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"message": "Is there any accurate word to describes a person that likes to travel a lot? I'm looking for something synonymous with travel obsessed.Example: <blockquote> I am crazy about travel, I am a complete _________.</blockquote>",
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"message": "Depending upon how you travel... | Is there any word to describe a person that likes to travel a lot? | english | 2017-02-10T18:31:02.190 |
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"message": "Defendee as far as I know means 'One who is defended'.Since English is not my mother's language, I am wondering if the word Defendee is usable/suitable for something like \"Self defense\" \"defend yourself\".For a website I am working on a self-defense project, and I want to have a single dictiona... | Usage / meaning of the word "Defendee" | english | 2017-02-11T00:46:42.193 |
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"message": "Could you tell what does this construction mean in the following extract \"At the time of writing, however, it is available only in Russian, so an outline of some of the details from the film will have to do\". Sounds strange.",
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"message": "More context would be hel... | Meaning of " will have to do" | english | 2017-02-12T11:33:01.383 |
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"message": "There is a Cambridge American English Dictionary web-site. I was checking pronunciation on some words that have a common sound \"æ\". Although the sound supposed to be the same, its pronunciation differs in my opinion. I splitted two groups based on how the words sound.The web-site I used is <a hr... | Does æ differ or not (American English)? | english | 2017-02-12T12:34:18.050 |
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"message": "The sequence is \"How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck would?\" I am wondering if repetition, particularly of the word \"wood\", would display symbolism or any other kind of literary device.",
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"message": "References:<a href=\"https://ww... | Does repetition in the following sequence of words display symbolism, emphasis, or both? | english | 2017-02-12T18:42:03.663 |
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"message": "I was talking to my team member on an issue. He was putting in new statements every time I countered his previous statement. I think I can't use \"truth\" for these statements because when I countered, then the previous and current statements were contradictory. \"After-thoughts\" would be right,... | Idiom: A person who is unfolding truth, changing statements during the conversation | english | 2017-02-13T15:45:42.763 |
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"message": "I need a single word that means the \"degree by which something is energizing\". In a sentence:<blockquote> On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the _______ of this coffee? This percentage represents the energy drink's perceived _______.</blockquote>This should apply to any such food, lik... | Is there a word for Energizingness? | english | 2017-02-13T17:57:18.530 |
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"message": "Is there a name for when a comment or statement has an inferred context, but there is no mention of that context in the comment or statement itself?For instance, if someone said:<blockquote> \"Remember when people warned against a female president because she might be irrational, vindictive, and... | What is it called when there is an inferred context, but no direct mention of it? | english | 2017-02-13T20:19:13.037 |
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"message": "Got redirected here from Philosophy SE :<a href=\"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/40907/\">https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/40907/ to ask here for an more technical discussion and comparison of the two phrases.Are two phrases equivalent?On similar lines, \"destroyer of... | Is “destroyer of hope” same as “bringer of hopelessness”? | english | 2017-02-14T18:55:06.083 |
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"message": "As part of a semester long project my senior year of college I came up with an original idea for the creation of entirely new subsidiary/new company/new division of a Fortune 500 company. At the end of the semester I presented a 50 page report of my research, findings, and suggestions, in addition... | Title/word for an individual that came up with the idea/plan for a new division/subsidiary of an existing business? | english | 2017-02-14T21:05:22.077 |
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"message": "I have come across a sentence \"I was talking about the fourth quarter of game seven, when you're looking to lockup a championship...\". I checked in all available dictionaries and did not find meaningful explanation. From a context I guessed it means to win a championship prematurely according to... | What is meaning and correct grammar of "looking to lock up" expression? | english | 2017-02-14T22:07:29.117 |
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"message": "The ability to verbify is well known in English and on this site. Occasionally a verbified non-verb will end with -a. Occasionally that verbified non-verb ending with -a will need to be in the past tense.How do you inflect a verb that ends in the letter a to make it past tense?The task is easy eno... | Past tense ending for verbs ending in -a | english | 2017-02-15T08:09:56.743 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a word to describe a girl which helps another girl hook up with a guy while occupying the not-so-good-looking-one, just exactly what a wingman does! So can that girl be called a wingman or is there another term for her?<blockquote> According to <a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org... | Is the use of 'Wingman' limited to only a man? | english | 2017-02-15T10:38:35.317 |
