English Language & Usage

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In Indian English, did the word 'griffin' ever mean newcomer or novice?
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Do "map" and "cat" rhyme?
Awarded Mar 2 at 6:40
"Boy howdy!" Where did this expression come from, who uses it, and what does it convey?
Awarded Feb 22 at 6:43
Word for "Putting a Lot of People in One Place"
Awarded Feb 16 at 10:36
What does "invalidate" mean in "this did not include these invalidated home"?
Awarded Feb 8 at 18:01
What would a British person call the biscuits that Americans put gravy on?
Awarded Jan 5 at 15:05
Why isn't "witness" the third-person singular form in the example sentence?
Awarded Apr 26, 2022 at 8:55
Is there an English phrase for an inability to actually *leave* already?
Awarded Oct 12, 2021 at 5:21
What's another word for "disingenuous interpretation" that also insinuates a malicious interpretation (not merely inaccurate)?
Awarded Jul 30, 2021 at 14:30
Is there a more informal or slang alternative to "couple" for two youths in a relationship?
Awarded Jul 7, 2021 at 18:10
What is meant by the (slang) word "tool," when used to refer to a person?
Awarded Jun 20, 2021 at 22:05
"Josephine, Schmosephine"
Awarded Apr 1, 2021 at 16:50
Treacle is viscous; alcohol is ____?
Awarded Mar 28, 2021 at 17:49
How do you pronounce numbers written in different bases?
Awarded Mar 2, 2021 at 12:41
English equivalent of Vietnamese "Rather kill mistakenly than to miss an enemy."
Awarded Feb 22, 2021 at 15:33
"There are so many" vs. "There is so many"
Awarded Feb 18, 2021 at 18:02
Verb for 'luck'
Awarded Dec 22, 2020 at 7:27
What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated?
Awarded Dec 13, 2020 at 12:10
What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated?
Awarded Dec 13, 2020 at 12:10
"Use" vs. "usage"
Awarded Nov 25, 2020 at 16:18
Word for money given before a job is started
Awarded Nov 22, 2020 at 20:31
Is "one" unnecessary in this quote of Melville?
Awarded Sep 12, 2020 at 8:50
Word for repairing something in a way that changes its function
Awarded Aug 29, 2020 at 12:50
Alternative terms to "Blacklist" and "Whitelist"
Awarded Aug 27, 2020 at 15:20
Is the term "aspie" derogatory?
Awarded Aug 23, 2020 at 21:06
A particular word for after death get together?
Awarded Aug 13, 2020 at 18:36
Is there a word for the selective removal of items from a list (other than cull)?
Awarded Jun 23, 2020 at 0:37
To avoid repeating "one"
Awarded Jun 15, 2020 at 11:32
Do footnoting superscripts go inside or outside punctuation?
Awarded Jun 11, 2020 at 10:41
"Closet" vs. "Wardrobe" Why is the first more common in the US?
Awarded Jun 7, 2020 at 1:31
Formal or polite alternative for "f***ing around"
Awarded May 21, 2020 at 6:08
English equivalent for 'hungry of eyes', which describes someone who takes more food than they can eat
Awarded May 18, 2020 at 21:42
Is there a word/short phrase for "the most" of something (not necessarily the majority)?
Awarded Apr 17, 2020 at 11:31
Word for a small short cylindrical glass container (for salves, creams etc.)
Awarded Mar 25, 2020 at 19:20
Does English use the word ‘thou’ in any situations nowadays?
Awarded Mar 4, 2020 at 23:15
Formal alternative to bullsh-t
Awarded Feb 25, 2020 at 16:00
If a picture of a screen is a screenshot, what is a video of a screen?
Awarded Dec 30, 2019 at 21:00
What does “critical but stable” mean?
Awarded Dec 24, 2019 at 10:25
English equivalent of the Malayalam saying "don't stab/poke the dead body"?
Awarded Oct 30, 2019 at 9:40
Meaning of 'off one's brake fluid'
Awarded Oct 23, 2019 at 2:05
Why drop the “i” in “explanation”?
Awarded Oct 7, 2019 at 19:20
Social leper versus social leopard
Awarded Sep 22, 2019 at 3:40
What is the word for a person who destroys monuments?
Awarded Sep 16, 2019 at 14:35
Where does the expression "triple-A" come from?
Awarded Sep 11, 2019 at 13:15
Why would "an mule" be used instead of "a mule"?
Awarded Sep 11, 2019 at 10:55
What does "autolyco-sentimental" mean?
Awarded Aug 5, 2019 at 23:15
Correct word for a little toy that always stands up?
Awarded Aug 1, 2019 at 17:50
Adjective for 'made of pus' or 'corrupted by pus' or something of something of pus
Awarded Jun 27, 2019 at 13:40
Is -1 followed by a singular or plural noun?
Awarded May 28, 2019 at 14:05
What word means "to make something obsolete"?
Awarded May 15, 2019 at 3:15
Do native English speakers use the word "touristic"?
Awarded Mar 19, 2019 at 19:55
Unfrosted light bulb
Awarded Mar 19, 2019 at 11:55
Why is a song's radio edit called a ‘7" version’?
Awarded Feb 15, 2019 at 16:45
Single word to replace "allowed to be missing"
Awarded Jan 20, 2019 at 19:30
More up-to-date alternative for "avoiding something like the plague"?
Awarded Jan 19, 2019 at 3:05
Word/phrase to mean something that just happens once
Awarded Jan 16, 2019 at 20:25
What do you call it when your unit does physical exercise as punishment because one soldier did something wrong?
Awarded Dec 13, 2018 at 21:55
A short word that is used when one finds something unexpectedly
Awarded Dec 7, 2018 at 11:20
A word or a phrase for "completely optimised, thoroughly researched technology"
Awarded Nov 23, 2018 at 20:50
What is the idiom for the situation "If people-in-authority don't follow their own set rules then what can one expect from rest of us"
Awarded Sep 11, 2018 at 13:20
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