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27 votes
4 answers
4k views

Why do we order our adjectives in certain ways: "big, blue house" rather than "blue, big house"? [duplicate]

23 votes
1 answer
2k views

Why do South Indians call restaurants 'hotels'?

21 votes
6 answers
7k views

What is a word equivalent to 'oceanic' but specific to a lake?

15 votes
7 answers
5k views

Is there a word for 'cities with tall buildings'?

6 votes
1 answer
113 views

What are 'herbycall verses'?

5 votes
2 answers
117 views

What does this sentence from Philotimus mean?

4 votes
3 answers
461 views

Etymology of the word 'cheatercock'

4 votes
2 answers
126 views

What could be the origin of 'cherry-merry' in Indian English to mean 'baksheesh'?

2 votes
0 answers
76 views

Where does the subcontinental usage of 'one' to mean 'named' come from?

2 votes
0 answers
35 views

Etymology/origin of the term 'blazes over'?

2 votes
0 answers
67 views

Origin and evolution of the proverb "A closed mouth catches no flies"

1 vote
1 answer
106 views

Among younger speakers, is 'bro' now gender-neutral?

1 vote
2 answers
96 views

What is a less common phrase that's similar to 'To the untrained eye...'?

0 votes
3 answers
95 views

What is a word that denotes a seemingly upstanding (generally well-doing) citizen who is in reality a crook, cruel, or morally questionable?

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