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Where an utterly useless word is submitted on a regular basis– and now we've thrown in a pun and a joke.
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What do you call a man who laughs at a headless joke? Is there any specific word in English which exactly means this or any other word which is more or...
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Doctor: I have some bad news and some very bad news.
Patient: Well, might as well give me the bad news first.
Doctor: The lab called with your test results...
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I am writing a compostion and I was wondering if anyone can think of a similar phrase as I have already used this one. " I didn't sleep a wink last night...
By maj
by maj
5 yr 315 days ago
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Does anyone know an English word or expression or a foreign word or expression used in English that refers to a son of a celebrated father who is expected...
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I'll never find out the meaning if I don't see the explanation. It means typical or basic.
eg: What's a garden variety sth? = What's a basic sth?
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Hi all,
I learned some “strange” old-fashioned phrases or jargon and want share with you.
Here are a few of those:
1. Please find
As in “Please...
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Take a guess at how this name is pronounced: Phtholognyrrh
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On phone conversation when calling for a person. Can you say " Is Mr. Jones, available?"
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What do you say the photo of yourself on your ID card or attached on your CV.
By CAO
by CAO
5 yr 347 days ago
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Please I´d like to know the meaning of P.I.M.B
I heard it in a song
Thanks
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Is the statement:
Two point nine nine recuring equals three valid?
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The best word in any language is cobopulate....
It can be used to describe anything, it sounds technical.
It is so versatile.
It can be used any where...
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Adam and Eve virus: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.
Airline virus: You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
Anita Hill virus...
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... call a French who wears sandals?
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These are supposedly actual quotes taken from around the world.
"The effects are fleeting and lingering..." - Overheard in a hallway
"In Managua...
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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other...
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Eye Halve a Spelling Chequer
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea...
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The English Language
Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
Let's face it
There is no egg in the eggplant...
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Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead...
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The longest word currently listed in dictionaries is rather of this kind: it is the supposed lung-disease pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis...
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The Payroll Office sent your income tax information to you.
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What's the opposite of being hooked on? Please, give us an example.
By maj
by maj
6 yr 16 days ago
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Is this a slang? "little engine that could..."
By CAO
by CAO
6 yr 25 days ago
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I'm taking English Literature class now, I'm so confused about "iambic" and "alliteration"(not sure spell right), can anyone explain a little bit?
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"I think therefore I am", did a philosopher said this?
By CAO
by CAO
6 yr 31 days ago
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