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"Pregnant" as a taboo word

word-choice word-usage offensive-language asked Nov 28, 2018 at 16:23

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Who must be present at the Presidential Inauguration?

united-states presidential-election inauguration asked Jan 17, 2021 at 19:47

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Why is there "a Romeo" but not "a Juliet"?

phrase-usage asked May 18, 2016 at 20:11

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Is the abortion hanger a myth?

discrimination asked May 5, 2022 at 8:48

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Does the motto “Don’t tread on me” have a specific political color?

united-states history flag slogan asked Jun 28, 2020 at 19:42

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Why did the acronym GOP stick to the Republicans and not to the Democrats?

united-states terminology republican-party political-history asked Jul 23, 2020 at 14:48

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What do you call the space where you park a car? Parking spot, space, bay or what?

word-usage american-english british-english image-identification asked Mar 22, 2016 at 11:25

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Was cleavage first used for Jane Russell?

word-usage etymology asked Jan 4, 2023 at 19:35

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What sparked the figurative usage of “short fuse” in the 1960s?

etymology phrase-usage phrase-origin asked May 29, 2022 at 19:18

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Idiom request for wasting time or money

idiom-requests asked Feb 11, 2016 at 11:35

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'Earth-based' adjective counterpart to 'Lunar' or 'Solar'

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Word ending in "-ine" for rat-like

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

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Is there any phrase for the coldest days of the winter?

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Is there a word for food that's gone 'bad', but is still edible?

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What does "darkest Africa" refer to?

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What is the part of a bottle called where the liquid comes out?

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What do you call a _________ of cloth?

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What is the word to describe a bird organizing its feathers?

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The past participle of "split": "split" or "splitted"?

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Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can easily re-escalate

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What is the phrase or idiom for older people who still can function properly

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Sports word for winning by opponent quitting

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Is there an idiom for "Your decision can change at the last moment"

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What is an idiom, phrase or expression for situation such as "throw a pigeon among cats"

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Where are the people writing "would of" from?

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What is the English idiom for Russian "режет глаз" which literally translated as "hurts the eye"?

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Why does "Not in a month of Sundays" mean "It won't happen"?

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What is the correct English word for this piece of paper around these notebooks?

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Is "to go berserk" used by native speakers or is it obsolete?

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Do 'ration' and 'station' rhyme in any English accents?

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"this is a story of boy meets girl"

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"This spray zhuzhes". What does "the zhuzh" mean in cosmetics?

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What do you call this black, rectangular clamp in English?

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Is there a term for a masked / veiled question to find sensitive information?

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Is "Blitzkrieg" a word that average native speaker would understand?

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Term for "place of death"

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What is the opposite of 'owe'?

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Is this a common use of 'chime'?

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Is there a word that means “measure time”?

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