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This tag is for questions seeking a phrase or an expression that fits a meaning. If you're specifically seeking only a single word, see the "single word requests" tag too.
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What do you call the fire that is built outdoors and for cooking only (not for camping)?
Why not barbecue itself? There are very few times when one will associate barbecue without fire (or grill) or food.
Note that barbecue doesn't necessarily specify the method (grilling, broiling, etc. …
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Word or phrase meaning "working hours have ended, and it's time to go home"?
Closing time
"One last call for alcohol ... you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
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Alternative to "the blind leading the blind"
Ask George Lucas:
Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?
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Is there a term for simultaneous snow and rain?
My first guess would be slurry because it's a mix of water and any of several finely divided substances which should apply to snow, which is finely divided ice.
Source: SWAG, confirmed by Google Defi …
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Word to describe what an academic degree is "in"
Field of study is the generalized term for the subject of the degree given.
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What do you call a note that gives preliminary information before the main part?
NB: Maybe something might be interesting to note well.
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What are "good men that do nothing" called?
Per Merriam-Webster:
shirker: One who neglects his duty, responsibility, or obligation.
This assumes that involvement is obligatory (even if not assigned). If such was the case, avoidance — as i …
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What's an item called that was required to progress in a video game, but now isn't?
Perhaps objective is the term.
One of the objectives is to frazzle the discombobulator. After achieving this objective, the discombobulator unlocks the ability to merconify the TwizzleSnarg.
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What is a word that means "someone who pretends to be your friend but is actually your enemy?"
There’s also a wolf in sheep’s clothing, which is a person who seems friendly but in truth is hostile.
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