Description : What common word or phrase have you always said incorrectly?
Last Answer : hyperbole I always say Hy per bowl
Description : What is the origin of the word/phrase 'butt-hurt'?
Last Answer : I wish I knew the origin. It’s a phrase I commonly use. First time I heard it was two years ago at a firehouse. One of the guys was describing how another guy got all butt-hurt after they put his uniform in a bucket of water in the freezer. Don’t leave your uniform laying around after shift.
Description : Have you ever heard a phrase or word that just rubs you the wrong way?
Last Answer : answer:“Bro” “My bad” “speaking truth to power” 1. Just don’t. 2. Sounds insincere. 3. What tha flyin’ fuck does that even mean?
Description : Have you ever heard anyone from a different country use a ‘slang’ word or phrase and had no idea what they meant by it?
Last Answer : We use bail and the sticks here in the US too. Hmm pretty much anyone that speaks Cockney- can’t understand a damn word of it. If it rhymes then I’m out.
Description : Is there a word or phrase that really affects you in a postive or negative way?
Last Answer : This is more of a grammar thing, but when people use to when they should use too has been driving me crazy recently. I always get people returning clothing at work and when they write the reason for ... to big This may not be what you were looking for, but they have a negative impact on me.
Description : Do you have a special phrase that you use all of the time?
Last Answer : I use this one a lot with the kids. Shouldn’t you be doing homework instead of fucking around on the computer?
Description : How would you complete the phrase "Ignorance is...."?
Last Answer : 1. A lack of information and is curable. 2. Sometimes alright if you couldn’t do anything about it anyway. 3. Dangerous (sometimes.) 4.A coping mechanism. .......
Description : What does the phrase 'suicide net' mean?
Last Answer : I would say it is the nets that Foxconn, Apple manufacturer, installed at its factories to prevent its inmates employees from committing suicide over shitty pay by jumping from the factory roof.
Description : Can someone translate this phrase into Spanish for me?
Last Answer : Ask the chairperson of the Spanish depsrtment at your university-s/he is a built-in expert. Or ask any member of the faculty who is a native speaker. You are right about the permanence and don’t want to discover, too late, that you got it wrong and it is a recipe for burrito filling.
Description : What are the dynamics of using the phrase "I will never"?
Last Answer : I will never give my dog canned dog food. She now gets canned food because of a health condition. I would do anything I could to get her to eat.
Description : Do you use the the slang phrase "Hit me up"?
Last Answer : I agree with you.
Description : What does the phrase "crossed in love" mean?
Last Answer : I believe that it means, ”,,,a girl likes a little drama in her love life…” But, I am not absolutely positive.
Description : What is meant by the phrase "Oh, Matron!", when used as an exclamation?
Last Answer : answer:It’s in reference to the comedy “Carry On” films. It’s one of the famous punchlines. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064133/ should help you out there’s loads of films. It’s unlikely he literally thinks of you as “matron”
Description : What does the phrase "Happy living" means?
Last Answer : I have never heard that phrase before. Is it regional?
Description : Can you translate this Latin phrase?
Last Answer : Something about birthday and pain management??
Description : Where does the phrase "out of pocket" come from?
Last Answer : answer:That's an odd usage. (Then again, I use plenty of words strangely.) I've only ever heard it used in the context of "Out of pocket expenses" -- as in, expenses to be reimbursed later, or "out of pocket cost" -- meaning the cost prior to rebates.
Description : What phrase or buzzword are you sick of?
Last Answer : “my bad” or “that’s nasty”. But what can one do right? I mean, it is what it is :)
Description : If you could create a phrase that would catch on all around the country, what would it be?
Last Answer : Goodbye George!
Description : Big (embarrasing) problem: In the past two months, I have almost "wet the bed" twice. Why?
Last Answer : Just get to a Urologist BEFORE the problem gets worse!
Description : Most embarrasing thing?
Last Answer : farting loudly in a one minuite silence at a football ground, then everyone laughing at me
Description : Most embarrasing job interview moment?
Last Answer : That would be the one where I discovered after the fact that my fly was unzipped!!! I didn’t get that job and always kind of wondered about that…
Description : What word is usually pronounced incorrectly? -Riddles
Last Answer : Incorrectly.
Description : What 11-letter English word does everyone pronounce incorrectly? -Riddles
Last Answer : Incorrectly!
Description : There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?
Last Answer : The word "incorrectly" itself.
Description : Do you remember the first time you ever heard a certain word?
Last Answer : answer:I remember the first time I heard a specific word pronounced correctly. I was sitting drinking coffee with a friend in a HOJOs in autumn, 1992. I was 39 years old. We were taking a class together. ... moment; the when, where and who, but I can't remember the conversation for the life of me.
Description : The use of the word STINT?
