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Q: Is there a word for "abnormal" in a beneficial or desirable way?

dtech"abnormal" appears to be associated mostly with a deviation from the norm that is detrimental or undesirable. Is there a word for when the deviation is in the opposite direction?

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Q: Word for person with preconceived notions who is always worried/disappointed

SkFIs there a word to describe someone who has preconceived notions of how something should be (like an event) and therefore always ends up worried about meeting people’s expectations or disappointed in not meeting their own or other’s expectations?

 
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Q: What's this "auto attached" behavior called in English?

Winsome YangThis is a feature when we use tools like Draw.io or PowerPoint. As you can see below, I have two rectangles on the canvas. When I drag the green one close enough to the blue one, the green one will be auto attached to the blue one like a magnet. What's this "auto attached" behavior called in En...

 
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Q: Word for a person who doesn’t let anyone get in their way?

KatieI have to write about Miss Trunchbull in English, and Dahl states ‘she ploughed on like a tank, with small people bouncing off her to left and right.’ So I thought she doesn’t let anyone get in her way? But when I searched it, it came up with strong minded, and I don’t want her to sound like a go...

 
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Email in answer: How can i go to Xfactor program? by Sarah Heydari on english.SE
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Q: How can i go to Xfactor program?

Sarah HeydariI am Sarah from Iran. I am so talented in singing. I don't know how should i get to Xfactor and sing. I cannot access the site. Please help. I am just 14 years old and I'm leaving with a lot of problems. Being a Singer is my dream. I can't access telegram so please help me by my Gmail. Thanks. S...

Hey SmoekDetektor, do your job, mate.
12:42
@Izanawistaria I was running out of the Internet, I really appreciate your help :)
@Izanawistaria How can I ask for Help without looking I'm begging?
Would someone tell me how you do that red highlight thing in your answers; I did it once by accident but can't seem to find it again. Thank you.
13:02
What highlight?
Red highlights are links, I think.
13:32
Indeed.
13:47
@KannE Edit the question or answer that has things you're wondering how to do to see how it is done, but then cancel the edit. But as an example, links like to search google are done as " [to search google](http://google.com) "
 
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Any words in English cognate with French crainte?
@Færd thinking...
> Issu du lat. class. trĕmĕre « trembler » d'où « trembler de peur devant quelque chose, redouter, craindre », altéré en gallo-roman sous une forme *cremere par croisement avec un rad. celtique *crit- postulé par le bret. kridien, le cymrique crit et le gaélique crith « frisson, tremblement » (cf. Henry (V.), p. 82; FEW t. 13, 2, p. 240 a; REW3, no8877).
Quite interesting!
So it's easy to find cognates of the Latin root.
But of the Celtic cross-root, or of the result of the crossing, will be harder.
 
