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Term for a single piece of jargon
Awarded Sep 4 at 2:04
Is "solutioning" a correct word?
Awarded Sep 3 at 15:34
Is there a word for two persons dodging each other on the street?
Awarded Aug 9 at 3:35
Which is correct: "special thanks go to" or "special thanks goes to"?
Awarded Aug 1 at 21:06
Correspond to vs. Correspond with
Awarded Jul 20 at 2:18
Word for a country declaring independence from an empire
Awarded Jun 11 at 22:36
A word or phrase for this kind of metallic colouring?
Awarded Jun 11 at 1:10
How does one pronounce the '@' symbol?
Awarded Apr 16 at 21:25
What do you call a specific 'snapshot' of the way a group of levers, knobs, and buttons are set?
Awarded Apr 2 at 14:17
"I and someone", "me and someone" or "I and someone we"
Awarded Mar 19 at 14:57
Is there a difference between "treble" and "triple"?
Awarded Feb 23 at 23:57
What is meant by "pun intended"?
Awarded Feb 4 at 6:06
What is the meaning of "You've never met a graph you didn't like?"
Awarded Dec 23, 2023 at 2:33
Around 1960 in Britain "Have you a camera?" or "Do you have a camera?"
Awarded Dec 18, 2023 at 13:57
Which is correct: "of course" or "ofcourse"?
Awarded Dec 6, 2023 at 10:08
Is English really a non-tonal language?
Awarded Nov 9, 2023 at 7:47
"For all it's worth" or "for all its worth"?
Awarded Oct 10, 2023 at 20:32
What is the word used to describe things ordered by height?
Awarded Aug 28, 2023 at 18:10
If 'pre' is previous, 'post' is after, what is current?
Awarded Aug 24, 2023 at 16:25
Would there be a way to make the joke "Ella es mi amiga vieja, disculpe, mi vieja amiga" work in English?
Awarded Aug 14, 2023 at 18:58
Is there an opposite gender for "lady"?
Awarded Jul 20, 2023 at 12:56
"Outside" or "outside of"?
Awarded Jun 23, 2023 at 18:58
English notation for hour, minutes and seconds
Awarded Jun 19, 2023 at 19:11
Word for Secretive Marriage that is not Elope
Awarded Jun 16, 2023 at 1:36
"Denoted by" or just "denoted"?
Awarded Jun 9, 2023 at 6:35
Why do we say "to boot"?
Awarded May 24, 2023 at 23:11
What is the origin of the word "doh" (as seen in the world's first crossword puzzle)?
Awarded May 16, 2023 at 13:42
Best translation for the Egyptian idiom: "He falls standing"
Awarded May 15, 2023 at 15:57
When did they shift from apostrophizing the past tense to using an "e"?
Awarded May 8, 2023 at 5:04
What's another way to say 'you can take whatever from what I said and interpret it however you want'?
Awarded Apr 21, 2023 at 18:55
What does the phrase "half seven" mean?
Awarded Mar 27, 2023 at 4:31
Is "throw in an ape" an expression?
Awarded Mar 15, 2023 at 13:18
What's the difference between 'allow' and 'allow for'?
Awarded Mar 13, 2023 at 16:33
Why was the Sanskrit word "laksha" anglicized to "lakh"?
Awarded Mar 11, 2023 at 23:12
Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
Awarded Mar 11, 2023 at 11:16
In England, why are some high schools called hospitals?
Awarded Mar 9, 2023 at 6:41
Is there a non-technical word in English that means "to add one"?
Awarded Feb 25, 2023 at 2:42
Retriable or retryable?
Awarded Feb 8, 2023 at 18:01
Is there an antonym for “capitalize” (as in letter-case)?
Awarded Feb 2, 2023 at 19:05
What do you call a "backup" of computer files, when you move the files to another location, instead of making a copy of the files?
Awarded Jan 11, 2023 at 17:15
How is "æ" supposed to be pronounced?
Awarded Jan 9, 2023 at 18:48
Slang word for "police station"
Awarded Dec 16, 2022 at 14:17
Does "either A or B " preclude "both A and B"?
Awarded Dec 13, 2022 at 2:19
"Sign in", "signin" or "sign-in"
Awarded Nov 29, 2022 at 20:41
Indian-English usage of "Kindly"
Awarded Nov 29, 2022 at 15:30
What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?
Awarded Nov 22, 2022 at 5:40
What is an idiom about a stubborn person/opinion that uses the word "die"?
Awarded Nov 20, 2022 at 10:21
A word for 'non-animated' movies
Awarded Oct 29, 2022 at 22:30
"Synced" or "synched"
Awarded Oct 10, 2022 at 12:22
Is there an apostrophe in a master's degree?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 18:40
Detail or Details? Read on for more detail/details
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 7:06
What does "Grant Running" mean?
Awarded Sep 2, 2022 at 4:31
A number of questions "has been" or "have been" asked?
Awarded Aug 28, 2022 at 10:51
What is the meaning of Terry Pratchett's idiom/pun "coming and going"?
Awarded Jul 14, 2022 at 11:20
Does 'moonlighting' mean 'illegal work'?
Awarded Jul 7, 2022 at 15:28
What is the correct pronunciation of “regex”?
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 17:52
Why is it "on the inside" and not "in the inside"?
Awarded Jun 23, 2022 at 6:04
Why are the United States often referred to as America?
Awarded Jun 22, 2022 at 20:19
What's a word for a person being fed on by a blood sucking animal?
Awarded Jun 18, 2022 at 0:55
"Postfix" or "suffix"?
Awarded May 29, 2022 at 14:15
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