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"message": "<blockquote> The missing eyeglasses are in the refrigerator, where Damien absentmindedly set them down while eating his roommate's leftover fried rice.</blockquote>Is the bold part an adjective clause or adverb clause?It seems to me that it's an adjective clause, since it's describing the place w... | Adjective clause or adverb clause? | english | 2017-02-17T02:35:48.823 |
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"message": "I would like to describe a person who returns from a mind-relaxing break back to work by the idiom \"fresh pair of eyes\". However, as per its definition on some sources, \"a fresh pair of eyes\" is \"another person [...]\", which made me think that maybe it is not suitable.The situation I am imag... | Is "a fresh pair of eyes" necessarily somebody else? | english | 2017-02-20T14:12:57.643 |
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"message": "In the British show Call The Midwife, which is a show about midwifery, a lot of the dialogue is about babies. Whenever someone refers to a specific baby, they never use the definite article. So \"That's not good for baby\" rather than \"That's not good for the baby\". \"I'll ask the doctor to list... | Not using the definite article for "baby" | english | 2017-02-21T13:45:28.607 |
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"message": "The simile \"as RIGHT as rain\" is idiomatic in English. Is there an idiomatic equivalent for \"wrong\"? If so what is it? If not, any suggestions?",
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"message": "The earliest dated \"as wrong as\" simile I could find in U.S. sources was from a collection of similes ... | Is there an idiomatic simile for "as wrong as"? | english | 2017-02-22T11:55:50.937 |
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"message": "I'm looking at <a href=\"http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/verb-patterns/would-rather-would-sooner\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this tutorial that shows the following usage:<blockquote> same subject (+ base form) I’d rather stay at home than go out tonight. different... | I’d rather + different subject (+ past simple clause) | english | 2017-02-22T16:22:40.877 |
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"message": "What do you call a system of what visual items mean? Visual items include symbols but also line thickness, color, etc. It could be used for either production or consumption of a designed piece.For example, you are designing a book and you want a consistent use of typefaces and lines throughout the... | Word request for 'visual style guide' / 'visual nomenclature' / 'visual system' | english | 2017-02-24T20:48:47.260 |
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"message": "BackgroundA metasyntactic variable is a word or term that stands in for something else, typically used when you're describing an overall pattern, and the subject under discussion could have any name in actual practice. A placeholder.It's most commonly used in computer science and related fields, a... | What is the history of the term "metasyntactic variable"? | english | 2017-02-26T16:51:31.697 |
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"message": "What's another word for traffic in a rural preindustrial or medieval type environment?Traffic just feels so modern to me, cars and trucks, and doesn't seem to fit in a time and place where there are no automobiles.What would a better word to describe the traffic of horses and wagons, or something ... | What's another word for traffic in a rural preindustrial or medieval environment? | english | 2017-02-27T05:31:36.553 |
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"message": "Can you put the following sentence<blockquote> She raised him along with his siblings.</blockquote>in a way that the word together has the same meaning as the word along in the sentence above?If you would say<blockquote> She raised him together with his siblings.</blockquote>it would mean that h... | Difference in meaning of 'along' and 'together' in this context? | english | 2017-02-27T19:47:32.157 |
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"message": "While editing a text, I came across this sentence: \"The festival is a rainbow of color and joy.\"My question concerns the word \"color.\" I feel it should be plural: \"The festival is a rainbow of colors and joy.\"I asked a colleague and she felt it was fine because color was describing the rain... | "Rainbow of color" or "Rainbow of colors." | english | 2017-03-02T16:45:12.400 |
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"message": "From Dickinson's correspondence with Thomas Higginson:<blockquote> I smile when you suggest that I delay \"to publish\" -- that being foreign to my thought, as Firmament to Fin. If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her -- if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase -- an... | Help me undersand what Emily Dickinson means in this letter | english | 2017-03-02T21:35:35.443 |
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"message": "I'm American, but it seems to me that when I’ve encountered <a href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/transcript-of-julia-gillards-speech-20121009-27c36.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Australian speech or <a href=\"http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/p00101.pdf\" rel=\"nore... | Is Waltzing Matilda comprehensible outside of Australia? In Australia? | english | 2017-03-03T16:08:45.223 |
