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Did gamblers get their lingo "hijacked?"

etymology asked Jun 6, 2017 at 3:27

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What did "pop a cap" mean, other than "shoot someone," in the 19th century?

meaning etymology meaning-in-context slang phrase-origin asked Sep 8, 2017 at 3:18

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Is there a word for a message that is intended to be intercepted by an adversary?

single-word-requests phrase-requests terminology asked Jul 11, 2019 at 7:07

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Why does this London Underground poster from 1924 have a Star of David atop a Christmas tree?

20th-century religion britain art propaganda asked Aug 26, 2019 at 22:00

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What were—or are—"odd pants?"

meaning etymology meaning-in-context asked Mar 28, 2018 at 21:47

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As an American abroad, how do I know when cheek-kissing is an appropriate way to say goodbye?

friends making-friends travelling physical-contact saying-goodbye asked Aug 27, 2017 at 20:47

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Stare long enough and you will have found the answer

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Are there concrete examples of slang developing within a conlang?

esperanto language-change slang asked Feb 10, 2018 at 8:13

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What was the rationale behind EO 13787 updating the DOJ Order of Succession?

united-states executive-branch succession executive-order asked Feb 2, 2018 at 11:06

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How did the informant bird become a "little bird?"

etymology phrases phrase-origin asked Aug 25, 2017 at 11:47

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What is the binary equivalent to "decimal" and "decimal point"?

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Bill O’Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News

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What do you call it when a scam artist modifies the contents of a document to deceive other people?

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Has 'fat chance' always been used sarcastically or was it once a factual term?

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A verb for “The cartographer painstakingly ___ a map of the city.”

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Why do we refer to computers and other machines as being up or down?

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We "would have been"/"will be" together for three years in August

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How do I respond when someone is glad their loved one's suffering will end soon due to death?

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What was "m(o)ustache" called before the term entered the English language?

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What does “covfefe” exactly mean?

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What does “presidential president” mean?

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Is there any equivalent for this Persian idiom: "Like a cow with a white forehead"?

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What does “get rolled” in “Eight ways Trump got rolled in his first budget negotiation” mean?

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Derogatory term for people from places like San Francisco

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How do I recover from my social awkwardness being pointed out?

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Why is “bat down” not listed in any of major English dictionaries as an idiom, set phrase, collocation, no matter whatever it is?

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What emotion is the 'Mad Scientist' showing when they say "I'll show them all!"

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Was Zink ever valid spelling for Zinc?

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How did "biscuit" come to have a distinct meaning in North American English?

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Why do the titles of scholarly works sometimes begin with the word "on"?

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Is "gone" meaning "pregnant" a Britishism?

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Origin of 'finest hour'

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Is it 'medium-to-long term' or 'medium to long-term'?

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Is there one word for "being deceived into complying"?

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How does Láadan aim to express the views of women more than natural Western languages?

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I don't know the meaning of "salt allowance"

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An adjective for expressing beads freed from a beaded necklace

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What is the term for an argumentative style that relies on immediately extrapolating or threatening worst outcomes?

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Is “speaking off” a popular idiom?

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Geeking about a strange usage (🤓=🤣?)

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