There are several theories. David Morgan-Mar of Irregular Webcomic! has two. One of them puts the blame on a social issue. It says that the Death Star was probably built to impress chicks, and withstanding a space battle was a secondary concern: Another one blames physics. It says that it was...

Below is an excerpt from an article about the recent kidnapping of Kaspersky's son. Please guess two words that you think would fit in well in the blanks. (Of course, you can search and find that article on the internet and, thus, find out those two words, but I would beg you not to do so - I wa...

I've noticed that some of the elements in the new design don't contrast enough from their surroundings. Example: - Hyperlinks are dark red, so dark that I have difficulty distinguishing them from black, especially on an LCD screen which isn't at the perfect precise viewing angle (from an angle ...

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?

When writing an instruction about connecting to a computer using ssh, telnet, etc., I'm not sure what spacing to use in this familiar spoken phrase: "Log in to host.com" "Log into host.com" "Login to host.com" Maybe this is entirely subjective or the realm of industry jargon, but I couldn't t...

This is a professional presentation, I'm looking for a good title for the ToC page (some humor allowed). What I have so far is "What am I going to talk about", which frankly kind of sucks. Your suggestions?

If I understand correctly, some adjectives could be derived from verbs. For example: interested person - someone who is interested in me interesting person - someone who is interesting to me How about with irregular verbs? In phrase "do something with data which was read" could the part "data ...

The Beat Generation is a group of American post-WWII writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired. Central elements of "Beat" culture included experimentation with drugs and alternative forms of sexuality. BTW, does the...

The Beat Generation is a group of American post-WWII writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired. Central elements of "Beat" culture included experimentation with drugs and alternative forms of sexuality, an interest in ...

You do everything around here? Yes. I'm going to cut the deal. Why isn't the phrase just "you do everything here"? I know cut and deal, but it doesn't seem not mean "cut the deal" or "cancel the deal;" it means "make the deal." For many times, I know each word of a sentence, but I s...

I've seen a contraction of two words. I can't see why it wouldn't be possible to contract twice. Is it possible and how should it be punctuated? Update: Ok, to sum up the answers so far This appears in spoken British and American English It is from one of the lower registers of English Even...

Related to this post... I've'n't a clue what the largest word with multiple contractions is, but I'd've thought I'd've seen it here by now. I won't know until you've'd a chance to answer! My initial gambit: The fish'n'chips'll've been all gone by the time we get to the restaurant!

I found a word ‘Yes-ish’ in the answer (from PLL) to my question about the meaning of ‘Stuck to the script’ I posted today. As it is quite new to my ear, I consulted with Wikipedia before logging out the forum, which says: (Yesih) is yes with a condition or limitation, and similarly Noish (but ...

If I am expecting an answer from a question and wish to state my prediction, do I need to use quotes around a simple "yes" or "no"? I think the answer is no. / I think the answer is "no." That would be a yes. / That would be a "yes." Potential end cases: Why would he say, "No"? ...

Going out on a limb here, because I don't really speak German, but there's one "word" I do quite like, which is Jein, a mix of Ja and Nein, which kind of means "Yes and No, neither, I can't answer that".

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