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12:55 AM
What does "chuff out" mean here: "the amount of information we chuff out as we move ..." ?
 
1:06 AM
@Gigili That's too easy, it's Danger Mouse. Mr. Danger Mouse I suppose
 
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2:01 AM
@tchrist I've had 13 cats during my life so far, and fostered more than 12, so at least 100 thumbs up for "Calling a dog whose gender you know an ‘it’ denies the beast the state of being an animate creature".
 
2:38 AM
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Q: Is it Correct to use at the end of the email

Phanikumar LekkalaPlease let us know if we can be of further assistance.

 
 
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4:36 AM
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Q: What's the phrase?

EquinoxI need a phrase for 'split allegiances.' Split rule, indecisive loyalty, multiple beckonings, etc. The context is Thomas Becket in Eliot's work 'Murder in the Cathedral.' Becket is quite unsure over his allegiance to King Henry or the Church, and he does not resolve his '...' until he is appo...

 
 
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8:06 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, mostly dots in answer: What do you call feeling what someone else feels? by poop on english.SE
 
 
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10:54 AM
@Mitch Nope, the correct answer is Rapunzel.
 
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Q: Name for a device that prevents the user from operating it incorrectly

CMNENI'm looking for a word to describe a built-in device that prevents the user from incorrectly using/operating the thing it is on. e.g. A tilt and turn window has a device which prevents the user from turning the handle incorrectly, or trying to open the window completely when tilted. I've found...

 
11:49 AM
"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity." ~Christopher Morley
 
12:31 PM
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Q: Is there a word/phrase/euphemism that means "fat" that includes either the word "meat" or "flesh" (used on men)?

alexExample sentence: He preferred people to call him __ instead of fat or heavy. I thought of the word meaty. But I think I've never heard of a man being refereed to as "meaty" (Maybe I'm wrong?)

 
 
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2:12 PM
I want to title a question "Dropping "it"" but that's only 13 characters 😭
 
Hah!
Oh, just drop it.
 
I'll drop it when I'm good and ready.
 
Well, well.
 
2:46 PM
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Q: Dropping "it" in America

Matt E. ЭлленBefore I embraced descriptive grammar it would really grind my gears when I heard, usually from someone with a US American accent, phrases like "I hate when that happens". "Hate is a transitive verb!" I would yell. However, these days I'm more mellow. My left eye twitches but I pinch myself and ...

consider it dropped
 
3:29 PM
@MattE.Эллен waiting for the other one to drop
 
3:41 PM
@MetaEd I think that might be a Tale of the Unexpected. I'm sure I read it a very long time ago.
 
@AndrewLeach Ooh. Roald Dahl. Always a pleaser.
 
3:57 PM
Yeah. I'm not sure about this question now. I think I've noticed a weirdness in UK English, not American English. — Matt E. Эллен ♦ 1 min ago
 
4:53 PM
@Gigili Oh that's just crazy. Rapunzel is the character from the Rapunzel story. That's just common sense.
@MetaEd picks it up. drops it again
@MattE.Эллен whew
You know what I hate?
Czechia
I hate Czechia
 
Hyperbole surrounding algorithms?
 
Czechia is the worst
@MattE.Эллен Oh. also the misuse of the word 'algorithms'
I hate that a lot
despite doing it now all the time
 
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Q: What is it called when you talk about someone right in front of them...but indirectly?

J.T.I have had this happen to me many times because I am a quiet person and I do not talk much. People seem to think that I won't catch on or something just because they don't explicitly mention my name and because I do not let them know that I recognize it. However, it is quite obvious because of th...

 
@Mitch how is it misused?
 
:41210859 haha you caught me in my unintentional attempt to add to language change
@MattE.Эллен in popular press about AI/ML/FB screwing up, algorithm = algorithm+bad selection of data/misuse by humans.
In correct (= my mind) usage, it just means some code.
 
