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Here I am! The younger I get, the less I know. . .

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Top Questions
74 votes

Why is it “behead” and not “dehead”?

word-choice etymology prefixes asked Jan 6 '15 at 18:37
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68 votes

What characteristics are unique to English (or at least rare among language as a whole)?

syntax english grammar linguistic-typology pronunciation asked Aug 15 '12 at 18:30
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18 votes

Is spoken English more efficient than other languages?

english translation asked Sep 10 '12 at 20:55
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15 votes

What's the equivalent phrase in the UK for “I plead the fifth”?

phrases american-english british-english legal asked Oct 17 '12 at 17:10
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14 votes

Has elision revised the standard spelling of any words in the past century?

pronunciation orthography asked Oct 16 '12 at 7:20
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13 votes

What term describes enjambment alluding to a taboo word?

single-word-requests offensive-language poetry asked Aug 30 '12 at 16:30
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12 votes

How should I handle logger failures?

design-patterns exceptions exception-handling logging error-handling asked Dec 12 '14 at 17:22
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11 votes

Past participle used as a noun?

single-word-requests nouns past-participle asked Aug 8 '12 at 15:21
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10 votes

Where is “Wednesday” pronounced “Wedinzday”?

pronunciation british-english asked Sep 27 '12 at 20:21
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9 votes

What's a word for a person who loves old or ancient things?

single-word-requests asked Aug 23 '12 at 20:21
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Top Answers
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What the #$@&%*! is that called?
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Word for part of wooden railroad track
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What are the jimmies that are being rustled?
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14
How do I delete everything below row X in VBA/Excel?
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14
Is there a word to describe someone who tends to disagree with others only to upset them?
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14
What does 'rare device' refer to?
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Term for knowledge that is unintuitive but obvious in retrospect?
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12
Does the Oakland Athletics logo misuse the apostrophe?
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12
Is there a word meaning “append”, but at the beginning, not the end?
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12
When quoting a speaker of another English dialect, should you spell things his way?
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11
apache poi maximum number of rows
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Indicate title without italics or underline
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Word for half-hemisphere / quarter-sphere?
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10
What's the idiom for getting lost in a (malfunctioning) bureaucracy?
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10
What is it called when you stay at hospital?
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10
Excel Conditional Formatting 3-color over one row applied to many rows
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English for French word “équivalence”, in an academic context
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9
What is the meaning of “the dogs live in clover”?
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9
“Dammit” vs. “damnit”
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9
What characteristics are unique to English (or at least rare among language as a whole)?
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8
'Broken Shells Make Temple bells' meaning?
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8
What is the hypernym for “next” and “previous”?
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8
What is a common word that describes men who don't attract women
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8
Equivalent expression to Spanish “cutting by the healthy part”
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Is there an “opposite” to the idiom “throwing the baby out with the bathwater”?
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Dinky cars (toy cars)
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7
Why does 'dead on' mean 'very accurate'?
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Why is there a “ph” in “cipher”?
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Meaning of “harsh mistress”
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What were the British equivalents of Webster's dictionary and the Simplified Spelling Board that standardized spelling and usage?
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