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answered | Is “mainstream” an acceptable verb? |
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Word for the longest time in spent in a group @TrevorD - I'm just relating how I've heard the term used. If you don't think that makes sense, I'm afraid I can't help you. |
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answered | Word for the longest time in spent in a group |
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Word for the longest time in spent in a group That only means the person was with the group when it started. They could have quit a couple weeks later, and the term would still apply. |
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“10 Commonly Misunderstood Words In English” "Nonplussed" is a bit of an issue for me too. Its old and new meanings are nearly antonyms, so often it is impossible to tell even with context which was meant when it is used. I'd prefer authors avoid that word until its meaning has settled down a bit. In the meantime, I just ignore setences that contain it. |
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“A plough makes a furrow in the ground” I did a bit of online research on this, and the references I found were all phrased a wee bit differently, and seemed to be making a metaphor with the fact that you have to plant seeds where the plough went, so where the plough goes is where the plants will end up growing. This may well be a totally unrelated metaphor though. |
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Does the word “simpleness” actually exist? OTOH, probably 9 times out of 10 if you see "simpleness" the person meant "simplicity", but couldn't come up with that word for some reason (brain-fart, bad vocabulary, etc.). |
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Correct pronunciation of the word “Mature”? @PeterShor - ...mostly. In Boston and some other parts of the East Coast they do not, along with some folks in the deep south, and AAVE speakers all over the country. Additionally, many dialects in England do pronounce the 'r's... |
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Correct pronunciation of the word “Mature”? You just simply cannot ask a "how do I pronounce X" question without specifying a dialect. It makes no sense otherwise. To help you out a bit, the two major "prestige" dialects are RP in England and Standard American English in the USA. However, if you primarly want to talk to Aussies or Canadians or South Africans, you should probably ask about their dialect instead. Your answer will be different depending on which one you want. |
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What's the origin of the common phrase “I call shenanigans”? @FumbleFingers - "call BS" is not letting a statement you consider untrue slide without complaint. "call foul" is not letting an occurrance you consider an injustice (typically against yourself) slide without complaint. I don't disagree with your comment on the other answer, but calling "shenanegans" and "BS" are two different things. At least that's my understanding from this side of the pond... |
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What's the origin of the common phrase “I call shenanigans”? @FumbleFingers - I don't think so; they mean slighly different things. |
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answered | Origin and correctness of “ain’t no”? |
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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”? added 803 characters in body |
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answered | 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”? |
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What's a useful replacement idiom for “money shot?” In what context? |
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Does ‘Yo’ in ‘yo mama joke’ actually refer to “Your” mother? Why couldn't it simply be (stupid / fat / ugly) “mama joke”? @TylerJamesYoung - There's a TED talk (no relation) that my mom sent me last week strongly defending "lol". Part of it is that "lol" doesn't mean what we all think it does. I'm not sure I entirely agree, but you might be interested. |
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Is using the last name of a person without a title an accepted way of addressing? added 9 characters in body |
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Is using the last name of a person without a title an accepted way of addressing? If our UK-based readers could correct or corroborate me on that last paragraph, I'd appreciate it. |
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Is using the last name of a person without a title an accepted way of addressing? added 28 characters in body |