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"message": "TL;DR:If I use “date” for “appointment”, is it unmistakably understood?If not, is there a shorter word for “appointment”?In German, there’s Termin, from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”), for which there is no obvious English cognate. This German substantive can mean anything of the following:“ap... | What is a good synonym for “appointment”? Is “date” one of them? | english | 2017-03-04T11:00:24.103 |
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"message": "My sister wants to create her own fashion brand in Russia. This brand contains a simple English word, no names or last names at all. She asked me how she should express the idea of the whole outfit, set of clothing, I mean, fashion look created by this brand. Her friend having her own brand uses t... | What words should I use to describe the whole fashion outfit? | english | 2017-03-05T16:04:31.993 |
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"message": "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is full of \"Best do smth.\" phrases: They're goblins. Clever as they come, but not the most friendly of beasts. Best stay close. Best not to mention this to anyone, Harry. Best do it a bit of a run if you're nervous.What are these phrases from a grammatica... | Best stay close = You'd better/best stay close? | english | 2017-03-05T21:59:24.787 |
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"message": "Would such sentence make sense? \"Tonight is our date night with mom.\"",
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"message": "Yes. A <a href=\"http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/date\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">date is simply:<blockquote> 5a: an appointment or engagement usually for a spe... | Can Dating Be Used In Non-Romantic Situations? | english | 2017-03-06T00:33:07.447 |
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"message": "Literally, ETA means \"estimated time to arrival\". It is often used when traveling, like you want to know your ETA to your destination, or the ETA for the package delivery.However, often I find myself wanting to use ETA when I am referring to a completion date, even though literally ETA means arr... | Is it colloquially acceptable to use ETA in place of "estimated time to completion"? | english | 2017-03-06T01:58:53.650 |
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"message": "I've looked at quite a few questions here but I've been unable to figure this out. In the following:<blockquote> She came to bring us food.</blockquote>She is performing the act of \"bring.\" BUT, in this one:<blockquote> Many chickens died to bring me this meal.</blockquote>The chickens aren't ... | Does "to" as an infinitive marker require the subject to relate to the following verb? | english | 2017-03-07T04:28:45.290 |
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"message": "I am trying to understand what the word classification would be to name a variable for a program. I will have a label variable which will hold one of two values (correct/incorrect) but I don't how to describe these words. Such as: run is a verb, color is an adjective but what would be the words co... | Word classification? | english | 2017-03-07T18:23:40.430 |
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"message": "I am writing a description for one of our internal repositories of knowledge we have at my company, and I want to describe one of them as being \"a hub of FYIs to keep all teams up to date on the latest news, alerts, etc.\"I was wondering if there's a better noun other than \"FYI\" to describe nug... | Another term for "FYI"? | english | 2017-03-07T18:48:59.843 |
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"message": "Can I use the word \"ensure\" to say that something guarantees the negative effects to something/somebody, or is there any other suggestion?For example:<blockquote> The design of our work ensures high-grade security for both software and hardware attackers.</blockquote>In this sentence, the att... | Can I use the word "ensure" to guarantee something negative to someone? | english | 2017-03-08T06:53:01.850 |
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"message": "I am trying to express something along the lines of:<blockquote> [...] where the visitor can read entire books from start to finish.</blockquote>In Norwegian we say \"fra perm til perm\", which roughly would translate to something like \"from hardback to hardback\" indicating that the first hardb... | Alternative ways of saying "from start to finish" of a book | english | 2017-03-09T12:49:46.263 |
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"message": "The title is self-explanatory. Is there a word for the desire to have power, or should I just use the phrase?",
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"message": "You may use powermad. Here's an example from <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=%22powermad%22&tbm=bks&lr=lang_en#q=%22powermad... | Is there a word for wanting, or craving, power | english | 2017-03-10T09:08:42.427 |
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"message": "We were recently discussing the idiom \"to be left holding the bag\" and couldn't come up with a proper idea about where that might come from initially. Our possible solutions were somewhat goofy and involving a failed drug deal where the seller was left holding the bag of illegal material...",
