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ColleenV

Sep 13, 2018 17:18

Today's idiom "get on the horn" I need to get on the horn with the insurance company to make sure I am covered if the hurricane damages my home.

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Featured Questions

Apr 29, 2020 08:06

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Q: Should I use articles before official titles if they do not precede names?

Should I use articles before official titles if they do not precede names? For example, [name] became PM. vs [name] became the PM.

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ColleenV

Sep 12, 2018 13:15

Today’s idiom is in honor of Florence, the impending doom heading for the Eastern coast of the US at a brisk clip of 17 mph. “head for the hills”

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Anonymous

Mar 29, 2017 01:41

Yes, yes, yes! We have a history of closing things with the wrong close reasons on ELL.

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Anonymous

Apr 27, 2020 21:39

Yippee! Elections! :-)

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ColleenV

Sep 7, 2018 00:06

My screen saver taught me a new word claustral - At once claustral and emancipating, these poems announce that the event of life is meaningless without the form we give to it.

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G Warner

Apr 24, 2020 14:29

@AIQ For specific website searches type **site:[website] [search phrase]

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Anonymous

Apr 23, 2020 13:17

It is definitely going to look awkward a couple hundred years from now, when people look back on what was quaintly called "present day" or "modern".

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ColleenV

Aug 30, 2018 10:54

Daily idiom: "keep your head down" Our new manager is terrible - he screams at people for the smallest mistake. I'm just going to keep my head down, get my work done and look for a new job.

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G Warner

Apr 19, 2020 00:25

Free URL shrinker for your use. jmp.link just input the URL to shrink. It is not a secure utility, so do not use any URL that might contain private information.

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Anonymous

Mar 13, 2017 15:44

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Damkerng T.

Mar 13, 2017 08:14

Word of the Day: amelioration

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CowperKettle

Apr 17, 2020 16:48

> Help me!I am trapped
In a Haiku factory.
Save me, before they

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CowperKettle

Apr 16, 2020 02:04

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G Warner

Apr 15, 2020 22:47

Frisbeetarianism, n.: The belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck

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Anonymous

Mar 9, 2017 09:28

Phrase of the day: the die is cast

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G Warner

Apr 15, 2020 15:39

A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.

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ColleenV

Aug 25, 2018 11:13

Daily idiom: "tit for tat" Tit for tat voting on posts is not allowed on Stack Exchange sites. Users should vote on the content of the posts and not retaliate with down-votes, or pay for up-votes on their posts by up-voting someone else's post.

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Cardinal

Apr 12, 2020 01:15

Alright guys, I gotta go.
I'll catch up with you later.
Stay safe and wash those hands one more time for me!

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G Warner

Apr 11, 2020 13:33

Craftivist: Someone who uses a skill (e.g. sewing, cooking, etc.) to help the common good. - Heard on National Public Radio

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G Warner

Apr 9, 2020 12:45

Nookcase: A bookcase located in a reading niche..

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Anonymous

Feb 24, 2017 04:43

@toha It's part of our chat room culture. We like to share words or phrases that are new or interesting, words we think other people might be interested in learning :-)

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Catija

Feb 22, 2017 19:08

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Anonymous

Aug 11, 2018 03:42

I'm doing a lot better now.

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ColleenV

Aug 8, 2018 11:53

Daily idiom: swing for the fences I'm going to swing for the fences with this presentation and hope that management is impressed enough to promote me.

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Anonymous

Aug 4, 2018 13:30

As in: "That hypnic jerk is always sleeping on the job! What a blindwormlike desultory moggie."

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ColleenV

Aug 2, 2018 13:18

Daily idiom: “wiggle room” We try to leave some wiggle room in the budget just in case we have unexpected expenses.

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ColleenV

Aug 1, 2018 14:28

Daily idiom “dish it out”. I made fun of hockey one time, and now the entire team is teasing me every time they see me. Well, if you can’t take it, you shouldn’t dish it out.

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Anonymous

Jul 28, 2018 23:17

A new word: scutoid

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M.A.R.

Jan 15, 2017 12:18

Word of the day: bienvenue

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QuokMoon

Jan 1, 2017 06:20

Happy new year

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mike

Jan 1, 2017 06:19

Happy new year

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Anonymous

Feb 28, 2020 21:07

I feel like I should have ended that sentence with Colleen so I could write a period that was unambiguously not part of J.R.'s name.

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Anonymous

Dec 10, 2016 19:44

@engfan Asking good questions on the main site makes it a better place :-)

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AIQ

Feb 18, 2020 00:05

Here is a new word I learnt today - Kerfuffle!

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Anonymous

Feb 16, 2020 21:44

@CowperKettle I haven't either, but it does follow the ordering of decreasing second formant frequency.

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Damkerng T.

Nov 11, 2016 15:41

Word of the Day: churnalism

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Anonymous

May 7, 2018 08:26

Word of the day: confabulate

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Catija

Oct 22, 2016 18:19

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Catija

Oct 9, 2016 16:20

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Anonymous

Apr 16, 2018 07:10

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ColleenV parted ways

Dec 25, 2019 18:30

@AIQ I didn’t resign because I wanted to pressure the company to reinstate Monica; I resigned because I don’t want to be associated with a company where a person who acts the way Ms. Chipps acts is in a position of power. So while I’m happy Monica settled her dispute, it doesn’t change anything for me.

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V.V.

Dec 24, 2019 09:51

Merry Christmas to old and new friends !

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M.A.R.

Dec 23, 2019 22:21

But it's unfair to portray the events like they support Monica because shes's an underdog. They side with her because, well, she's right.

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Anonymous

Dec 23, 2019 00:39

I never eat turkey.

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Anonymous

Dec 23, 2019 00:23

I love the rain.

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userr2684291

Dec 19, 2019 18:41

Before buying a dictionary, I always check that it has pronouns included. That's how you avoid the problem Kentaro's facing now.

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M.A.R.

Dec 17, 2019 20:32

You're being very absolutist about it

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Catija

Aug 30, 2016 19:41

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ColleenV parted ways

Dec 17, 2019 19:10

idiom of today: live off the backs of someone

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