4:56 PM
hmmmm
 
@MattE.Эллен Reminds me of:
Every verb is different in what kinds of constructions, and what kinds of meanings, it allows to be direct object. All those specific catenation possibilities, obligations, and intolerances constitute as much of the meaning of the verb as the dictionary lookup. And it's just as variable. I think of it as the bacteriome of the verb. — John Lawler 18 hours ago
 
@MetaEd dang. that nails it
 
Why do I hate Czechia?
Because it's wrong
 
@MattE.Эллен Lawler tends to do that.
 
because noöne says Czechia
except now, in this room, everyone must refer to the Czech Republic as Czechia. It's only fair.
or Czechlandia
or Czechada
 
5:05 PM
@MattE.Эллен EXACTLY
 
or the "Czech part of the former country Czechoslovakia"
 
@MattE.Эллен I think this is just Google nGrams being strange, but if it is to be believed, the word "it" is used in neither region.
 
@MattE.Эллен that sounds better
 
I guess we Brits have never "hated it when that happens"
 
5:11 PM
do you just wait until afterwards?
 
usually we reserve judgement
 
You should spend all that effort on a table
It's like that scene in that movie
haha for once I know the name of the movie.
 
ARGH! I forgot already!
Wait...It's "Date Night"
 
5:13 PM
and Tina Fey and Steven Carell aer waiting at the hostess station to get a table.
And Olivia Munn is the hostess
and someone calls ostensibly to make a reservation
And she always answers the phone with "You're welcome"
 
what's their real motivation?
 
because the restaurant is so ... uh.. exclusive
 
To talk to Olivia Munn?
 
...that everyone is so thankful that someone even answered the phone
Well, I guess they'd be happy about that too.
but mostly about getting through on the phone to make a reservation
for a table.
 
@Mitch That sounds delicious:
 
5:15 PM
but you said that was the ostensible reason
 
oh. maybe I guess they really were hoping to talk to Olivia
ostensibly because that's all that we can figure they might be calling for
no they're not calling for any other reason
because movie
unless they're looking for a scarf
 
I left my shoes on a train.
Luckily my friends found them
 
WHY ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE USE OF MY WORDS THEY ARE MINE AND I MEAN THEM THE WAY I MEAN THEM
 
Question everything
 
Also they sound good sometimes
Wait...
shoes?
 
5:18 PM
I had more than one pair with me
 
@Mitch I hate to say this, but Mr.Danger mouse didn't make it to the filming location. So the title is a tad misleading
 
I can only really wear one pair at a time
 
@MattE.Эллен whew
@MattE.Эллен You'd be surprised what you can do
 
Like Taylor Swift
 
@Gigili Why don't you want to say that? Was it your fault?
@MattE.Эллен ?? Is she surprised by the things she can do?
 
@Mitch NÖ, it was YOUR fault
 
@MattE.Эллен Bohemia?
 
seems like something someone would say if they were surprised
 
She blames everybody else for problems she's creating herself
 
which of these is correct: "I'm aware that you're having problems with delivery here" or "I'm aware you're having problems deliverying here"
 
5:22 PM
@MattE.Эллен Burma?
 
both. but it should be "delivering" in the 2nd one
 
@MetaEd la Boheme?
 
@Mitch which one would you use?
 
@MattE.Эллен When people step on my toe, I say Ouch.
That's not a country
just sayin
 
Hen people!
 
5:23 PM
@Trey They are ever so slightly different in meaning, but I'm having a hard time articulating exactly what the difference is.
@MattE.Эллен Hat??
 
Can anyone tell me what the following means exactly? Please give a brief record of your education after leaving school (college, university, etc.) with dates.
 
@Mitch like lizard people only more evolved
@Mitch save it for next month
 
@MattE.Эллен I read that as 'involved', so I was wondering what sorts of relations there might be
@MattE.Эллен I did but I lost that too
 
Does it mean what I learn after graduation? Or what I have learnt when I was in school before graduation?
 
not at the same time as the scarf
that would just be absent minded
 
5:26 PM
@CaptainBohemian I think school here means education up to 18 years old, or maybe even 16
 
@CaptainBohemian no. what kind of official classes you might have taken after college
 
oh. yeah. that too
 
but the sentence appears in the application of graduate school.
 
can you ask the people who gave you the form? they would know for sure.
 