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"message": "At 1:19 into <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5z_FhveeUU\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this BBC news, the BBC reporter says:<blockquote> But what pushed her from office was ___ constitutional court finding her guilty of crime in a country which has only been a democracy for 30 years.</b... | Can choosing "a something" over "the something" be natural even when that "something" is previously mentioned? | english | 2017-03-10T21:24:35.020 |
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"message": "I am searching for a word which means someone who has an obsession with being 'Normal', or someone who cannot bear to be different from other people, or similar. Is there any such? Context:-A lives in a western country, and always eats rice with chopsticks. His mother B scolds him for not eating l... | What would you call a person who is obsessed with being "normal"? | english | 2017-03-17T07:08:30.397 |
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"message": "Maybe someone is able to paraphrase and/or make sense of the following, from the 1796 <a href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=g_heAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Narrative of W. Spavens, Chatham Pensioner, Written by Himself:<blockquote> As to the matter of s... | Meaning of “hoodwink” in a 1796 passage | english | 2017-03-17T11:13:03.133 |
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"message": "As far as I understand, in the sentence[1] The hat i̲s̲ ̲r̲e̲d̲.the underlined part, is red, is a syntactical <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_(linguistics)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">constituent ('a group of words that functions as a singl... | In 'The hat is red', how do we know that 'is red' is a constituent? | english | 2017-03-17T13:40:45.453 |
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"message": "I've been researching the origins of the World Wide Web, so basically sifting through CERN reports and Usenet posts from 1989-1993, but I've noticed that the terms \"Web site,\" \"website,\" \"web-site,\" and \"web site\" appear nowhere.I've tried Google ngrams, but receive way too many false posi... | When was the term "Web site" (or "website") first used? | english | 2017-03-18T18:33:20.573 |
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"message": "Does it sound natural to say: \"I've proofed your homework and it's ok\"? I'd like to say something different than I've corrected your work, or I've checked your work.",
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"message": "Why not use reviewed? It's a far better alternative. It's a much broader term that e... | usage of the verb proof | english | 2017-03-19T12:58:46.563 |
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"message": "I am reading translated version of Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie and I am not sure about the meaning of funny fish. It was translated to my mother language as a tricky thing. I know that if something is fishy it means that it is not so good. It might be then that the translation ... | funny fish - etymology background? | english | 2017-03-20T09:19:55.633 |
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"message": "Imagine this situation: the minister of a state announces, \"from the next month onwards, all the employees of the Municipality can avail education loans for their children from any of the government banks.\" (He announces this on behalf of the government)'education loan' is something that the emp... | What is the suitable word here? "granted" loan or "allotted" loan, or "provided" loan or any better word? | english | 2017-03-20T12:54:48.067 |
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"message": "I'm having a hard time thinking of an example, except I remember someone making a recursive joke about it once. They explained the meaning of it by using its definition, hence the joke. Something like \"An X is only an X for those who already know\".What is the name for this kind of phrase?",
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"message": "I'm looking for a word (if such exists) for the opening of a song. Specifically, the part before the singer starts singing the lyrics, often a 30 seconds to 1 minute solo instrumental at the beginning of the song. Like how the word <a href=\"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick+off\" rel... | Is there a word for the opening of a song? | english | 2017-03-21T10:59:00.493 |
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"message": "What is the correct word to describe the level(degree) of greed?Let's say in range between 0 (not greedy) and 10 (very greedy). Greedy or greediness?",
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"message": "If you're developing game characters, then you might want to use synonyms of Greed, like <a href=\"htt... | Word Choice: Greed or greediness? | english | 2017-03-21T16:04:23.400 |
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"message": "As the title suggests im after a word that starts with O that means the same as trust, being trustworthy, being credible and other similar words. I need this to complete an acronym I am creating.The context would be a sentence like, \"Can you convey trust?\" or \"Are you credible\" or \"Are you tr... | What's a word for trust, trustworthy or credibility that starts with the letter "O" | english | 2017-03-22T08:04:56.073 |
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"message": "So I want a word that means familiar but which you can't put the right name to. The context is I have discovered a tune on Youtube which I have heard many times (probably used for an advert) but I did not know name of.So here is a link which illustrates what I'm talking about.<a href=\"https://ww... | A word meaning something familiar but which you can't put the right name to? | english | 2017-03-22T12:08:48.923 |
