User ab2

133 votes

Accepted

The company I work at has this thing we have to say every morning. What is it called?

answered Dec 10, 2018 at 14:26

106 votes

Accepted

Rosa Parks is a [symbol?] for the civil rights movement?

answered Sep 28, 2016 at 21:14

90 votes

Word to describe sitting in quiet anger

answered Jul 15, 2017 at 2:31

66 votes

A fun, catchy way to say the opposite of a 'no-brainer'?

answered Jul 25, 2017 at 3:24

62 votes

Accepted

In architecture, you {cut?} the corners of a building to keep it from featuring right-angles. What's the word I'm looking for?

answered Jul 28, 2017 at 2:01

57 votes

Accepted

Something which is not terminal or fatal but lifelong

answered Sep 29, 2016 at 17:27

50 votes

Term for doing something little by little?

answered Jan 21, 2016 at 1:56

49 votes

What's an eponymous adjective that is an antonym of Machiavellian?

answered May 30, 2017 at 1:13

47 votes

Accepted

What is a word which encapsulates the meaning of both the words 'widow' and 'female divorcee' in one?

answered Mar 23, 2018 at 1:43

44 votes

Donald Trump's run-on sentences

answered Mar 3, 2016 at 23:31

43 votes

Accepted

What is the English word that means "making something more broadly known and understood"?

answered Mar 13, 2016 at 19:18

36 votes

What do you call a minor flaw in a work that makes you realize how perfect/flawless it is otherwise?

answered Apr 3, 2016 at 22:06

34 votes

Is there an English equivalent for the Persian proverb "to play with the tail of a lion"?

answered Aug 9, 2017 at 17:29

34 votes

A good word for the opposite of pretentious?

answered Jun 9, 2016 at 13:40

33 votes

What's the meaning of "Wanted on Voyage"?

answered Jul 5, 2017 at 14:42

33 votes

Accepted

The term for a person who provides a reference for someone for a job

answered Sep 6, 2017 at 14:14

33 votes

Help, the "onus" is on me! What do you call whatever it is I'm supposed to do with it?

answered Apr 26, 2017 at 20:17

33 votes

"Subterranean", but for planets/surfaces other than Earth

answered Dec 7, 2016 at 21:34

32 votes

A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action

answered May 2, 2016 at 1:50

32 votes

A pair of earrings that don't match

answered May 29, 2018 at 1:57

31 votes

Better word for 'believe' or 'think'

answered Jul 21, 2015 at 16:25

30 votes

A single word for "moved around a lot"?

answered Apr 24, 2017 at 23:39

25 votes

Accepted

When somebody is watching something for so long they stop seeing details

answered Sep 27, 2015 at 19:11

22 votes

Accepted

A word that means "small gift"?

answered Dec 9, 2018 at 15:34

21 votes

The word for discrimination against people from other regions within a country?

answered Aug 15, 2017 at 19:12

19 votes

Accepted

Micromanage: specifically related to parenting

answered Jun 27, 2017 at 19:15

18 votes

Making a small 'optimization' which instead actually leads to disaster

answered Aug 28, 2017 at 3:17

17 votes

Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture?

answered Jun 23, 2017 at 23:17

17 votes

Accepted

How to express in a diplomatic, but not too subtle, way that an old (and popular) notion should be dismissed in favor of a new (and better) one?

answered Apr 2, 2017 at 17:24

16 votes

What Are Some Pejorative Terms for the Words "Boat" or "Ship"?

answered Jul 3, 2017 at 22:10

Stack Exchange Network

497 Answers

The company I work at has this thing we have to say every morning. What is it called?

Rosa Parks is a [symbol?] for the civil rights movement?

Word to describe sitting in quiet anger

A fun, catchy way to say the opposite of a 'no-brainer'?

In architecture, you {cut?} the corners of a building to keep it from featuring right-angles. What's the word I'm looking for?

Something which is not terminal or fatal but lifelong

Term for doing something little by little?

What's an eponymous adjective that is an antonym of Machiavellian?

What is a word which encapsulates the meaning of both the words 'widow' and 'female divorcee' in one?

Donald Trump's run-on sentences

What is the English word that means "making something more broadly known and understood"?

What do you call a minor flaw in a work that makes you realize how perfect/flawless it is otherwise?

Is there an English equivalent for the Persian proverb "to play with the tail of a lion"?

A good word for the opposite of pretentious?

What's the meaning of "Wanted on Voyage"?

The term for a person who provides a reference for someone for a job

Help, the "onus" is on me! What do you call whatever it is I'm supposed to do with it?

"Subterranean", but for planets/surfaces other than Earth

A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action

A pair of earrings that don't match

Better word for 'believe' or 'think'

A single word for "moved around a lot"?

When somebody is watching something for so long they stop seeing details

A word that means "small gift"?

The word for discrimination against people from other regions within a country?

Micromanage: specifically related to parenting

Making a small 'optimization' which instead actually leads to disaster

Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture?

How to express in a diplomatic, but not too subtle, way that an old (and popular) notion should be dismissed in favor of a new (and better) one?

What Are Some Pejorative Terms for the Words "Boat" or "Ship"?