Every time I come to spell the word pursue, almost without fail, I misspell it persue initially and have to correct myself. I think I always assumed it was related to a mixture of persevere and persecute in some way, both of which have similar meanings, and both of which start per-, not pur-. W...

In image analysis, we co-register (align) images termed as "slaves" to a "master" image (which provides a frame of reference). The "master" image is a "reference" image, but what are the other images? In a second context, two images from different dates are combined. The terms master date and sl...

I've been trying to find a word that describes someone that's older than a 'girl' but not yet a 'woman'. It seems the connotation of girl is an immature female that's still growing up. Whereas a woman connotes a female that's starting to settle down in life. Other words such as lady connote del...

For anyone not familar with a "protected" question, here's a pretty useful case for the tool… and a counter-example where it make, umm... less sense. A protected question prevents answers by very new users. Questions should be protected when they are garnering lots of views and newbies ar...

In defense of your "less sense" example, I would suggest that when a question gets sent to the multi-collider because it has something involving sex or programming or both in the title, said question garners way too much attention and votes. Think of it as an attempt to keep the quality of the si...