I often find people (mostly American people) telling to me "you will want to do this" or "you will not want to do this". Does it mean they are telling me that I'd better see it (in the sense of being authoritative) or just that they are requesting me to see something ?

“You will want to do X” is simply an informal yet animated way of saying, “I highly recommend trying X.” It's meant to be friendly, not authoritative; the speaker is sharing heartfelt enthusiasm. For example: You will so want to stay active on EL&U! They've got some great people there, ...

1 down vote First, a "match" is usually between two parties as contestant, where as a "tournament" or a "competition" is for multiple contestant. A tournament, is a series of matches. There are generally a large number of contestants A competition can include a tournament, or a match. It's a mo...

Should I say "data sets of race times of various cars" or something better? I am concerned that the "of" don't sound quite right.

When spelling, every letter in the Alphabet is pronounced by a single syllable, with the only exception of W being pronounced "double-U". (Fun fact, in German it's approximately pronounced like the "ve" in very, but in some strike of cosmic justice Y is pronounced "Yps-e-lon") Why is that? Is the...

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition: gigolo, n. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman. Is there an English word [X] which fits the following definition? [X], n. A woman who has a continuing sexual relat...

"Slut" can have two meanings: an immoral woman, or prostitute a dirty and slovenly woman I would like a term for men that is the equivalent of the second meaning. Is there a term for describing a man that is dirty and slovenly?

The mistress definition, Oxford dictionary a woman having an extramarital sexual relationship, esp. with a married man I am looking for the male equivalent of 'mistress' as defined above. Some sources on the net come up with 'master' and 'mastress'. But I could not find both words in dictio...