From NOAD:
one-night stand
noun
1 informal (also one-nighter) a sexual relationship lasting only one night.
• a person with whom one has such a relationship.
2 a single performance of a play or show in a particular place.
The etymology is from the "play or show" meaning and the word...
After all this time, someone decided to down-vote this answer.
I can't speak, write, or think in English anymore. Good thing I prepared my questions well in advance.
I went with unilaterally. But I vow to find that other word one day! And it will be edited into that answer with extreme prejudice. That's right, extreme.
Any question closed as a duplicate of another is a potential merge candidate.
However, while a closed question can still be reopened (for whatever reason), a merge is irreversible. Consequently, I will usually give people time to dispute the decision — especially if I closed the dupe unila...
Damn. I know Mitch used the word. So now I'm trying to search for it in the transcript, and what do I see? There are like four different Mitches in the dropdown.
I would like to warn my customers that names can be duplicate. How do I put it in words?
In MS Word when I entered Name can be duplicate., it draws a green line under "duplicate". Whats my mistake?
@SonicTheHedgehog Better get in the room then, so you can be the first when it unfreezes. Not that I would recommend that, given Grace probably wants to explain the rules
@Mitch Chimpanzees can string together chains of relevant words, too, but like your phrase, they have no understanding of syntax, of how those words they're using relate to one another. You gardenpathed me right down to a banana peel, and I slipped and splashed in the muddy muck of your making.
Carlo certainly seems intent on provoking responses of would-be moderators as a way of testing their patience. But that would be attributing devious delicatesse to an elephant in a china shop, now wouldn't it?
Nope. Nor any set of answer that conflict with one another. It's like going to a presidential “debate” where they all agree with each other instead of disagreeing.
From NOAD:
one-night stand
noun
1 informal (also one-nighter) a sexual relationship lasting only one night.
• a person with whom one has such a relationship.
2 a single performance of a play or show in a particular place.
The etymology is from the "play or show" meaning and the word...
Any question closed as a duplicate of another is a potential merge candidate.
However, while a closed question can still be reopened (for whatever reason), a merge is irreversible. Consequently, I will usually give people time to dispute the decision — especially if I closed the dupe unila...
I would like to warn my customers that names can be duplicate. How do I put it in words?
In MS Word when I entered Name can be duplicate., it draws a green line under "duplicate". Whats my mistake?
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…
English Language & Usage: Multi-Layer…