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Bookmark or Share- What does "thot" mean and when was it first used?The word thot is all over Twitter. The @lovihatibot Twitterbot routinely finds it in searches for "I love the word [X]" and "I hate the word [X]", in fact it's the most hated word and third most l...
- More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, but ..."A good question: I'm in a similar quandry with a supplier, but after 'sorry to bother you' email or two, I started to ratchet-up the bluntness. – CJM Commented Aug 22, 2011 at 20:05
- single word requests - Is there a male equivalent of 'bitch'? - English ...While I know you can attribute 'bitch' to a male, I feel there is a sense of femininity. I was wondering if there is a colloquial equivalent that describes someone with the qualities of a 'bitch'
- Forward vs Forwards - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIn some contexts either form may be used without perceptible difference of meaning; the following are examples in which only one of them can now be used: ‘The ratchet-wheel can move only forwards’; ‘the right side of the paper has the maker's name reading forwards’; ‘if you move at all it must be forwards’; ‘my companion has gone ...
- idioms - What is the meaning of 'in the ether'? - English Language ...Ether and its meaning is dependent on the context and origin of the statement. In the scientific context, it refers to what we once believed to be a sort of membrane that covered particular elements or particles such as light or a medium in which these particles move about and exist in.
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