Recent questions tagged terminology

Description : Is there any difference between a leftist and a liberal?

Last Answer : Depends on where you live. In Germany, a “liberal” is what you would call a “neoliberal”, meaning a proponent of cut-throat capitalism. You could also call them “libertarian”.

Description : Why is it only about one issue that some people argue "You can't call me pro something?

Last Answer : It's not only that issue. (e.g. people do tend to object to being labelled pro-war or pro-taxes .) It's just the most popular issue for the anti-abortion people to try to ... the straw-man notion that pro-choice people are pro-abortion , which is usually not accurate, hence the arguments.

Description : What does "pro-abortion is a misleading term too" mean exactly?

Last Answer : Pro Abortion to me means that a person is okay with using abortion as a form of birth control, rather than a one time solution to a bad situation, which I would call Pro-Choice.

Description : What is the term to describe this type of ignorance?

Last Answer : answer:It's not ignorance. It's getting rid of unrelated factors in evaluating people. To put it in simpler terms, it's lack of prejudice. Michael Sam's ability as a football player has absolutely ... And in your second example, being a Mexican is NOT the persons actual being. Their humanity IS!

Description : What's the difference between leasing an apartment and having a rental contract?

Last Answer : Yes, interchangeable.

Description : Do you know any other way of saying "tickle your fancy"?

Last Answer : Titillate, vellicate, stimulate, thrill, please, delight…....

Description : When speaking of the mall--that is, The Mall--what do you call the inside of it?

Last Answer : I would call it the corridor. An early shopping center built in England in 1835 was actually called The Corridor

Description : Is the term "third world" no longer PC in any context?

Last Answer : It’s out dated more than anything. It doesn’t really give you a clear idea of what it means and is open to abuse.

Description : Is my grandmother's brother's son my "cousin" or is there another word for such a relative?

Last Answer : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cousin_tree_%28with_genetic_kinship%29.png Also I googled “cousin” and found this image. From this, I think that my relative may be my first cousin once removed, but I am not entirely sure.

Description : "too sweet to be sour too nice to be mean" - where does this come from?

Last Answer : answer:Fluther- I just saw it a moment ago. (Aside from that, check youtube and some of the music sites.) Search on Beastie Boys . Jazz and Awol that's our team Step inside the ... envy y'all is green Jealous of the rhyme and the rhyme routine Another dimension new galaxy Intergalactic planetary

Description : Where did the term "rack" come from? (when refering to boobs)

Last Answer : You can hang coats on them.

Description : In steam turbine terminology, diaphragm refers to  (1) separating wall between rotors carrying nozzles (2) the ring of guide blades between rotors (3) a partition between low and high pressure sides (4) the flange connecting the turbine exit to the condenser

Last Answer : In steam turbine terminology, diaphragm refers to separating wall between rotors carrying nozzles