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Requests for nouns, adjectives, or phrases that answer questions of the form “What do you call a person who . . . ?” Although these are not necessarily negative, they are often used pejoratively as “words that wound” against persons or acts one disapproves of, as in “racial epithets”.
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What are terms for a person who makes things work (and improves upon) by fixing, modifying, ...
bricoleur has the meaning:
One who makes from whatever is available.
The word could be used figuratively of someone with mechanical or engineering aptitude who improvises using parts on hand, whatever …
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'Neerdowell' has passed out of the vernacular. What has replaced it?
A close cousin to the ne'er-do-well is the good-for-nothing. He is still up and about.
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How do you describe someone who can hear you or see you but pretends or ignores your presenc...
That person has "snubbed" you.
P.S. To snub a person is to ignore the person intentionally, motivated by a belief in and a desire to express one's own superiority, which belief can be founded on …
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Noun or Adjective for someone who is good in managing resources and/or money
You could say that such a person was unwasteful.
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