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- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Let's say we have a guy who is stupid and weak and everybody picks on him and mocks him all the time What would we call this guy? I found timid in the dictionary but I am looking for a colloquial
- Etymology of doylum - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Doylum was a word commonly used in Leeds, Yorkshire, North of England, where I grew up in the 1960s 70s It basically means idiot - "What a doylum!" At the time I thought this was strictly a Leeds
- Is there a single word that means a person whose sole reason for . . .
A derrogatory term coined by Mork from Ork, similar to 'schmuck' or 'nerd' "I feel like a Nimnul" by brad May 28, 2003 Other contributors to that reference work provide similar entries for the spellings nimnu ("a person being stupid and or careless"), nimno ("An idiot, fool or spaz Also, a person who is not tech savvy ") and nimnoo ("A dolt A
- Correct, clear, concise way to use potato-potato in writing
"You say tomato, I say tomato" and the song from the beginning As an informal turn of speech, it can be used to show that two or more parties are talking about basically the same thing but not in
- Usage of well-intended vs. well-intentioned
It seems to me that the adjective well-intended is properly applied to an action, whereas well-intentioned is properly applied to an actor For example, suppose John observes that Mary's car is di
- more professional alternative to offensive phrase [closed]
I'm trying to write a professional letter to someone with whom I am extremely upset While I feel that sometimes words that are considered offensive are the best words to express certain feelings,
- Which is correct: bored of, bored by, bored with?
I have been asked by a young friend, "Which is correct: bored by, bored of, or bored with?" My instinct is to say that "bored of" and "bored by" are fine, but "bored with" sounds like she is being
- Please be considerate of. . . vs. please be considerate to. . .
Either Equally Some people prefer to speak of being "considerate to" people and "considerate of" their feelings, need for quiet etc People who like their vocabulary nicely segregated would into separate rôles would likely favour this clean separation, and argue therefore it was "the correct way", but language isn't always so neat Some people prefer to speak just of being "considerate of
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