What's the word for the response, or phrase, or comeback, that you wish you had only thought of at the time?
posted by swlabr on Aug 31, 2009 - 11 answers

Please hope me with a bash scripting problem. Involves: command substitution and word splitting. [more inside]
posted by sbutler on Aug 11, 2009 - 11 answers

Romeo & Juliet: I seem to remember a portion in the play where someone exhorts "wit" to help them out, or says they're running out of wit—but I can never find it when look through the stuff. Is it just a false memory, or maybe something mentioned very much in passing? [more inside]
posted by Non Prosequitur on Jul 9, 2009 - 8 answers

SongFilter: My Superintendent Father-in-Law is putting together a program for his school's "Right to Read" Week and asked if I could help come up with some songs that incorporate "Words". I've come up with some, but I need some more help! [more inside]
posted by ThaBombShelterSmith on May 1, 2009 - 31 answers

TattooFilter. Looking for a poetic version of the phrase "Nothing you do not need." [more inside]
posted by anthropoid on Apr 11, 2009 - 32 answers

Is there some linguistic or cultural explanation for mistakenly calling Firefox FoxFire? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jan 7, 2009 - 31 answers

Addressing a girl as 'fair'. Flirting or just a figure of speech? [more inside]
posted by Emilyisnow on Dec 17, 2008 - 38 answers

What does the word "pegamoid" mean? Context inside. [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Nov 12, 2008 - 2 answers

Recommendations for a good, verbose online thesaurus for wandering through words? thesaurus.com seems to have changed how they serve search results and my working style is screwed. [more inside]
posted by Gucky on Apr 29, 2008 - 12 answers

Is there a word that means "knowing something solely by references to it?" [more inside]
posted by flatluigi on Feb 2, 2008 - 21 answers

Many adjectives used to describe overweight men in a nonoffensive manner can also be used to describe muscular men (i.e. stout, beefy, etc.). What are some adjectives that describe, with a positive or neutral connotation, the state of being both male and overweight, but that are not used (or at least not commonly used) to describe muscular men as well? [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Oct 10, 2007 - 52 answers