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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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What is the name for making stuff up from texts?
I have seen done with various "holy" books etc., where by a relationship between alphabet/characters/number of occurrences of alphabet/word etc are related to some new scientific breakthrough/predicti …
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What would you call someone who makes no lasting impression?
"Potato" comes to my mind. But you could flair them up by thinking of Mr/Mrs Potato head instead. After all people are not boring, it is our mind that makes them so.
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Word for sphere of reality surrounding each individual? [closed]
Is there a word for the sphere reality that is being perceived by an individual?
One can consider that there are two parts to awareness, first one is the subject that is aware and secondly what the …
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What do we call people who go to the gym?
Gym-junkie if they go way too often e.g. every day, too many hours.
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A pair of words that mean fast- and slow- changing
Abusing the term in mathematics :
Smoothness and $C^k$ seem relevant.
for example : Smooth or bumpy function.
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Is there a word for the selective removal of items from a list (other than cull)?
Weed out the list, means to reduce non essential entries. That is what they do with list of job applicants.
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If a serializer serializes a proxy proxilizes,proxifies,proxifieres?
Trying to find a word for what a proxy does by it's own root.
Some words are easier e.g. serializer serializes etc.
some words are hard e.g. proxy (proxilizes,proxifies,proxifieres?) not sure what is …
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What is "and" in "I got A,B,.... and Z"? [closed]
Is there a name for "and" used in "A,B,... and Z," e.g.
"I got an apple, orange, watermelon,... and a Boeing 747"
is there a name for final "," transmogrifying gloriously into an "and" miracle …
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What are word combinations similar to the effect of "Sofa King" called?
Is there a name for word combination structures that embed other words within them (both verbal or written)? (Any less rude example would be appreciated.)
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A word for making idols from the dead ( Deadolatry ?)
Edit : To those who think this is a loaded question, it is based on historical facts. If you can please share your unloaded equivalent version of the question that would preserve the factual informati …
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Word for the relation between two different generalisations
Conceptual Orthogonality is being used around ( thanks google ), orthogonal concepts can be understood to be completely different aspect than non-conceptually orthogonals, e.g. :
Size and Color are c …
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A good noun for a two-faced person
How about a Dualist ? or Bimorphic ? How about a flip flopper?
Hell you can talk about a many faced person as them being a Polymorph.
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A word for 'a series of events'
How about :
"Revolution in Lybia coalesced due to
combination of events."
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"Revolution in Lybia developed due to combination
of events."
Events being chronological is already infer …
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Word for suggesting solutions to a problem solely to demonstrate contempt for the expected p...
Egghead and its synonyms comes to mind: know-it-all, rocket scientist, the all-knowing (sarcastic tone).
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