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12:40 AM
What's the single word that means pecked to death by a rabid chicken?
 
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Q: cannot be held responsible for responsibility or accountability, hold harmless - single word request

KreationIn the context of being held responsible or accountable for your words, is there a single word that describes a being without accountability or responsibility? Specifically, the state of always being held harmless for anything they say because of their job position, say a comedian or an enterta...

 
sends the rabid chicken off to do its job
 
 
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2:32 AM
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Q: Is peripeteia valid to use outside literature such as philosophy?

K. Walker What is the word that describes when a person realizes everything he has believed in is false ?

 
 
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4:18 AM
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Q: He discovered that his father had a special box in the basement

math He discovered that his father had a special box in the basement I was told that I should not use "that" in the above sentence although it is grammatically correct to use it. Why I shouldn't use "that" here?

 
 
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Q: What's the name of the job that is about "typing really fast to write instant subtitles"

MCCCS Tom is a fast typist. He's a [...]. He watches talk shows and transcribes each sentence under five seconds. Although five seconds might sound disturbing, the viewers are not annoyed by little delays. What is Tom's job called?

 
 
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4:08 PM
@tchrist nice. But I don't think the article makes a good case for it, especially for those, like many Americans, where the non-standard accent is not common.
 
4:38 PM
@Cerberus @Robusto I just posted my progress on Instagram this very minute.
 
 
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5:48 PM
@Mitch Standard accent? Which one is that? Do you really imagine that you and I pronounce everything the same way, that we have the same intonation patterns and such?
 
 
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7:16 PM
I found that article kinda light on content.
So maybe I understand what Mitch is saying.
But who knows.
Mitch is generally unfathomable.
Must be his stupid accent.
 
 
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9:08 PM
@RegDwigнt I like it!
 
9:33 PM
A somewhat faster version of Emptiness?
 
 
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10:34 PM
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Q: Using take instead of try?

mshwfSomeone published a test online and asked readers to share their answer in comments, I want to share my answer, I would like to start with: Here is my try but I don't like using try, I think I once heard the word take in similar context but I'm not sure of its meaning (online dictionaries d...

 
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Q: single word noun for the author of a grant proposal

tinlyxI was wondering if there is a shorter way (preferably a single word noun) to refer to the author of a grant proposal? I looked up the word "proposer", but can't find the exact same usage in any dictionaries. Google search suggests that this is a French word. The closest thing I can find is an e...

 

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