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How to name "people who talk a lot" in a company, without sounding rude
I'm delivering a presentation in which I want to mention people "who talk a lot" in companies. To me (non native english speaker), this term sounds a bit offensive.
I want to describe the ...
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Need less offensive way to say "he doesn't know the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground." [closed]
I'm writing something in a tone that is just a little too formal for "he doesn't know the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground" or "he doesn't know dipshit." I need something that ...
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Nonvulgar synonym for "smartass"
I just read a question here at ELU where a certain user, I'll call him A, disagreed with the premise in the question. He wrote a comment to disagree with the premise, and wrote that actually, such-...
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Need softer, less potentially offensive word for "malapropism" [closed]
Background: My spouse is German, and tends to misuse some words in English, and also tends to get some idioms a bit garbled. For example, to my spouse, "school" is synonymous with "grade school," and ...
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