Please help me expand my base of quaint southern expressions, aphorisms and witticisms. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 103 answers

Commonly misused phrases or expressions? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 165 answers

In an average relationship, how often and how intensely do people express their love for each other (in private)? [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 28 answers

How do I get art back into my life? [more inside]
posted on Nov 1, 2007 - 10 answers

I suffer from a general retardation when it comes to expressing myself verbally in romantic situations, and I am a female. And I'm 25. [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2007 - 22 answers

Is there a turn of phrase for when someone resumes a conversation after a extended period of time as if no break has occurred? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2007 - 20 answers

I'm looking for funny sayings, expressions, idioms, et cetera. [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2007 - 59 answers

What are my rights as a freelance writer? If I'm writing about employees competing on a company-sponsored team, do I have to clear everything I write with their PR people?? [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 13 answers

Non-Profit Website: How to allow non-techies to edit! [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 18 answers

Where can I find a list of words -- dictionary -- for writing the sounds people make during dialog or conversation? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 6 answers

When walking on the strip in Vegas recently, a couple walking toward me was forced to split to either side of me, and the woman said "bread and butter!". I remember my mom using this phrase when I was a kid, but it was the first time I'd heard it from someone else. What's the origin of this phrase? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2007 - 39 answers

Mathematics notation help needed please. Given the expresion: cosx(x+1), is this properly interpreted as (x+1)cosx or cos(x^2+x)?
posted on Mar 15, 2007 - 14 answers

I'm looking for suggestions which will help me develop a more disciplined attitude toward my creative endeavors. [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2006 - 12 answers

Is there an English term for, or an idiom that describes, taking pleasure in the pain or humiliation of one's enemy?
posted on Sep 18, 2006 - 27 answers

Can I learn to show affect? [more inside]
posted on Jul 4, 2006 - 10 answers

Is there any regular expression based search engine or search engine that allows to search for one word in the vicinity of another word, like say word1 within 10 words of word2 ? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2006 - 8 answers

"Hear hear" or "here here"? What's the correct way to express this exclamation in writing?
posted on Nov 1, 2005 - 16 answers

Where does the phrase "X, Y, Z Oh my!" come from? I read it all over the web, but I don't get the reference.
posted on Feb 16, 2005 - 5 answers

I'm baffled by the American colloquial expression Later and its many usages. Can someone pin it down for me? [More inside.]
posted on Jan 19, 2005 - 31 answers