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55 votes
7 answers
142k views

What did "google" mean in the 1900s?

43 votes
1 answer
5k views

Origin/meaning of "burninate"

26 votes
5 answers
5k views

Is there a name for synonyms that appear to have opposite meanings?

14 votes
5 answers
5k views

How did "strike" get its baseball meaning?

14 votes
3 answers
4k views

Why is the plural acronym "CSS" treated as singular?

13 votes
4 answers
44k views

What are the treads on the side of the highway called?

8 votes
3 answers
18k views

What's with the third degree?

8 votes
6 answers
9k views

Origin of "come in handy"

8 votes
3 answers
80k views

Can a positive statement be combined with a positive question tag like "did you" or is "didn't you" necessary?

7 votes
2 answers
8k views

Why is there a fly in my pants?

6 votes
3 answers
2k views

Is there a synonym for "defenestrate"?

6 votes
2 answers
157k views

Plural possessive with separate possessions

4 votes
4 answers
50k views

Difference between "unto" and "to"

2 votes
1 answer
823 views

Is this sentence missing a verb?

2 votes
1 answer
1k views

Usage and acceptability of the word "queer"

2 votes
3 answers
1k views

(I'm not sure) how to capitalize this sentence

2 votes
2 answers
647 views

Idiomatic idiosyncracies

1 vote
2 answers
5k views

Verb for "recreation"

1 vote
2 answers
1k views

Noun for receiving end of promotion?

1 vote
3 answers
2k views

Horse of a different color

1 vote
1 answer
5k views

Contracting "Should not have" [duplicate]

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