Is there a word for this thing that I do with the names of things? And would you find it annoying? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2008 - 36 answers
Is there a word for: expecting to feel grief or ache of conscience and then not feeling it? [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 22 answers
How do I easily insert special characters in Word on Mac OS X? [more inside]
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - 9 answers 
Does the English language have a one-word verb meaning "to write a biography of someone"? And if so: does anyone use it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2007 - 27 answers
How do I stop text pasted into MS Word turning American? [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2007 - 6 answers
Is there a name for phrases (or sometimes words) that have lost their previous specific/narrow/jargon meanings and are now used generally in a wide variety of situations with little or no knowledge about their prior usage? Are there lists of them anywhere with the phrases and explanations? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2007 - 18 answers
Need help with foreign language spellcheck dictionaries in wordperfectx3 [more inside]
posted on Jul 4, 2007 - 0 answers
Is there a commonly used term, slang or otherwise, besides self-portrait, to describe a picture taken of yourself, by yourself, holding the camera at arms length?
posted on May 23, 2007 - 23 answers
Is there a recent American Word Corpus available for free? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2007 - 4 answers
I'm looking for a mac word processor with French language support (spelling and grammar) to replace Microsoft Word 2004. [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2007 - 8 answers
What does one call something that contains the seeds of its own downfall? [more inside]
posted on Oct 5, 2006 - 35 answers
Do you have any connotations, good or bad, with the word PLING! (yes, written just like that)? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2006 - 49 answers
Is there a single word which means "negatively defined" (or "defined by its opposite" or "defined by not being other things" or "defined by the absence of something")? In English if you can manage (I cannot think of one), but maybe in another language? German perhaps?
posted on Apr 7, 2006 - 22 answers
What is the etymology behind the word "Cohee"? [more inside]
posted on Sep 13, 2005 - 2 answers
There is a japanese word, used frequently in factories, that means roughly "bucket" or "container" or "processing bin." I think it begins with a "k" although I could be wrong. Does anyone have any idea what it is?
posted on May 5, 2005 - 11 answers
OnTheTipofMyTongueFilter: I am trying to think of this word, but I just can't place/remember it. It's keeping me up at night now, so it's off to the Green... [MI]
posted on Oct 4, 2004 - 48 answers
anyone speak polish? my grandmother used to have a word (most likely not a nice one) for what my irish grandfather referred to as "chippies"--young women, tight pants, high heels, bright lipstick. not *bad* girls, per se, but not nice ones either. i'm thinking it might have been "cichodjka" (more or less pronounced: tsyhodyeh'kah) but my aunt says no, that doesn't sound right to her.
posted on Jan 20, 2004 - 7 answers
Ever say an uncommon word or phrase -- such as "doxology" or "round-a-bout" -- in a crowded room and hear it travel across the room to different conversations? This happens to me all the time, but I have no idea what the term for it is, or if there even is one. Any guesses? In a related question, what do you call a freudian slip that you hear instead of say? (For insteance someone says "hold my glass" and you hear "hold my ass".)
posted on Dec 24, 2003 - 6 answers
