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A neologism is a newly coined word or phrase that has not yet been accepted into mainstream language.
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What is the best way to convert "tongue-in-cheek" into an adverb?
I was thinking something like "tongue-in-cheekly" but it sounds awkward. Of course, alternatives are welcome, but I couldn't come up with one that conveyed the half-serious playfulness that I attribut …
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Is there a word akin to "hungry" or "thirsty" that implies a need to urinate?
Sometimes my brain (maybe because I'm not a native English speaker) tends to come up with logical extensions to common formats; in this case, more than once I caught myself thinking (not out loud, tha …
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