of any then I guess the answer to your question is "no". |
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Dec 17 |
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A more formal word for “tech-savvy”, relating to IT technologists in particular added 1 characters in body |
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Dec 17 |
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A more formal word for “tech-savvy”, relating to IT technologists in particular +1 for "techies". While informal, it's pretty universal, plus I'm not sure if using "tech savvy" as a noun as the OP does is at all common. |
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Dec 17 |
answered | A more formal word for “tech-savvy”, relating to IT technologists in particular |
