Search Results

You may be thinking of a specialized kind of singing in which a singer shapes his/her vocal tract to amplify overtones or harmonics (Merriam-Webster) of the fundamental frequency (Georgia State Univer …

"Fictional universe" is the formal term I've seen used most often: Wikipedia Fictional Universe However, in the fan-fiction world, "universe" or even the shortened form "'verse," with or without the …

As a person who is fascinated by language and language development in children, I think about words and concepts a lot (probably too much). I often have the feeling that there should be a word for som …

One word that immediately comes to my mind is irascible: "becoming angry very easily; having a bad temper." There's also one sense of "contrary" that fits--"temperamentally unwilling to accept contro …

Since the hashtag #IGiveUp doesn't have an object associated with the verb, it does make it sound like the intransitive sense of "give up," which Merriam-Webster defines as to cease doing or atte …

Consider "task dependency." The link (to a Project Insight page on task dependencies) takes you to a page where four types of task dependencies are defined. Your example sounds like the site's "finis …

This question came about because there has been an drought in our area, which is resolved for now, and I am beginning to stop practicing some water-saving measures, but feel discomfort or guilt at no …

I'm looking for a word, expression, or more succinct phrase that captures the idea of taking something that did not start as or was not originally intended to be competitive, and making it into a comp …

While reading this post on the Politics SE, I saw an answer that mentioned something which the poster referred to as a "crowd warmer:" There are crowd warmers (*) that tell people when and how to che …

Speech Language Pathologist here. I work with kids with social language deficits, as well as kids with other language disorders and a variety of behavior and social difficulties. I would consider the …

If you are asking about the sentence Does this also mean that if exports increase and nothing happens to imports, will that lead to Net Exports increasing? the simplest way to fix the sentence i …

Merriam-Webster: "out of one's league," and Collins' English Dictionary (for English Language Learners) : "out of one's depth" would both meet your needs.

The Online Slang Dictionary gives several delightful alternatives, including: boo – bumpkiss – bupkis – dick – diddly-squat – f**k all – fu**le – goose egg – jack – jack sh!t – jack squat – nunya …

When someone who exists in multiple cultures and/or uses multiple dialects, manners of speaking, etc., switches from one mode of language use to another situationally, they are said to be "code-switch …