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| bio | website | linkedin.com/pub/… |
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| location | Kerala, India | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | Feb 7 at 21:40 | |
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Mar 13 |
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Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too? Updated the question. |
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Mar 13 |
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Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too? Updated the question. |
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Mar 12 |
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Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too? @FrustratedWithFormsDesigner all the sources including dictionary.com and etymonline.com gives kidnap originated from kid and nap (variation of nab) |
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Mar 12 |
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Since when did kidnapping come to include adults too? yeah, but then kidnap originated in 1680s. |
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Jul 20 |
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Term for minimum or maximum I do not follow golf, so I did not know that in golf the player with lowest point wins. But what I meant in my comment was that optimum cannot be used to denote both maximum and minimum at the same time, as the OP asked. |
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Jul 19 |
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Term for minimum or maximum I believe optimum means the best possible. Even in your example, I don't think it denotes the minimum value. |
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Jul 15 |
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What Exactly is Meant by “X Puts Y to Shame?” great minds... and such :) |
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Jul 12 |
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What does the “that little bubble of accidental arrogance” meaning? I think this is the blog you are referring to. thinkvitamin.com/design/why-is-chinese-web-design-so-bad |
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Jul 7 |
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Where did the name “English” come from? This would be an excellent topic for a blog post. |
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Jul 6 |
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What's the opposite of “enlarge”? But minimize implies, minimizing to the task bar, at least from a UI perspective. |
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Jul 6 |
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Is there a difference between “innocent” and “not guilty”? On a similar note, is it correct to say "I am innocent of the crime"? |
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Jul 2 |
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'Left on the gas' meaning True, I too have never came across the phrase. The author is an experienced journalist and one of the last persons whom I expect to make a mistake or coin something like this when a more common alternative exists. |
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Jul 2 |
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Expression “enter [somebody]” I always thought Enter the Dragon was a movie about some guys journey into a dragon's stomach. |
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Jun 30 |
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Is using passive voice “bad form”? But then, why does MS-Word complain about it? Shouldn't there be some grammar rules on which it is based on? Edited the question too |
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Jun 30 |
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What is “petrololine”? Petroline = Petrol + Gasoline? |
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Jun 23 |
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An “unhappy smile” @Joe, there are a lot of results from 1990 onwards too. |
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Jun 23 |
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An “unhappy smile” @Joe, what about the 1000's of examples we get when we google this? |
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Jun 22 |
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An “unhappy smile” @Joe It need not be a forced smile, in cases where you are smiling because you genuinely want to but you are also sad. For example, a write may say that a mother who has lost a child recently had an unhappy smile when she saw some children play in the park. |
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Jun 22 |
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An “unhappy smile” @Joe So all the results in this link are about plastic surgeons and dentists? google.com/…, I doubt it. |
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Jun 22 |
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Whence the phrase, “in short order”? I would have deleted my answer, but SO is not allowing me. I feel this is the better answer. |
