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How did Americans greet each other before “Hi”?
word-choice
history
greetings
asked Jun 2 '11 at 15:33
english.stackexchange.com
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Can the Meta sites have non-color-based visual cues to help distinguish them from the Main sites?
feature-request
design
per-site-meta
asked Sep 5 '12 at 14:37
meta.stackoverflow.com
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What does “P.U.” (in reference to stinkiness) stand for?
etymology
abbreviations
asked May 18 '11 at 23:27
english.stackexchange.com
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What purpose does an '-o' serve?
suffixes
asked Aug 15 '12 at 0:18
english.stackexchange.com
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Words with a leading silent w
pronunciation
orthography
asked Dec 19 '12 at 12:09
english.stackexchange.com
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Does “yar” (or “yarr” or “yargh”) in Pirate English imply an affirmative?
meaning
exclamations
pirate-english
asked Sep 19 '11 at 1:26
english.stackexchange.com
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Attorney at law, is there any other kind?
meaning
vocabulary
asked Jun 27 '11 at 19:50
english.stackexchange.com
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Make like a banana
humor
pun
simile
asked Feb 1 at 13:06
english.stackexchange.com
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How did English get the “What is your name?” construction?
etymology
phrases
history
asked Jun 6 '11 at 11:44
english.stackexchange.com
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Is the pronunciation of the letters “Y” and “I” supposed to be identical?
pronunciation
phonology
vowels
greek
asked Sep 12 '11 at 0:27
english.stackexchange.com
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What do you call a group of people that move a lot?
english.stackexchange.com
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Why we capitalize all race names but our own
english.stackexchange.com
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Alternative to “Merry Christmas”
english.stackexchange.com
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Why is there a “mean” in “Greenwich Mean Time” (GMT)?
english.stackexchange.com
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What's the verb for making that “pffft” sound?
english.stackexchange.com
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Word for something sad and funny at the same time
english.stackexchange.com
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Is there a name for an answer to a question that does nothing but rephrase the question in an answer form?
english.stackexchange.com
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What is a verb for “illusion”?
english.stackexchange.com
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In sex talk, how many bases are there and what do they all mean?
english.stackexchange.com
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Who is “That Guy”?
english.stackexchange.com
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Difference between “condo” and “apartment”
english.stackexchange.com
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Right word to represent “speaking with low audible voice”?
english.stackexchange.com
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What does “yo-ho-ho” mean?
english.stackexchange.com
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“True” is to “false” as “truth” is to… what?
english.stackexchange.com
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What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?
english.stackexchange.com
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Law term that means that some document, paper or deal has no power in law
english.stackexchange.com
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Phrase or word for animal freezing in response to danger
english.stackexchange.com
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What is an expression for something you particularly like?
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What is a word for partaking in art?
english.stackexchange.com
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What does ‘Train-wreck style’ mean?
english.stackexchange.com
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A word to describe “people I care about”
english.stackexchange.com
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Is there a single word for speech with a double meaning?
english.stackexchange.com
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What does it mean to describe someone's chin as “pugnacious”?
english.stackexchange.com
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Why to use “May” before using “May God bless you”?
english.stackexchange.com
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How can a wasteland be “washed in somewhat queasy-ugly bleached orange”?
english.stackexchange.com
11
How broad is the definition of sodomy?
english.stackexchange.com
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What do I call a word with roots from multiple languages?
english.stackexchange.com
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What is the technical term for the area within a fort?
english.stackexchange.com
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Are prenatal ultrasounds safe?
parenting.stackexchange.com
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Between two options, which does “former” refer to and which does “latter”?
ell.stackexchange.com
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