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27 votes
2 answers
13k views

What is the name of the glyph that separates sections of a chapter? [duplicate]

9 votes
3 answers
13k views

Is there an "official" name for a heading prefix, or qualifier?

6 votes
1 answer
356 views

What do we call definitions we keep using for objects whose nature has changed?

6 votes
4 answers
401 views

What is a word that means "the people in place when an organization ended"?

4 votes
3 answers
769 views

Is "inveterate" always pejorative?

3 votes
4 answers
276 views

Most states have two large universities: "Whatever State" and "The University of Whatever." Is there a semantic reason for this? [duplicate]

3 votes
2 answers
2k views

What is the source of "the smartest guys in the room"?

2 votes
1 answer
2k views

How do you hyphenate a phrase with a suffix modifier?

1 vote
2 answers
107 views

Is the word "upstate" used to refer to anywhere outside New York?

1 vote
1 answer
95 views

Is there a name for a known untruth being used as a defense or antagonistic tool? [closed]

0 votes
2 answers
113 views

What's the difference between the "-teer" and "-ter" suffix?

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