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@Educ Don't use "help" and "please" together perhaps. I don't know.
@Educ How do you run out of internet?
Oh, you mean internet data
@Cerberus That's not thinking, that's research
I find that analysis a bit farfetched. 'craindre' is a mix of trembler (Rom)' and 'krit-' (Celt).
@Izanawistaria Help!
Please!
Help is here. What's your English question?
@Izanawistaria You go as far as you can go up to the edge and then one step more.
@Izanawistaria Oh! So responsive
Um... now I'm nervous. I've forgotten my question
How do you say...
well, that's the problem, I don't know how to say it.
Oh... I know!
Why are you nervous? I mean how did you know this is Taylor Swift in ELU chat?
Oh never mind.
How do you say "How do you say (some sentence with a placeholder in the middle), in English?" in English?
@Izanawistaria Wha? It all comes clear.
You're... really?
16:47
Yes dear
I think Kanye really likes you, he just has a lot of trouble expressing it.
I'm here for my favorite listener i.e. you.
Oh does he now?
Hmm
But, advice from someone who's been there honey, you may want to keep him at arm's length.
Kayne is the next POTUS so that means I'm the next first lady?
A bit chaotic dontcha know.
16:48
hah
Not exactly corrosive. He has a good heart.
I dislike him. He is so arrogant and...
But trainwrecks also were, just before the accident, accomplishing quite a bit.
@Izanawistaria I'm listening. Tell me everything
@Izanawistaria Wow. Then things are looking up.
@Izanawistaria OMG. He is self centered. But thankfully he's only entertainment
So how about we meet some other time? I have a performance in Paris and that other performance in that country and that... I'm a busy woman you see.
Oh, my manager is here now.
I'm just jesting by the by.
Any English questions though?
Oh, you wrote one question above
@Mitch Anyway, Kayne is overrated I think.
@Educ "Implore" is the right word. I used "beg" by mistake though.
17:15
@Mitch It was just copy-pasting.
You don't believe the TLF?
@Izanawistaria That is so you, Taylor!
I'm sure the three sources they refer to are decent.
@Cerberus I'm just judging on the bare claim, not on the authority.
Also phonologically it seems a weird stretch.
Actually I've never heard of such mishmashing before. That also adds to my disbelief.
Here is the full entry, which you may find more convincing:
> Étymol. et Hist. 1. Fin xes. emploi abs. « avoir peur de » crement subj. prés. 2epers. du plur. (cf. introd. de l'éd. p. 76) (Passion, ms. Clermont, éd. D'A. S. Avalle, 403); ca 1050 suivi de que + subj. et ne discordantiel criem ind. prés. 1repers. du sing. (Alexis, éd. Chr. Storey, 60 : mult criem que ne t'em perde); ca 1100 trans. crendrez ind. fut. 2epers. du plur. (Roland, éd. J. Bédier, 791); 1120-50 suivi de que + subj. criem (Grand mal fit Adam, I, 129 ds T.-L.), en concurrence avec les formes pronom. jusqu'au xvies.; ca 1175 avec de + inf. crient (Chr. de Troyes, Chevalier Lion,
As you can see, cri- is well attested.
Here is the link, so you can read it with proper formatting: cnrtl.fr/etymologie/craindre
@Cerberus OK...I now have to rummage through boxes to see if I have anything competing...
But first of course online:
@Cerberus In general, I could see tr- -> cr-, but I've never actually seen that in Romance.
and your link just says 'from mixing (croisement) with a similar Celtic word. Sounds more farfetched given the late attestations of 'crement' (earliest 1050)
17:50
French also has the word 'trembler'. again, it is not implausible to get two words in the child language from one in the parent....
but the metaphor of trembling with fear would have presumably stayed with 'trembler'
evidence is looking thinner and thinner
18:07
@Cerberus I think the best one can say is that 'it is supposed that craindre < tremere and krit-', simply a weak hypothesis with only weak plausibility to support it (no other similar sound changes or Fr/Celt mixings and no common variation between the two found in older texts).
 
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Q: A word for "set to zero"

almosnowIs there a word that entails the meaning of "I set it to zero"? Note how this may not necessarily mean you reset something, as it's default value may be something other than zero.

 
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Q: Seeking a word for single image that displays imagines of selected books by an author or on a particular topic.

JG333Frequently includes annotations and suggested reading order. Infographic is too broad. Reading guide is too broad. Syllabus is too frequently used and contains other information related to course requirements. These images normally only contain book title images and are frequently found on 4chan ...

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@RegDwigнt WT_?
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Q: Word or phrase that works for both "Yard Sale" and "Garage Sale"

Jerry DodgeYard sales occur in the yard, while garage sales occur in the garage. But both accomplish the same thing: selling personal belongings from your home to the general public. What word or phrase works for both? I see both of them used inter-changeably all the time, but it seems wrong. I thought "...

AI is getting scary. And cool
Maybe it means humans can be scary
Like, the guy you just saw on the street has horrific thoughts
And that extreme stuff is weird because it's a positive feedback loop
Keep pushing and you achieve heights or caverns you didn't know existed
22:46
@Izanawistaria that is so badass
@Cerberus Thanks.
I see that my question has inspired a vibrant discussion. I was only in search of a reference point in English that would help me memorize the French term.
23:37
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ What's the chemical compound of ice-cream? =P

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