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Married a teacher of English, and as it turned out, the interest in the language is contagious :)

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What’s a “handegg”?
Dec 17, 2014
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What is the opposite of Optimal?
Jun 17, 2014
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What does the term "a free concert in the mud" mean in this sentence?
Jan 3, 2018
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One of us is wrong, aren't we?
Jun 18, 2014
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Are there rules to determine whether a musician's title will end with “-er” or “-ist”?
Jan 26, 2015
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What term means "all of the words one knows"?
Nov 19, 2014
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Is there a term for a foreign word that looks like an English word but has a completely different meaning?
Nov 22, 2014
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Is there a word which means whatever you want it to mean? Or has no meaning?
Aug 19, 2014
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Word a male can use to refer to a female that is not old or young (girl/lady/woman)
Jul 21, 2014
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Not "On the Rocks"
Sep 19, 2014
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When definitions are linked to, is copy-pasting the definitions required?
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