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Michael Lorton
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What is the word for always YES (100%) or always NO (0%), never in-between
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Is "You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" still considered a compliment in English?
May 15, 2017
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Opposite of smartwatch
Jan 19, 2016
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Phrase for a situation where a problem disappears when you are about to fix it, but reappears later
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What is a polite way of talking about a recently-deceased person?
Sep 17, 2014
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Why did ‘brainwash’ develop to be a negative word?
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Is there any English word in which "ph" is not pronounced as "f"?
Apr 6, 2015
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Is "denigrate" a racist word?
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Is "used in anger" a Britishism for something?
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Does "salt mines" have any specific meaning?
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