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| bio | website | smith-li.com |
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| location | Philadelphia, PA | |
| age | 34 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
| seen | Apr 26 at 15:28 | |
| stats | profile views | 53 |
Pythonista; Celerista; Pyramista; Plonista; Magentoasta; Javascriptista; CSSista; HTMLista; Webista; Shellista; you get the gista.
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Apr 21 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Apr 16 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Apr 10 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Apr 9 |
accepted | When did the term 'leverage' gain its verb/debt-related meaning? |
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Mar 15 |
accepted | “Glaringly obvious” vs. “blaringly obvious” |
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Mar 15 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Mar 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 26 |
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What's the opposite of “omniscient”? @Pacerier you just equated being not omniscient with being the opposite of omniscient. That's ignorant! |
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Feb 25 |
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Etymology of “half-assed” @MrLister {{citation_needed}} |
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Feb 21 |
answered | Is “else” in “someone else” necessary? |
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Feb 20 |
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Adjective that means “disableable”? @Candide You want a disabler disabler? How meta! |
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Feb 4 |
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What do you call a poem or song that sets up a rhyme and then ignores it? @mplungjan I think the Shrek example is a little different. You're supposed to expect a specific word, not just the rhyme. The rhyme is a tool to misdirect the audience to precisely that word. Maybe it's a matter of degrees, but I see it as a different end product. |
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Jan 25 |
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Is it “peek”, “peak” or “pique”? +1 because you cover the common turn of phrase, and then go on to make a point about a possible pun that is reasonable and grammatically correct. @SteveMelnikoff's link to m-w shows that to peak can be used transitively for the very meaning in question here. |
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Jan 20 |
answered | What's the meaning of “straight” here? |
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Jan 16 |
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“To shoot out of cannon into sparrows” I had heard it as Don't bring a knife to a gunfight, but that particular phrase suffers from a lack of just. Nothing wrong with having a knife at a gunfight, as long as you have a gun, too. Also, as anyone who has been in close-quarters combat will tell you, having just a gun at a knife fight is not overkill, it is ineffective. |
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Jan 13 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 29 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Nov 29 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on When did the term 'leverage' gain its verb/debt-related meaning? |
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Nov 29 |
asked | When did the term 'leverage' gain its verb/debt-related meaning? |
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Oct 12 |
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What is the opposite of organic (food)? @AndrewLeach no specific context, but pure curiosity. |