Last Answer : Stint can mean a period of time but usually time spent working. Eg He did a two hour stint in an Amazon warehouse. A long stint drinking coffee doesn’t sound right unless meant in a humorous way.
Description : Language savvy people: Do other languages have a word for 'klutz'? What is it?
Last Answer : In English I guess it is clumsy, but is that the same part of speech? Or, I guess the word klutz is English now? I think of it as a Yiddish word. A person can be a klutz, but their ... clumsy, but you wouldn't call someone a torpe. Yiddish has some really great words, and it sounds funny too.
Description : What is the word that goes with the email message "....destroy it if it's not meant for you" See detail.
Last Answer : « Privé « ?
Description : What is a word to describe actions such as war, anger?
Last Answer : What’s wrong with “aggression” or “aggressiveness”?
Description : Which word looks the best, the most beautiful, the funniest, and/or the most aesthetic, uncapitalized?
Last Answer : “aesthetic”
Description : Is it common that the word right is understood only as in the moral sense?
Last Answer : Context is everything. For example, in that other question, if “right” doesn’t mean “not left” then “correct” only applies as a moral judgement because the. Ircumstance doesn’t have a “correct” answer, as it’s a matter of personal choice.
Description : Can you think of a word with four repeated letters?
Last Answer : I did a search and came up with this: LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH, which is the name of a Welsh town. Since your example of runner has the n and the r as being repeated, my ... O and R 10 repeated letters. Oddly, it only has 5 letters that AREN'T repeated.
Description : What is a word for taking measures in order to prevent something?
Last Answer : Precautionary or cautious. Phone ahead to dentist to find out if one can take painkillers as they may give you some at that appointment via needles or pills?
Description : Where does the word "Goon" come from?
Last Answer : Your article seems largely based on the Online Etymological Dictionary which is pretty reliable.
Description : Word sleuths: trying to recall a word for cool early fall weather, or the change in weather?
Last Answer : Maybe it is in this list? Or you may try reversedictionary?
Description : If you don't put the word "some" before a noun referring to people, does that imply you mean "every single one" of those people?
Last Answer : No. Generalizations can be restricted or unrestricted. The words all or some can be used to make it explicit which type of generalization you are making, but a reasonable person uses ... the principle of charity to determine which sort of generalization is intended when neither word is present.
Description : One word, or two, that absolutely drives you mad?
Last Answer : Vehicle… said in a southern American accent. Also glaceirs said in a British accent. I am set in my ways and fee unwanted pressure to change.
Description : Can you suggest meanings for the word "whar" that I typed by mistake?
Last Answer : Up in the hollers of West Virginia “whar” is used in place of “where.” “Whar is that dad blasted coon hound?”
Description : How did the word "understand" come to relate the concept of knowing?
Last Answer : Have you actually read the etymology?
Description : What is the equivalent word for sexism as applied to the difference between the have and havenots?
Last Answer : I don’t understand.
Description : Is the word non-sequitur in your paper dictionary, if so in what section?
Last Answer : I don't have a paper dictionary handy anymore. I gave that up about 15 years ago. But I looked in the 1913 Webster's at Project Gutenberg. Non sequitur is listed as a normal word between nonsensitive ... [L., it does not follow.] (Logic) Defn: An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Description : What ring does the word (the verb) "Judge" has to you?
Last Answer : When I hear it used as a verb, I think of “evaluate, weigh the merits of…”.
Description : What is the most overused word?
Last Answer : “Like.” Used as, like, unnecessary fillers in sentences.
Description : Is the word "against" the right word to use in the following statement?
Last Answer : “Against” isn’t the word that I’d use, but that doesn’t make it wrong. What’s wrong are the first two uses and the last appearance of “it’s”, which is a contraction of “it is” and not the possessive pronoun it’s intended to be.
Description : What is the biggest word you know?
Last Answer : answer:“Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia,” which means “the fear of long words.” It is not the longest word in the English language, however.
Description : French speakers when do you use the word "ne" without the "pas" somewhere in the sentence?
Last Answer : answer:When you’re using a different negative modifier. For example – ne….jamias for never Il ne veut jamais venir avec nous or ne….plus for anymore or no longer Je ne travaille plus
Description : What's one really cool word for today? Part 11?
Last Answer : answer:Solemn thank you
Description : How often do you use the word 'naughty'?
Last Answer : People with little kids toss the word around regularly depending on the varying dispositions of their own little criminals & my little girl was such a revelation that the word is still ingrained in the forefront of my lexicon 30 years later.
Description : What does the word quilt mean in this context?
Last Answer : Someone just misspelt “guilt”.
Description : Will 'wazzock' become popular in the United States as a word to define a buffoonish idiot?
Last Answer : No, we don’t need British slang. We already have two words: Trump and Palin.