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"message": "I'm uncertain about the headline below according to its grammar. Do you consider the headline grammatically correct? And do you prefer the headline including the \"with\" (inside the brackets) or excluding the \"with\"? Thank you very much beforehand!\"Complaints regarding difficulties (with) cont... | "Difficulties with contacting" or "Difficulties contacting"? | english | 2017-03-22T23:40:34.613 |
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"message": "A word that describe the following individual\"A person who commits crime but knows the law (how it works), always dodges the charges and because of this never gets caught.\"<br>e.g. a man kills someone and everybody knows he did, but the police can't arrest him due to lack of evidence.Or a hacke... | A word to describe Moriarty's character in BBC's Sherlock | english | 2017-03-23T11:37:30.203 |
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"message": "I am trying to think of a word, or if necessary a phrase, to describe someone who is extremely sensitive to minor injustices committed against him. Think of a person who will challenge anybody to a duel who treats him unfairly, even if the offense is slight. The word proud comes to mind, but it ha... | A word/phrase for someone who is very sensitive to slights/injustices committed against him | english | 2017-03-23T13:32:19.553 |
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"message": "Consider an entrepreneur who builds a business through personal effort. This might be called sweat equity or getting your hands dirty.What is a concise phrase, preferably a single word, which represents the opposite?As requested, here's an example of how the word I imagine might be used in context... | A word for "without getting your hands dirty" | english | 2017-03-24T00:57:03.337 |
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"message": "Consider an entrepreneur who builds a business through personal effort. This might be called sweat equity or getting your hands dirty.What is a concise phrase, preferably a single word, which represents the opposite?As requested, here's an example of how the word I imagine might be used in context... | A word for "without getting your hands dirty" | english | 2017-03-24T00:57:03.337 |
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"message": "i came across this word- 'austerity' and I wanted to know whether it made sense in this sentence.W.H. Auden’s Refugee Blues laments the plight of Jews in the years before World War 2 while suggesting the austerity and antagonism they faced when seeking asylum in the democracies of the period. Also... | Does the word 'austerity'make sense | english | 2017-03-24T07:02:44.810 |
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"message": "In America growing up in the Midwest, I've always heard people pronounce the word \"bury\" as if it were pronounced sounding the same as the word \"berry\". Ever since I've noticed this many years back I've always pronounced the word \"bury\" as it's spelled and I think it should be pronounced but... | "Bury vs. Berry" The Proper Pronunciation Edition | english | 2017-03-24T21:04:58.097 |
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"message": "Suppose I started working on a project several years ago and right now I'm still working on the same project. If I want to express this to someone else what tense should I use? The statement should make clear that the action in question is still ongoing, i.e. that I'm still working on this project... | What tense should I use for describing an ongoing action which has started a long time ago? | english | 2017-03-25T12:53:33.943 |
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"message": "I am looking for expressions in English for a child that stubbornly refuses to play with others, for example a group of other children, although they are friendly and inviting and actually would like the one child to join their group, say, out of a sense that it is better to cooperate in a group t... | An expression for a child that refuses playing with others | english | 2017-03-25T15:03:55.797 |
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"message": "In <a href=\"http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0521431468\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">CGEL (p. 640), it is stated (without argument) that in the sentence[1] They live n̲e̲a̲r̲ ̲h̲e̲r̲e̲.we have the preposition phrase (PP) near here, wh... | In the PP 'near here', why is 'near' the head? | english | 2017-03-25T16:21:52.713 |
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"message": "In <a href=\"http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0521431468\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">CGEL (p. 640), it is stated (without argument) that in the sentence[1] They live n̲e̲a̲r̲ ̲h̲e̲r̲e̲.we have the preposition phrase (PP) near here, wh... | In the PP 'near here', why is 'near' the head? | english | 2017-03-25T16:21:52.713 |
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"message": "Are birthdays holidays? Or if not, is there a general term for all celebration days, including birthdays as well as public holidays (especially in AE). Festivities? Festival days? Feast days? Revels?",
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"message": "A) Only if you're not going to work.According to <a ... | Are birthdays holidays? | english | 2017-03-26T17:41:53.330 |
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"message": "In <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">the Wikipedia article on the Skull and Bones secret society a quote attributed to Lanny Davis is given like so: \"If the society had a good year, this is what the 'ideal' group will consist of: [...] a Chairma... | Meaning of "lit" seemingly undiscussed as of yet | english | 2017-03-27T21:58:59.310 |
