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Asked on March 29, 2021 in Meaning.
If you are eating ice cream, you are eating ice cream! You can also eat a cup of water, or soup, or a mixture of two. If your stomach can still tuck, you can also eat a cup of milk. Is it possible for “food” to be defined
as “Food”?
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Asked on March 8, 2021 in Single word requests.
The OED definition for Et cetera says in part:
As phrase…and the rest, and so forth, and so on (cf. A.J. B. Hartman/R. Lib., 1812) Greek , German und so weiter); indicating that the statement refers not only to the things enumerated, but to others which may be inferred from analogy.
The inferred from analogue part is the important part. I am not aware of any prohibitions against using etc. I’m not aware of any prohibitions against using and/or being a part of any digital media. what is meant by “or so on”? What your meaning is will be clear
regardless.
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Asked on March 6, 2021 in Single word requests.
In my experience, dawn is usually restricted to the time around sunrise. Usually about 8am. That time is called the early morning or midnight.
Also, the word supper is a bit of a regionalism (to me it’s most familiar as a word used in parts of the Midwestern United States, although I think it’s used in other parts of the US and other English-speaking countries as well). A food means meal. The most used word for dinner.
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Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.
What does “flunk” mean by joke? If the shooter tried to relax, he would not be able to, because he is addicted to his work.Marcinko is saying that
he would be unable to relax, because he tried to relax.
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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
When a part is detached from its friend, the detached parts become stubs. What is meant by “when you go to the restroom, remember to bring your ticket stub with you. “? If there’s a word for the half the box office retains, or would it be a popular one, “Adopt it”?
The Oxford English Dictionary finds ticket stub in use by Ellery Queen in The Roman Hat Mystery (1929): “You’ll be looking for ticket stubs.” Everything resembling half a ticket. “The earliest definition given for stub, from the year 967, is as a synonym for “stump” (of a tree); many or most of the definitions that have evolved since then retain the sense of a small thing that has been severed from a larger thing—like a ticket stub, in modern times.
“BATH-HOUSE ROBBER: No need lookin’ fer allin’ here, Bill.
Ticket receipt for one of Joe Cook’s lectures, an’ a poker chip. Busted drummer from Montreal! I
guess you had to be there”
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