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What's the difference between "requester" and "requestor"?
Jun 9, 2011
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Why use BCE/CE instead of BC/AD?
Jul 5, 2011
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"The Dude abides" — what does "abide" mean in that context?
Aug 17, 2011
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"Eat" is to "feed" as "drink" is to what?
Aug 2, 2011
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English counterpart to Japanese signal word, “Dokkoisho”
Jun 21, 2011
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What does “22 going on 16” mean?
Jul 6, 2011
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Antonym of verb “holster”
Oct 31, 2011
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Short word that means "someone who takes notes"
Aug 18, 2011
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When did the U.S. President become "Mr. X" instead of "President X"?
Jul 8, 2011
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"Clean as a whistle" — why is a whistle considered appropriate for describing cleanliness?
Jul 15, 2011
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Where is the world saved on a Minecraft server, and how do I back it up?
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Are transparent neon Lego bricks made from a different plastic than usual?
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How do I know whether to attach a direct object pronoun to the infinitive?
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When does copula absence occur in African-American Vernacular English?
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What is the most idiomatic translation of "no way!"