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"message": "This is something that I've recently had someone tell me is not grammatically correct. Now, to be honest, it's not something I would likely ever use in everyday language but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not perfectly acceptable.So, as an example:<blockquote> That that you have eaten is pois... | Is it grammatically acceptable to start a sentence with "That that..." | english | 2017-03-28T21:12:21.130 |
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"message": "I can't find a word to fit the state of being bored but with lots to do - ultimately lacking motivation to do (tedious, repetitive) work, when one feels one should be motivated due to the amount of work needed to do.Neither indifferent (having no particular interest or sympathy) nor frustrated (fe... | What is a word for being bored but with lots to do? | english | 2017-03-29T12:14:23.337 |
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"message": "What is the correct preposition to be used in this case?Is it the same when you also refer the name of the island?I will arrive [...] the island at 12:00I will arrive [...] Crete at 12:00",
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"message": "<blockquote> <a href=\"http://www.thefreedictionary.com/arrive\... | Arrive [to/at/in/on] an island - which one is correct? | english | 2017-03-30T06:50:01.043 |
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"message": "In Portuguese we have a word sonso* plus a slang expression João-sem-braço (\"John-missing-an-arm\" or more poetically \"Joe-missing-an-arm\" — don't ask me why) to define a person who is doing something illegal or immoral but is pretending not to be aware of that fact. Someone feigning innocence.... | Is there a word to define a person that does something but pretends they are not aware of this? | english | 2017-03-30T19:08:14.370 |
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"message": "Is there a word or slang word that can be used to describe somewhere that is no signal or means of digital communication? (i.e Off the Grid)",
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"message": "See <a href=\"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20zone\" rel=\"noreferrer\">dead zone at Merria... | Is there a word for a location where there is no signal or means of digital communication? | english | 2017-03-31T10:48:20.137 |
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"message": "If I want to say something has come into fashion, e.g. cuffed jeans, what do I say? There is a new trend of cuffed jeans.There is a new trend for cuffed jeans.There is fashion for cuffed jeans.If all variants are incorrect or if there exist variants that are more preferable (used more often), plea... | Trend of/for? Fashion for? | english | 2017-03-31T17:43:13.243 |
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"message": "I'm wondering whether the following phrase is stylistically appropriate:I'd like to pitch you a proposition.Specifically, I'd like to know whether \"pitch\" goes well with \"proposition.\"I'd appreciate your help.",
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"message": "No it does not seem stylistically appr... | pitch someone a proposition? | english | 2017-04-01T04:27:35.313 |
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"message": "During what period in the history of the English language was diahrrœa most used as a variant spelling of the word? Whence did this spelling originate? I would like to contrive to play this word in Scrabble as the 'hrr' sequence is generally not found in any words (to my knowledge), so the time ... | When was 'diahrrœa' most commonly used? | english | 2017-04-01T22:13:03.737 |
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"message": "I am writing a research and I have to describe a process. To do this I have chosen an enumeration as follows:<blockquote> To include ... To add ... To program ... To write ... </blockquote>I am not sure about starting each item of the list with the preposition <code>to</code>. I think best ... | Starting every item of an enumeration with to | english | 2017-04-04T06:45:34.597 |
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"message": "<blockquote> He has never seen his mother make a cake.</blockquote>Why is make correct? I got corrected because I wrote makes.Why isn't \"He has never seen his mother makes a cake\" a correct sentence?",
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"message": "\"He has never seen his mother make a cake\" is a... | Why doesn't the verb need to have "s" in this sentence? | english | 2017-04-06T05:40:49.160 |
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"message": "It's the midlife crisis. You're fifty and a bit, and one day you wake up and realise you will never be the female equivalent of Leonardo da Vinci, and no one will remember who you were after you die. Time is slipping away. Quicker than you ever thought it would. And gravity has overtaken your skin... | The passage of time and the fear of lost dreams | english | 2017-04-06T12:15:51.823 |
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"message": "We had a recent question on the Workplace which resulted in this answer:<blockquote> <a href=\"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/88661/52713\">5 Minutes Early Is On Time; On Time Is Late; Late Is Unacceptable!</blockquote>Someone asked for a citation and I attempted to locate it, albeit poor... | Origin of the phrase, "5 Minutes Early Is On Time; On Time Is Late; Late Is Unacceptable" | english | 2017-04-07T13:16:15.597 |
