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N2G,CJ is exactly right. If you are going to use topdog you should consider it extremely informal, almost slang. In fact, I notice that the spell checker built into this editor does not recognize topdog as a word but it does recognize underdog.

My estimate of it is that underdog has entered "much deeper" into the standard lexicon than topdog. In describing candidates for political office, for example, journalists use the term underdog all the time -- to the point that we native speakers almost don't register the idea of...

Hi, 'Minor version update' sounds OK as computer jargon. For nicer English, can you just say 'a minor update'? Best wishes, Clive

I bumped into the following problem: Say, a new version of a software has been released. It's version 1.0. We want to offer the customers, who will purchase version 1.0 free upgrades (or updates?) within the major version, in orther words, versions 1.2, 1.5, 1.5.6 and anything up to version 2.0...

C. gather together - This is like "interview", you gather potential employees together before hiring one.— You don't "gather potential employees together", during an interview. You keep them apart. You sure don't invite the whole town. You do select viable candidates for a job, and yes you can...

For real folk conversation on this topic, people mostly use phrases rather than individual words. He can't make up his mind (or he can never make up his mind), she doesn't know whether she's coming or going, he doesn't know how to make a decision about anything. If a one-word accusation is then...