Description : What words/phrases annoy you?
Last Answer : When people say, “Irregardless…”
Description : Under the sea, Under the sea... phrases that immediately get you a-hummin'... which are some songs that are immediately recognizable from their first words...
Last Answer : New York, New York…..
Description : What words or phrases can immediately turn a Hot sexual situation - Ice Cold?
Last Answer : Here’s mine: “Wanna ride the horsey, Little Girl?” Nice. Never will forget it.
Description : Any words or phrases from past generations you still love?
Last Answer : I’ve always loved the word Davenport for a couch. Also I love jeepers, golly and hella. Oh, and I still call conditioner, “Creme Rinse”.
Description : Are there any terms, phrases, or words that you don't like but you use them anyway?
Last Answer : Homosexual and heterosexual. We’re forced into this binary, and it’s just not accurate. Sexuality lies on a spectrum.
Description : How many unique words do you speak in a day?
Last Answer : Hundreds. I write at work and hate using the same word more than once. I also have a fairly good vocabulary, and like the precision of using the exact right word. I used 25 different words in the first three sentences.
Description : What are some words with unique or fascinating characteristics?
Last Answer : I always have had the feeling that onomatopoeia was an interesting word, precisely because it is not heterological.
Description : What phrases or sayings do you find annoying or seem odd to you?
Last Answer : I’m getting tired of hearing, “at the end of the day,” when people are trying to make a point. I had one trainer use it numerous times when trying to explain his company’s position on a controversial decision they’d made.
Description : Did your parents/guardians ever say certain phrases throughout your childhood? If so, what were they?
Last Answer : My grandfather called the cordless phone a “walkabout phone”.
Description : What phrases or expressions do you like hearing?
Last Answer : If someone happens to say bamboozle or fiddlesticks, that’s pretty funny. That barely happens, but it’s worth it when it does. Also, I love this to no end; it’s as dark as a grave digger’s ass crack at midnight.
Description : What do you think of Oxford's top ten list of most irritating phrases?
Last Answer : In order of irritation, from most irritating to least: 10 - It's not rocket science 3 - I personally 2 - Fairly unique 8 - Shouldn't of 4 - At this moment in time 5 - With all due respect ... It's not rocket science coming from a good friend instead of such and such a moron is totally different.
Description : What unique phrases or funny traditions did your school have?
Last Answer : We had a day called senior skip day in high school. It was the amount of days from graduation that was the year you would graduate. In other words, I graduated in 1976. So 76 days from graduation was our skip day. We all went to the town’s water tower and painted our year on the tower.
Description : Any examples of regional dialect?
Last Answer : Would this even qualify as “dialect,” or would it just be differences in labels¿?
Description : Which dialect of English is hardest to understand?
Last Answer : Brummie or strong Irish/Glaswegian.
Description : What is another name for dialect ?
Last Answer : Another name for dialect is regional language.
Description : What is the meaning of Dialect ?
Last Answer : Dialect means dialect.
Description : Which German dialect did Albert Einstein speak?
Last Answer : swabian (schwäbisch), like Bertold Brecht.
Description : The window version of Excel supports programming through Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which is a dialect of _____: a) Visual Support b) Visual Basic c) Visual Format d) None of These
Last Answer : b) Visual Basic
Description : which of the following state is the 'Lusei' dialect spoken?
Last Answer : Mizoram
Description : The dialect Lunfardo bears a name meaning ‘outlaw’ and originated either among European immigrants or among criminals. It gained greater respectability in the 20th century on account of its association with another practice. What was this practice?
Last Answer : Tango.
Description : English slang, Englishisms, phrases and idioms have been discussed here over and over since day one - nonetheless, come across any new (local, global) slang euphemism lately?
Last Answer : I’m so behind the times – I’ve just discovered ‘My bad’. Then I heard it on an old episode of Friends from about 10 years ago.
Description : Can you put these words in order?
Last Answer : Create Fortune Classics Wonder Tutor Intent Benign
Description : Do speakers of other languages play with their words the way English speakers do?
Last Answer : I know the Japanese enjoy puns and double-entendre jokes in their own language as much as we do in ours. Does that count?
Description : What words can you think of that can use any of the five vowels, in turn?
Last Answer : tat Tet tit tot tut bat bet bit bot but fan fen fin fon fun
Description : Readers of Japanese: what do these words say? (please see inside)
Last Answer : I cannot read the Japanese. It’s too advanced for me. I can tell you what it is, though. It’s a very hard, thick paper square used to write stylized Kanji on and display. It could also be used for painting sumi-e or ink paintings.
Description : If Trump was "fully exonerated" by the Mueller report (his words), why is he afraid to let people read the whole thing?
Last Answer : Trump is not ‘fully exonerated” by the Mueller report. The only ones saying that are Trump, Barr, and their followers. The Mueller letter to Barr demonstrates Trump was not exonerated.
Description : What are some words that you're not sure how to spell?
