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What's the difference between a “racist” and a “racially sensitive” remark?

differences

jul 17 at 19:39 Hugo 30.7k

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Is “hell of a” positive or negative?

etymology phrases

jan 4 '12 at 23:44 Mahnax 7,036

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Speaking with a forked tongue

expressions

dec 8 '11 at 21:25 Daniel δ 32.1k

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An idiom for deriving pleasure from another's suffering

idioms

sep 30 '11 at 13:48 Henry 11.2k

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What are the origins of the idiom “dying to…”?

phrases idioms

jun 20 '11 at 20:04 Ryan 1,507

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Where should the apostrophe go in “three days work”?

grammar apostrophe

jun 9 '11 at 11:37 Thursagen 1

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Is there a word for an acronym which spells out one of its component words?

acronyms

may 27 '11 at 13:23 Billare 9,215

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Why is writing “alot” such a common mistake?

orthography

apr 19 '11 at 15:32 Jason Orendorff 3,056

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What is the meaning of the vernacular “beasted”?

slang vernacular

apr 25 at 13:13 RawFocus 111

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Why do people say “that-a-way” instead of “that way”?

etymology phrases slang

apr 13 at 15:14 Barrie England 78.8k

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How do I abbreviate “little” correctly?

adjectives abbreviations apostrophe

oct 14 at 18:27 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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What is the opposite of “upsell”?

single-word-requests verbs antonyms

sep 21 at 13:46 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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What is the meaning of the phrase “chance would be a fine thing”?

phrases idioms british-english

aug 18 at 21:09 TimLymington 16.2k

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Origins of the phrase “How killing!”

etymology phrases

jun 4 '12 at 14:06 Double AA 160

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Etymology on “egging on”

etymology

may 1 '12 at 12:48 Barrie England 78.8k

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What is the origin of “A cat in hell's chance”

etymology saying

mar 29 '12 at 8:09 Hugo 30.7k

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Difference between “personal goals” and “Long/short-term objectives”

differences

nov 17 '11 at 8:30 Urbycoz 6,089

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Origin of “kettle of fish”

phrases

oct 26 '11 at 7:43 Mark 2,991

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Are these genuine apologies? [closed]

meaning

oct 18 '11 at 16:08 Jay 19.3k

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Using multiple verbs with multiple nouns

grammar verbs nouns

jun 6 '11 at 11:38 Colin Fine 23.3k

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Is “Didn't used to have been” a valid structure?

grammar tense

jun 3 '11 at 10:40 Thursagen 1

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Why is “Garden Leave” so called?

phrases

jan 10 at 10:27 Fortiter 2,572

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What is the difference between “dewatering” and “unwatering”

differences prefixes gerund un-de

nov 6 at 14:58 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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Single word meaning “pregnant woman”

single-word-requests

oct 19 at 21:24 RegDwighт♦ 45.1k

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Is it acceptable to add extra words at the end of a sentence, to clarify its meaning?

grammaticality sentence-structure

oct 3 at 17:48 JSBձոգչ 32.1k

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What's the difference between “lonely” and “lonesome”

differences adjectives

sep 28 at 19:54 Kevin Lewis 1

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Origin of using “clocked” to mean “noticed”

etymology slang

aug 29 at 19:55 Hugo 30.7k

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What is the male equivalent of an alice band?

single-word-requests

jul 4 at 19:45 Hugo 30.7k

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Is it acceptable to use “them” with two objects?

grammar

mar 13 '12 at 9:01 J.R. 33.8k

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“Initialising” is to “initialisation” as “enabling” is to what?

single-word-requests

sep 29 '11 at 8:30 Mehper C. Palavuzlar 14.6k

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