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"message": "You love a girl. You also have a crush on a girl who works in your office. You also have a lust on a neighborhood girl. What word would you use to describe all of them? Your \"Romances\"?I'm looking for the word (noun, plural) to describe the list of people that I have a crush, love, and lust. I'm... | Word to describe the list of people that I have a crush, love, and lust | english | 2017-04-07T22:00:37.897 |
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"message": "<blockquote> The company, for security reasons, would not want a single one of its employees to have access to the company BTC wallet's password. Any transaction would have to meet the approval of more than one employee.</blockquote>In this sentence, why is it \"BTC wallet's password\"? Why isn... | Why is it "BTC wallet's password" instead of "the password of a BTC wallet"? | english | 2017-04-09T06:56:25.027 |
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"message": "A <a href=\"http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nosy-parker\" rel=\"noreferrer\">nosy parker is someone who doesn't mind their own business. They will poke their noses into other people's affairs, and attempt to eke out whatever information they can, the more personal the better. A... | The inquisitive tale of “Nosey Parker” | english | 2017-04-09T16:21:13.900 |
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"message": "A <a href=\"http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nosy-parker\" rel=\"noreferrer\">nosy parker is someone who doesn't mind their own business. They will poke their noses into other people's affairs, and attempt to eke out whatever information they can, the more personal the better. A... | The inquisitive tale of “Nosey Parker” | english | 2017-04-09T16:21:13.900 |
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"message": "Does the author mean \"blockchain will not be as bad as it was\"?The blockchain genie isn’t going back in the bottle.Whether it’s one of these companies or the next wave that follows them, the efficiency and effectiveness of the solutions make it a foregone conclusion.Throw in the additional benef... | What does "going back in the bottle" mean? | english | 2017-04-10T09:43:44.850 |
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"message": "Alright, I'm going to just start by saying there probably isnt an equivalent for this, but here is pretty much my line of thought. If you need someone to unlock a door for you, you call a 'locksmith'. Now, suppose you needed someone to disarm or even set traps for you, whether it is for animal hun... | What do you call someone who excels at setting and disarming traps? | english | 2017-04-10T20:38:01.870 |
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"message": "What is a word for someone who is 'anti-Christian' in the way one is 'anti-semitic'? For example,<blockquote> Someone who is X is opposed to the doctrines of Christian theology and prejudiced against practicing Christians. </blockquote>This not to say they are atheist or otherwise advocating for ... | What is a word for someone who is 'anti-Christian' in the way one is 'anti-semitic'? | english | 2017-04-11T00:53:24.870 |
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"message": "I'm looking for words similar to female, that can act as nouns and adjectives, but a) can so so only without changing form, and b) are unable to act as other parts of speech.Is there a class or category for this sort of words?P.S. I've used the <a href=\"http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/mpos.html\" rel... | Do words that act as nouns and adjectives in the same form constitute a particular part of speech class? | english | 2017-04-12T01:19:40.987 |
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"message": "Ever since I read a fictionalized account of Francis Drake’s adventures in James Michener’s The Caribbean (1989), I have been curious about the nickname of a ship known as the Cacafuego (literally Shitfire or Fireshitter).<br>Through a tricky ruse, \"el Draque\" (as he was called in the Spanish of... | What is the origin of the American expression "s*** fire"? | english | 2017-04-13T01:22:44.890 |
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"message": "When describing an object, should you use \"oldest surviving\" or \"earliest surviving\"?",
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"message": "As regards objects (which was the subject of the question), both are used, and, thus, both can be used. However I would suggest that the best use will be governed... | "Oldest Surviving" or "Earliest Surviving" | english | 2017-04-13T13:22:36.310 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/32ENs.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">I cant find what that thing is called if at all there is a word for that. Does anyone know what it is?This is some sort of load lifting device. Slings go in between the plates and well, there is a description:<blockquote> ... | Word for the thing on the picture | english | 2017-04-14T07:40:28.437 |
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"message": "If we check stackexchange tagging system, we have tags, which describe the context of the questions and answers or they describes what the question is about. For example we can have a question related to a PHP (programming language) feature. We can tag this question as <code>programming</code>, <c... | Is there a verb for being in context? | english | 2017-04-14T10:30:55.057 |
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"message": "\"No _____er\" or \"No more _______\" or both?I've come across this construction \"He is no more (adjective) than I am\" more than once, and there are at least two forums on the Internet where the subject is discussed. Several explanations have been offered but there seems to be no consensus. Som... | "no younger than I am" or "no more young than I am"? | english | 2017-04-16T12:35:40.010 |