Last Answer : Missspelling. It’s hit or miss. Miss Spelling. Missspelling. Misspelling. Mispelling. You are welcome.
Description : Why have I been mixing up words so much lately?
Last Answer : Stress can do that to you.
Description : What are some words, that, despite being spelled identically, mean opposite things when pronounced differently, or used in a different context?
Last Answer : Two of my favorites are maroon and quiver. This is a game I used to play with my daughter, spelled the same, pronounced the same, but have no connection whatsoever.
Description : Can you think of any other words that have changed their meaning over time?
Last Answer : “Gay” used to mean joyful. “Pretty” used to mean cunning. “Cancer” used to just mean a disease that involves cells multiplying uncontrollably. Now it also means horrendous or abominable
Description : What are some ways or other words for locating something?
Last Answer : Are you referring to only people How about: “rescued” or “saved” – if they are alive. “Recovered” – if they are not.
Description : Is there any way to make the words on my Netflix bigger?
Last Answer : This doesn’t answer your specific question, but until you get an answer that helps, can you have a tablet right there with IMDb to give you some idea? Or are you already doing that?
Description : What are some words that you don't know the meaning of?
Last Answer : Shortened, summarised.
Description : Why must news articles use euphemisms when real words are available?
Last Answer : answer:That’s not gentility, that is accuracy. An expletive is not for gentle ears. Swearing may include “upon my soul you are a scoundrel.” Swearing may be much more easy on the ears than an expletive. And, it is not a euphemism. Euphemistic expression would have been, “he used harsh words.”
Description : What are some words that have unnecessary letters?
Last Answer : Just off the top of my head. 1 (K)nife 2bom(b) 3 dum(b)
Description : What words do you find people consistently mispronounce?
Last Answer : answer:Disclaimer: from a non-native English speaker. - Cupboard. I can hear some people pronounce cup and board separately. Get the picture? - INsight, not inSIGHT. - Goes. Just decause does is pronounced der-s ... same rule. - Finale. It's fer-na-li . It's not another final with an e .
Description : What Are Some Beautiful Words?
Last Answer : answer:Mellifluous (it means beautiful to the ear, or pleasant to hear). Ex: Judy Collins singing voice has a uniquely mellifluous tone.
Description : What words don't exist in French, other than for "daughter" and "wife"?
Last Answer : When I googled it says French has the word la êpouse for wife/spouse.
Description : How much are you bombarded with words?
Last Answer : Really rough it up like a fuckin cannibal man, go out into the woods with nothing, and live like a savage off of roots, moss… and animals you strangle with your bare hands.
Description : Which basic concepts can't be explained using words?
Last Answer : answer:Actually, left and right can be explained with language and biology. Left is the side of the human body on which the heart is primarily located, and right is the side of the body ... that cannot be adequately explained in words: colors and music are the first two that pop into my mind.
Description : Synonyms or Explanation for the following words?
Last Answer : answer:Do you mean “paraphrase”? “The shows are booked to the hilt” means that there are no seats left. “To the hilt” is an idiom. You should be able to discover the meaning of all the other phrases or modified nouns with a few minutes’ work with your English dictionary. They are straightforward.
Description : Easy explanation or synonym for the following words:?
Last Answer : 1) explore 2) incite or urge 3) supplanted or removed 4) a rising star
Description : How can one still read words that have been crossed out with pen ink or magic marker?
Last Answer : Gosh, yes! Hold the paper up so your viewing angle is more from the side than above. Tilt back and forth until the light angle is somewhat slanted. See? When I cross something out, ... are deliberate. Crossing something out, the movements are more casual. Spotting the difference is not so difficult.
Description : Have you often hurt someone's feelings with your words(whether they deserved it or not )and then felt awful?
Last Answer : Yes I told my best friend in university to F off in a chat room and I regret that she did. I haven’t talked to her in 14 years.
Description : Care to help the mods make a list of words that are unacceptable in a question title?
Last Answer : Isn’t this pretty much a duplicate of your meta question?
Description : Why do so many websites use blue ink vs. traditional black for words we are reading?
Last Answer : answer:A lot of creative color on websites is annoying. Young eyes see things more easily. Also the people creating and writing the websites are very familiar with the copy and probably barely need to read ... to read on a white or light background. I have no trouble reading the red fluther uses.
Description : When did news outlets stop using words like "spin" and "propaganda"? When did these become "narratives" instead?
Last Answer : The word “narrative” seems to be used in a subtle effort to present a spin without admitting it.
Description : Website design & usability -- can you help shorten a couple of words?
Last Answer : answer:Can you not add inch and centimeter options after Size above the table? If you add in and cm to size within the table to size but not depth, it will look sloppy. I don't know your flexibility. ... on all 3 might give you room for the clearer and more descriptive 14(h) x 14(w) x 1(d)
Description : What's your life story in 6 words or less?
Last Answer : A hopeful journey, not yet over.
Description : What are some intelligent and useful words?
Last Answer : answer:This question has already been answered. dictionary.com All words are useful. However, a word cannot be intelligent.