Like a MOOC or classes taken that aren't part of a degree but might be relevant to the program you're applying to.
 
5:28 PM
@Mitch but if I have graduated, how do I take courses?
 
Coursera
 
@MattE.Эллен This is my fault. I called him up.
 
Khan academy
 
@MattE.Эллен I saw this form web; nobody gives it to me.
 
@MetaEd no need for the wheel o' blame today!
@CaptainBohemian then who would you be sending it to?
 
5:30 PM
@MattE.Эллен there is a buttom ``submission" for me to click.
 
MS certification classes
 
@CaptainBohemian the website doesn't have contact us forms or anything?
for enquiries?
 
The Learning Access classes on how to meet girls online
First lesson: "any girls here?"
 
bifocals sorry, those are glasses
 
strikeout doesn't work everywhere here like on the main site in comments
which I hate almost as much as Czechia
 
5:33 PM
@MattE.Эллен it doesn't specify any contact. But of course it has the name of the graduate school.
 
@Gigili No comment. And by not commenting I am not making any implicit claim as to guilt or not innocence. And by making that comment, I'm not implying that my lack of commenting is an implicit claim of guilt or innocence.
And by that I mean...
@CaptainBohemian Matt is just wondering if there's anybody mentioned on the form at that school for you to contact quickly to ask them what they mean. We could tell you al day what we think but that school is probably a better judge.
like a phone number
 
@Mitch I don't see it shows a contact responsible for this application. But the graduate school has a list of contact, including Spokesperson, Administrative Director, Central Office and Student representatives.
 
6:34 PM
Who used to run the "name the territory" game? Was that Reg?
 
@terdon I forgot to tell you! I'm meeting a mutual friend of ours in a couple of hours
 
@Jolenealaska Oh, hey there! Who would that be?
Someone of a medical persuasion?
 
You would remember her as Curtis
 
@Jolenealaska Um. Not sure I do, actually. But then I'm awful with names.
 
LOL, shit. OK, I call her Dr Shrink
 
6:44 PM
Ah, there we go :)
Cool!
 
:)
I'm going to challenge her to a game of Scrabble
Ask jef about that
Anyway, gotta run
ttyl
 
@Jolenealaska See you later. Hope it goes well!
 
7:20 PM
@MetaEd ?? Like "What is the name of 'The Northwest Territory'?"
 
Cerb used to do a "guess the map" game. There was also "where am I on google maps" game.
 
7:45 PM
@MattE.Эллен I bet it's Cerb's game I'm thinking of.
 
8:02 PM
No game is better than the nonononotX
chuckles; cries
 
8:23 PM
@MetaEd The game where we drew maps?
Aug 25 '12 at 0:06, by Cerberus
2 mins ago, by Mahnax
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I can't find the one where we screen shotted maps and had to guess, but I'm sure we played that too
here we go
Jan 19 '12 at 2:03, by Robusto
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Is it ok to start a question with "is there a difference" instead of "what's the difference"?
 
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Q: What is a word for a one-sided hate?

CoraI'm trying to find a word that means something along the lines of a one-sided hate/dislike, where one side hates the other, but the other side doesn't actively return the negative feelings. Preferably something that can replace the word crush in a sentence like "that person is my crush."

 
is one more "formal" than the other?
 
Not particularly. The first one is asking if there is a difference, whereas the second one presumes there is a difference and seeks to identify the difference.
 
8:36 PM
@MattE.Эллен Yay!
That was fun.
Those two look difficult.
 
@Cerberus Those two look like people.
 
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Q: What does Deputate mean?

leeand00I was reading a state job application here and I came across the word "Deputate"; I didn't find much by googling it either, except some definitions from a language called "Esparado"

 
@MetaEd Anthropophile.
 
9:11 PM
When is it okay to replace "those" by "them"?
 

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