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In 18th century England, was "eat" the past tense of "eat" and how was it pronounced?

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"Boy howdy!" Where did this expression come from, who uses it, and what does it convey?

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Is there a pessimistic counterpart to the term "Pollyanna"?

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Where does the term "shiv" (a makeshift dagger) actually come from?

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Where did we get "buster" as in "Look here, buster"?

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Is there such a thing as Intrusive-L (as opposed to Intrusive-R)?

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When and where did "clam" come to mean a missed note in a musical performance?

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When did "a buck" start being used to mean any unit of 100? (E.g. "a buck fifty" for 150 lbs.)

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The "old switcheroo": Where did the "-eroo" suffix come from?

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Does a "fact" have to be true?

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The hidden flaw in "singular they"—what to do about reflexive pronouns?

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What do the British mean by "bolshie"?

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Term for a word that is unintentionally made up of two or more other words?

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Does the 18th century contraction "on't" survive phonologically in English today?

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How do you tell when you're reading a poor translation?

Awarded Dec 17, 2013 at 0:49

Is there an acceptable corresponding negative to "well off"?

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Punctuating question tags: A question mark is always required, isn't it. (Well, isn't it?)

Awarded Feb 20, 2013 at 3:53

You don't want to answer this word-placement question, now do you?

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Use of "deadpool" as a verb

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"Soft-peddle" vs. "Soft-pedal": eggcorn blunder or sly play on words?

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Is there a term that means "oft-used misquotation"?

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Diacritics and non-English letters in anglicized loan words: keep 'em, dump 'em, italicize the words, or what?

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Types of things vs. types of thing

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"Close the light" — regionalism or mere oddity?

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Do Brits understand rhyming slang or are they sometimes puzzled by it too?

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"Carved from the living rock" — since when was rock ever alive?

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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Is there a name for this kind of punny transference?

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Why do we say "try and" [verb] instead of "try to" [verb]? (E.g., "Try and call me tomorrow.")

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Is there a term for words that have a single meaning or are only used in a single context?

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How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?

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Does the quirky spelling in English actually make it easier to read?

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Is it ever worth the time and effort to correct someone else's grating grammatical mistakes? [closed]

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Just how offensive are the terms "retarded" and "gay"?

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Is Yiddish a creole language? And if not, what is it?

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