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Etymologically, how did 'outrage' get 're-analyzed'?
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What is the trade of an electrician called?
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The opposite of 'not lift a finger'
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What is the word for lying on your stomach facing downwards, the opposite of 'supine'?
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Is there a word for when someone stops being talented?
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What is an English equivalent of 'Colorín, Colorado, este cuento se ha acabado,' a phrase used at the end of stories?
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Origin of the phrase "to have no truck with"
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In England, why are some high schools called hospitals?
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What is the name for the fine line patterns on bank notes?
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When and where did "perk" become the common shortened form of "perquisite"?
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Can "né" or "née" be used to refer to a religious's secular name?
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Is "Good boy!" still appropriate for a child?
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WW and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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What did Lady Gaga mean when she sang that she's heard a "sine" from above?
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Slang word for "police station"
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Does "ook" as onomatopoeia for the sound a monkey makes originate with Terry Pratchett?
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Who "died peacefully" first and when?
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Verb for "dial a number then immediately hang up"
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"You're too clever a man"
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Does 'moonlighting' mean 'illegal work'?
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When a disability is seen as a good thing
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Different usage between 'A First Generation' and 'A Second Generation' American
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What sparked the figurative usage of “short fuse” in the 1960s?
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Is there a word for being completely drained of breath?
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What does the phrase "Shop the edit" mean?
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What is it called when you call someone on the phone over and over again?
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In North America, is it normal to address children you don't know as "honey"?
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"Ladies and Gentlemen" beyond binary gender classification
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What's it called when you get a type of award because you didn't get the award you were supposed to get?
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Why the "wedded" in "wedded wife"?
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What's the meaning of "wooden loaf", the famous expression used by Gandhi to define the Independence of India?
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What is the difference between “they” and “it” for people, especially for those people who identify as non-binary?
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What is the equivalent in English of the French "pipotron", which refers to meaningless filler content that looks like it was written by a bot?
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Why is “disabled“ preferred over “handicapped”?
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Should 'advertised' be spelled with a Z in American English?
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Word for how the white space between words can form patterns
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What do we call the stream-like leftovers of water sticking to a glass surface?
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Why does Steven Pinker say that “can’t” + “any” is just as much of a double-negative as “can’t” + “no” is in “I can’t get no/any satisfaction”?
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Single word for driving slowly?
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Were clothes called "loud" because they actually made a noise?
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In the phrase "the scales have fallen from my eyes" why did they use the word "scales"?
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Is there a symbol used with AD and BC to mean "possible date"?
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What is the first mention/use of the word "America" in print in an English written/translated source
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Tip of my tongue: Word that means cultural identifier
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What is the 'female equivalent' of a sausage fest?
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What is the P in 'nope' called?
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What do we call the spike in the cap of an ointment/cream tube?
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What is the term for when someone buys something to wear once, and then returns it?
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What is the history of "may" being used to mean "must"?
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Has the verb "to import me" ever been commonly used in English the way "to concern me" is in the phrase "It does not concern me"?
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Alternative for "tone-deaf"
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Simple term for someone undergoing rehabilitation
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What does p***take stand for?
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A single word for "not allowed to be changed" or "must be this way"
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Adding "dot com" to the end of a sentence?
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Is there a heavy usage of the word "bonfire" in English?
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What do you call dynamics in which the more you have, the more you get?
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What does Ȝecyndbēc mean?
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What is the type of English used in the King James Bible called?
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