OK, this may seem facetious--and it was at first--but it has morphed into a serious debate.
In the classic Haddaway song "What is Love," does the singer say "Baby don't hurt me" or "Lady don't hurt me?"
My coworkers, excepting a small minority, insist that it's "baby." But they back up their as...
To be 'in a pickle' means to be in trouble or a difficult situation. What I'm wondering is, where did the root of this phrase come from and what's its history? Is there a special story that caused this phrase to catch on? Was it someone almost being pickled?
Funny thing is, that I was actual...
In today’s New York Times (April. 30th) I saw the following line under the caption of “Royal Wedding”:
“Prince William and Kate Middleton Marry: Prince William and Kate Middleton were married on Friday at a moment that will reshape Britain’s monarchy.”
In the caption, “marry” is being used as ...
Is there accepted terminology for the process of logging in?
As a verb, would you say "Go to the website and log in", or "Go to the website and login"?
As an adjective, would you say "Click on the Log in form", or "Click on the Login form"?
Does the same apply to logging out? eg: logout?
Are pronunciation questions on-topic on SO? They certainly are on English Language and Usage, which is starting to get questions that have been previously asked on SO.
6 hours ago on EL&U: How to pronounce LINQ?
9½ months ago on SO: How to pronounce LINQ
6 hours ago on EL&U: How to pron...
I need to name an interface in a program I'm writing as being able to collide, but I've seen use of both collideable and collidable in projects with a similar type. Both of them look right in some ways, and wrong in others. Which spelling is more correct?
I like to saddle up my piggy for a ride into thunderstorms. But what happens to my piggy if we get hit by lightning?
any one who has any idea about the etymology of the name voldemort... the character from the Harry Potter books.
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I'm writing a diploma and need to make up my own classification of slang in English based on the book by Palanik 'Fight Club'. Surfed the net, but in vain(
Besides "I'm hungry" and "I'm starving", where starving is more than hungry, are there other phrases to indicate how hungry you are (including slangs, if any)?
Where did the common pop-culture way of portraying pirates (arrrr, ayeee) come from? Did pirate captains really commonly have birds on their shoulders?
There are a number of objects but the root object is Anna.
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"Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was titled originally "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets.
The song became known popularly as "Fly Me to the Moon" from its first line, and after a few years the publishers changed the title to that officially.
History
*It was recorded first in 1954 by Kaye Ballard, and vended by Decca Records as catalog number 29114.
*Portia Nelson recorded it for her album Let Me Love You (1956)
*Johnny Mathis also recorded it in 1956, which was the first time the title "Fly Me to the...
Gentrification and urban gentrification are terms referring to the displacement that results when wealthier people acquire property in low income and working class communities. Consequent to gentrification, the average income increases and average family size decreases in the community, which sometimes results in the eviction of lower-income residents because of increased rents, house prices, and property taxes. This type of population change reduces industrial land use when it is redeveloped for commerce and housing. In addition, new businesses, catering to a more affluent base of consu...
The Metal Men are fictional characters, a team of robot superheroes created by writer Robert Kanigher, pencilled by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito for DC Comics in 1962. They made their first appearance in Showcase #37-40 as part of a four-issue series created as a last-minute filler feature. They proved unexpectedly popular and the characters were revived for more stories under their own title and had subsequent appearances in various series in the DC Universe. It was commonplace in the stories for the characters to be destroyed and then rebuilt with the remains (rebuilding them ...
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