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Bookmark or Share- synonyms - A formal term/phrase for "geeking out"? - English Language ...I'm trying to convey in an essay that I often find a piece of information (an esoteric mathematical equation, to be exact) and get really excited. Is the following sentence not appropriate for a
- How offensive is it to call someone a "slag" in British English? (NSFW)One more colorful slang term I gleaned from the British movie I recently watched is slag. In the movie, it was used in curses like, "Fuck-ing dogs! Slags." "Right slag, that one." Now I know via
- meaning - Is a "doozy" a good or bad thing? - English Language & Usage ...It means it's big (for some sense of big; there are a lot), it's surprising (maybe it's surprisingly big, maybe there's some other reason), and it is memorable to experience.
- Substitute X for Y - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeAn awful lot of people seem to use the phrase "substitute X for Y" to mean "replace X with Y", while I've always used and understood it as "replace Y with X". This makes sense to me, given that a
- What is "regomised"? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThis recent "The Register" article uses a totally weird word I've never seen (emphasis mine): Our story comes from a reader Regomised as "Felix" and takes us back to the early ...
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