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"message": "Perhaps this question is a bit specific, but I'm trying to make a pub quiz right now, where one of the questions I want to ask is what the most common liquid present in earth is, without it being obvious that I'm talking about the liquid core of the Earth.I was thinking of phrasing the question li... | How to phrase "contained within earth" without being obvious about the earth's center | english | 2017-04-16T15:19:22.480 |
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"message": "I have to generate random questions Yes/No about hotels, restaurants, etc. for a Natural-Language Programming task. The focus is on questions about characteristics about such places that are rather dynamic (e.g., current length of queue, available parking spaces).I'm trying to cover a wide range o... | When is "Does... have...?" correct versus "Is... having... ?" | english | 2017-04-17T04:05:00.707 |
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"message": "As distinct from \"love for public spaces\" which I understand agoraphilia to mean. Since I think the Greek agora means an \"assembly\" or \"market place\"; not \"open spaces\".",
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"message": "If by \"open spaces\" you mean areas away from buildings, a possibility is... | Is there a word for "love of open spaces"? | english | 2017-04-18T08:48:46.360 |
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"message": "<blockquote> It also generally implies a particular view of reality of what man, society, and even the physical world like in the nature, behavior and relationship to one another.</blockquote>Could you divide this sentence with a slash(/) to understand easily? Actucally, I don't know the usage of... | How can I divide this sentence? | english | 2017-04-19T11:40:19.443 |
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"message": "I know you can say bilingual, trillingual, multilingual. But what if I want to emphasise the number (only one) of foreign language, rather than the total number of languages one can speak?",
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"message": "bilingual able to speak two languages with the facility of a na... | A single word for someone who is fluent in only one foreign language? | english | 2017-04-20T06:17:52.870 |
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"message": "Sometimes we don't know something but we know that we don't know it. <blockquote> I don't know what is his intention, whether he intends good or bad. I should find out.</blockquote>But sometimes we even don't know that we don't know. We are just empty-minded about the matter. We are behind the po... | Is there any word/term for when we not only don't know something but don't even think about it? | english | 2017-04-20T06:40:30.390 |
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"message": "As a German statistician, I distinguish between statisticians and \"Substanzwissenschaftler\" (my best translation so far substantive researchers). While the former know which <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_analysis#Regression_models\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">regression mod... | Is there an English equivalent to the German word "Substanzwissenschaftler"? | english | 2017-04-20T07:18:43.543 |
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"message": "I am trying to make sense of this statement:<blockquote> So in common parlance reality still means reality, but includes the assumption that perception is an accurate indicator of reality, a known falsehood and actually conceded by everyone.</blockquote>What does it mean to say, \"reality sti... | Linkage between reality and perception | english | 2017-04-21T20:09:21.990 |
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"message": "I'm looking for an expression that is used when you have a lot to tell about a specific matter but you will say only a short summary, usually due to courteousness towards the conversation partner, e.g. I am writing someone an email stating something. I have sent him multiple emails before regardin... | Polite expression for saying something in short | english | 2017-04-22T05:34:15.560 |
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"message": "I was watching an episode of Psych today, where they made a grammar joke that referenced a term I hadn't heard before.The quote in question that apparently splits an infinitive is:<blockquote> (Karen Vick) Well, why don't you tell me how to properly say this: if you share any official information... | Splitting an Infinitive | english | 2017-04-22T14:26:21.710 |
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"message": "I need a word, or philosophical term that means nothing can be taken at face value or below its surface. It should convey that people's characters cannot be judged even by a book's first chapter. Despite <a href=\"http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/infobesity.html\" rel=\"norefer... | Perception versus Reality | english | 2017-04-24T07:04:27.170 |
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"message": "In writing a paper in a Microsoft Word Document I wrote \"omittance,\" which prompted an edit remark from the program telling me that I spelled the word incorrectly. I don't know why I felt like writing omittance when I know that the proper word is omission, but there it was on the page. And hones... | Use of Omittance vs Omission | english | 2017-04-25T12:04:31.443 |
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