English Language & Usage

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“Josephine, Schmosephine”
Awarded Apr 1 at 16:50
Treacle is viscous; alcohol is ____?
Awarded Mar 28 at 17:49
How do you pronounce numbers written in different bases?
Awarded Mar 2 at 12:41
English equivalent of Vietnamese “Rather kill mistakenly than to miss an enemy.”
Awarded Feb 22 at 15:33
“There are so many” vs. “There is so many”
Awarded Feb 18 at 18:02
Verb for 'luck'
Awarded Dec 22 '20 at 7:27
What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated?
Awarded Dec 13 '20 at 12:10
What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated?
Awarded Dec 13 '20 at 12:10
“Use” vs. “usage”
Awarded Nov 25 '20 at 16:18
Word for money given before a job is started
Awarded Nov 22 '20 at 20:31
Is “one” unnecessary in this quote of Melville?
Awarded Sep 12 '20 at 8:50
Word for repairing something in a way that changes its function
Awarded Aug 29 '20 at 12:50
Alternative terms to “Blacklist” and “Whitelist”
Awarded Aug 27 '20 at 15:20
Is the term “aspie” derogatory?
Awarded Aug 23 '20 at 21:06
A particular word for after death get together?
Awarded Aug 13 '20 at 18:36
Is there a word for the selective removal of items from a list (other than cull)?
Awarded Jun 23 '20 at 0:37
To avoid repeating “one”
Awarded Jun 15 '20 at 11:32
Do footnoting superscripts go inside or outside punctuation?
Awarded Jun 11 '20 at 10:41
“Closet” vs. “Wardrobe” Why is the first more common in the US?
Awarded Jun 7 '20 at 1:31
Formal or polite alternative for “f***ing around”
Awarded May 21 '20 at 6:08
English alternative of 'hungry of eyes'
Awarded May 18 '20 at 21:42
Is there a word/short phrase for “the most” of something (not necessarily the majority)?
Awarded Apr 17 '20 at 11:31
Word for a small short cylindrical glass container (for salves, creams etc.)
Awarded Mar 25 '20 at 19:20
Does English use the word ‘thou’ in any situations nowadays?
Awarded Mar 4 '20 at 23:15
Formal alternative to bullsh-t
Awarded Feb 25 '20 at 16:00
If a picture of a screen is a screenshot, what is a video of a screen?
Awarded Dec 30 '19 at 21:00
What does “critical but stable” mean?
Awarded Dec 24 '19 at 10:25
English equivalent of the Malayalam saying “don't stab/poke the dead body”?
Awarded Oct 30 '19 at 9:40
Meaning of 'off one's brake fluid'
Awarded Oct 23 '19 at 2:05
Why drop the “i” in “explanation”?
Awarded Oct 7 '19 at 19:20
Social leper versus social leopard
Awarded Sep 22 '19 at 3:40
What is the word for a person who destroys monuments?
Awarded Sep 16 '19 at 14:35
Where does the expression “triple-A” come from?
Awarded Sep 11 '19 at 13:15
Why would “an mule” be used instead of “a mule”?
Awarded Sep 11 '19 at 10:55
What does “autolyco-sentimental” mean?
Awarded Aug 5 '19 at 23:15
Correct word for a little toy that always stands up?
Awarded Aug 1 '19 at 17:50
Adjective for 'made of pus' or 'corrupted by pus' or something of something of pus
Awarded Jun 27 '19 at 13:40
Is -1 followed by a singular or plural noun?
Awarded May 28 '19 at 14:05
What word means “to make something obsolete”?
Awarded May 15 '19 at 3:15
Do native English speakers use the word “touristic”?
Awarded Mar 19 '19 at 19:55
Unfrosted light bulb
Awarded Mar 19 '19 at 11:55
Why is a song's radio edit called a ‘7" version’?
Awarded Feb 15 '19 at 16:45
Single word to replace “allowed to be missing”
Awarded Jan 20 '19 at 19:30
More up-to-date alternative for “avoiding something like the plague”?
Awarded Jan 19 '19 at 3:05
Word/phrase to mean something that just happens once
Awarded Jan 16 '19 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 '18 at 21:55
A short word that is used when one finds something unexpectedly
Awarded Dec 7 '18 at 11:20
A word or a phrase for “completely optimised, thoroughly researched technology”
Awarded Nov 23 '18 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 '18 at 13:20
Term for a type of relationship that two parties benefit from
Awarded Sep 9 '18 at 8:30
A situation when two or more people speak at the same time
Awarded Sep 5 '18 at 20:20
Puzzling verbal analogy
Awarded Sep 3 '18 at 14:50
Is there a single adjective for “mercenary-like attitude”?
Awarded Sep 1 '18 at 5:10
Is there a word for a question asked despite knowing the answer, but meant to elicit a response for the sake of the audience?
Awarded Aug 30 '18 at 19:50
Is there a word for an object that is no longer kept for its original purpose but instead for sentimental value?
Awarded Aug 8 '18 at 9:30
Short word to describe someone wearing smartglasses
Awarded Aug 2 '18 at 10:30
Is there a name for the final section of a letter?
Awarded Aug 1 '18 at 16:25
ETcetera pronounced as EXetera ? Correct?
Awarded Jul 18 '18 at 20:27
What word means “the top of a person's head”?
Awarded May 20 '18 at 15:47
What is the state in which a person is put to sleep using anaesthesia called?
Awarded May 5 '18 at 15:45
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