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Literal meaning and etymology of “off” in “bake off”, “dance-off” etc
Awarded Jul 9, 2018 at 19:52
Is the cryptographical meaning of "nonce" a backronym?
Awarded Jul 5, 2018 at 2:46
Is "Due" a Participle?
Awarded May 19, 2018 at 6:53
She's always knowing something she's not supposed to
Awarded May 7, 2018 at 20:12
Is that an "r" in "worship" in a text from 1591?
Awarded Apr 25, 2018 at 12:03
Would the slang version, yessir, of yes, sir, be deemed as derogatory, offensive, or simply disrespectful to someone your senior?
Awarded Apr 11, 2018 at 4:56
Dichotomy... trichotomy... what about more than three cases?
Awarded Mar 27, 2018 at 14:34
Any website to look up words with similar pronunciation or spelling?
Awarded Mar 26, 2018 at 7:16
"Trust" vs. "Cartel"
Awarded Mar 18, 2018 at 17:15
Is There a Name for the Lines of an Arrowhead?
Awarded Feb 23, 2018 at 15:47
Is there a word for one side in a pair?
Awarded Feb 7, 2018 at 23:23
Is 'hypothecate' anything to do (in origin or meaning) with 'hypothetical'?
Awarded Feb 5, 2018 at 17:01
'confusion matrix' for English phonemes
Awarded Feb 3, 2018 at 14:58
Word for putting a Y between every X
Awarded Jan 24, 2018 at 16:18
Is "back the hall" accepted usage?
Awarded Jan 22, 2018 at 16:45
What does "sink and copper" mean in British parlance circa 1937?
Awarded Jan 13, 2018 at 20:28
What does "you can make out cock and ball definition" mean?
Awarded Dec 21, 2017 at 21:15
Word for a topic with an unreachable conclusion
Awarded Dec 2, 2017 at 1:51
What is the meaning and usage of the abbreviation "v. a."?
Awarded Nov 21, 2017 at 18:42
English equivalent of "brain turned into yogurt"
Awarded Oct 28, 2017 at 14:50
Slang meaning of "pod"
Awarded Oct 13, 2017 at 4:24
This baby-walking device is called a ([prefix]-)[name] by people from [location]
Awarded Oct 9, 2017 at 21:31
Word for point-by-point response
Awarded Oct 4, 2017 at 7:29
What did "pop a cap" mean, other than "shoot someone," in the 19th century?
Awarded Oct 2, 2017 at 17:50
Term for a function that is deliberately excercising edge cases
Awarded Sep 24, 2017 at 20:12
"To camouflage" is to sight as "to ____" is to sound
Awarded Sep 18, 2017 at 11:44
Word or Phrase for the beginning or end of an event or period of time?
Awarded Sep 10, 2017 at 21:01
What is an old legal term for a lease contract that was common in the previous centuries
Awarded Sep 10, 2017 at 11:29
"we and someone" vs "someone and we"
Awarded Aug 22, 2017 at 6:44
Origin of "Arachnoleptic fit"
Awarded Aug 14, 2017 at 18:20
Ironic "Something-ism"
Awarded Aug 9, 2017 at 14:08
A fun, catchy way to say the opposite of a 'no-brainer'?
Awarded Jul 26, 2017 at 10:07
How do I choose between ‘who’ or ‘whom’ when the subject pronoun is unclear?
Awarded Jul 25, 2017 at 11:50
Which is correct: "not less than" or "no less than"?
Awarded Jul 24, 2017 at 11:44
What does the abbreviation 'compl.' mean in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Awarded Jul 23, 2017 at 6:04
Reimplement or re-implement?
Awarded Jul 20, 2017 at 16:27
Season as a verb?
Awarded Jul 19, 2017 at 22:04
Single word request for a person who speaks by even considering a potential rebuttal
Awarded Jul 5, 2017 at 2:37
What is a word or expression for a convenient and unsupported answer?
Awarded Jun 22, 2017 at 16:18
Opposite of epicanthic fold (not occidental)
Awarded Jun 20, 2017 at 20:53
What's the meaning of "let it fly" in this context?
Awarded Jun 7, 2017 at 2:10
Is "Plannable" an English (UK) word?
Awarded May 30, 2017 at 10:52
Is "seafood" inclusive of "seaweed"?
Awarded May 18, 2017 at 14:49
What to call the symbol where there is a break in content or a break in a graph?
Awarded May 15, 2017 at 20:04
Adjective/adverb that means "seemingly clever, but actually foolish"
Awarded May 1, 2017 at 6:12
Help, the "onus" is on me! What do you call whatever it is I'm supposed to do with it?
Awarded Apr 28, 2017 at 13:47
"I understood her to say"
Awarded Apr 27, 2017 at 2:45
Is there an English word for non-vegetable fruits?
Awarded Apr 22, 2017 at 21:32
"fine by me" vs "fine with me"
Awarded Apr 19, 2017 at 15:40
Is "dehabilitating" an acceptable word?
Awarded Apr 15, 2017 at 3:20
Pipe invert and obvert: Why is it called invert?
Awarded Apr 7, 2017 at 22:57
"Once in a while" OR "Once in awhile"?
Awarded Apr 7, 2017 at 15:48
What do you call this button-shaped thing?
Awarded Mar 26, 2017 at 12:57
Why does nickname in all caps look bad?
Awarded Mar 11, 2017 at 14:43
What is the history of the term "metasyntactic variable"?
Awarded Mar 3, 2017 at 20:22
Noun for "a person who deeply appreciates aesthetics"
Awarded Feb 20, 2017 at 4:34
Where have all the erections gone?
Awarded Jan 23, 2017 at 4:55
Spaces around a colon
Awarded Jan 17, 2017 at 16:27
Should a pilcrow disambiguate the beginning of one paragraph?
Awarded Jan 12, 2017 at 0:17
What adjective means “having three parts”?
Awarded Jan 1, 2017 at 22:31
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