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Bookmark or Share- epithet requests - Word for someone that always has to be right ...Yes, I think oftentimes that's a drawback with these "single-word-requests" on ELU. There's this assumption that the world divides into a relatively finite number of "referents", and that English should have a specific word for each.
- epithet requests - Word for a person who likes to hang out in cafes ...I'm looking for a word equivalent to "barfly" applying to people who like to spend time lingering and socializing in cafes next to a coffee or a beer. It can be a slang term or something historical.
- epithet requests - Is there a word for a person who gives out too many ...I'm looking for a single-word term that describes a personality that wants to give out too many unnecessary details in a conversation. [EDIT] Let me give you guys an example. Suppose you ask your ...
- how did the epithet "nigger" come into usage?As Barrie England's reference indicates, it was originally neutral, and therefor not an epithet. The question that is not being addressed in any of the answers so far is the process by which the neutral term became one.
- poetry - What is the difference between 'transferred epithet' and ...The epithet "wonderful" actually describes the kind of day the speaker experienced. Some other examples of transferred epithets are "cruel bars," "sleepless night," and "suicidal sky." The metaphor is the figurative use of "spilling" - as if the children were being tipped out like liquid.
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