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Phrase or preferably word for the situation of being unable to pass opposing pedestrian, as you both start to step same direction
Awarded Jun 3 at 14:37
What does "I like 'em firm and well covered," meaning?
Awarded Jun 3 at 5:27
Semantic Opposition of 'But': Are These Unlike Constituents Viable Opposites?
Awarded Mar 28 at 10:46
In/on prepositions when referring to a front or back-end (computing)
Awarded Mar 19 at 20:40
Is there a term for websites that answer a question contained in the domain name?
Awarded Feb 27 at 15:53
How do you pronounce the << operator
Awarded Dec 29, 2023 at 8:31
Etymology of "mile" -> mille passus -> thousand steps - not large enough a distance
Awarded Dec 21, 2023 at 19:25
Origin of the phrase "it’s been years if it’s been a day"?
Awarded Nov 28, 2023 at 13:56
What is a word meaning a formal denouncement from the Pope?
Awarded Aug 15, 2023 at 13:27
Word for using extra line breaks to improve readability
Awarded Jul 17, 2023 at 10:47
Are there other examples of names similar to "McKeen", with multiple capitals within a word and non-initial capital letter placement within graphemes?
Awarded Jun 13, 2023 at 0:19
Word that sounds like 'stircus,' means 'frenzied/frenetic
Awarded May 5, 2023 at 12:06
Is there a word for "a name you legally gave yourself"?
Awarded Apr 3, 2023 at 19:03
"What do you think" + Indirect question?
Awarded Feb 21, 2023 at 2:16
What's the relationship between various Oxford dictionaries? (OED vs ODO vs ODE vs NOAD)
Awarded Feb 12, 2023 at 13:57
What is it called when a range of two opposites is used to describe everything? (both great and small, both good and evil, both body and soul, etc.)
Awarded Jan 27, 2023 at 0:16
What is the name for the grammatical device of putting "not" after a verb to negate it?
Awarded Jan 12, 2023 at 14:31
What is a term for a phenomenon where two people doing the same job are less effective than one person doing it alone?
Awarded Jan 9, 2023 at 9:10
A word for a sudden shift in a song's complexity
Awarded Nov 20, 2022 at 23:12
The eerie origin of "eerie"
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 0:46
Similarities between Latin Letters
Awarded Oct 17, 2022 at 14:52
In equations, what single term represents =, >, <, >=, <=, or !=?
Awarded Oct 11, 2022 at 6:10
What is the meaning of the idiom, "limbing forth to the life"?
Awarded Sep 7, 2022 at 0:37
Can the predeterminer "half" comfortably occur before plural nouns without determiners?
Awarded Aug 12, 2022 at 16:17
What is the nearest British English equivalent to 'Dumpster Fire'?
Awarded Jul 19, 2022 at 14:56
What word to choose as the opposite of "self-aware"?
Awarded Jul 13, 2022 at 10:06
Sound something makes while travelling through a liquid
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 3:10
Does paragraph length follow a normal distribution?
Awarded Jun 11, 2022 at 12:36
Origin of the phrase "free, white, and twenty-one"?
Awarded May 18, 2022 at 20:02
Correct word or phrase for "outsourcing" within company
Awarded May 16, 2022 at 9:50
What is the origin of the word "latte" referring to a caffè latte?
Awarded Apr 12, 2022 at 17:55
Is "fPrince" a real word?
Awarded Mar 27, 2022 at 10:11
Is there a concise term or abbreviation for "Decimal Places"?
Awarded Feb 10, 2022 at 14:35
What is the formal name for the "buy cheap, buy twice" effect?
Awarded Jan 28, 2022 at 10:26
What’s a word or phrase that means “to reduce ambiguity”?
Awarded Dec 30, 2021 at 10:36
Adjective describing something that has been rummaged through
Awarded Dec 22, 2021 at 13:46
What is the meaning of "take-haver"?
Awarded Dec 3, 2021 at 21:05
What exactly falls under the label of "complement"?
Awarded Dec 2, 2021 at 9:06
Constructions of the form 'He has committed I don't know how many crimes.'
Awarded Oct 17, 2021 at 20:35
why the "which" below is in plural form?
Awarded Sep 29, 2021 at 23:55
A term for the German word "Aufbruch" with some deeper meaning
Awarded Sep 24, 2021 at 6:05
"Nineteenth hundred and sive" instead of "Nineteenth hundred and seven"
Awarded Sep 22, 2021 at 11:49
Word for the cause of something negative
Awarded Aug 3, 2021 at 8:05
Are there cases where a closing quotation mark has no matching opening one?
Awarded Jul 25, 2021 at 1:17
What does this bit of Cockney mean?
Awarded Jul 18, 2021 at 22:02
what is the proper capitalization of "hors d'oeuvre"?
Awarded Jul 12, 2021 at 7:15
What suffix rule applies to making rival into rivalrous (i.e., is this legitimate)
Awarded Jun 19, 2021 at 4:26
Why "thine heart" but "thy whole heart"?
Awarded Jun 9, 2021 at 22:51
Categorization vs classification
Awarded Apr 25, 2021 at 16:52
Are there historical examples of "unchartered territory" used correctly?
Awarded Apr 17, 2021 at 7:56
Two things "that are" or "that is" another thing
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 12:47
Adverbial Form of "Supplementary"
Awarded Mar 20, 2021 at 23:21
What is the origin of the phrase "eating on"?
Awarded Mar 15, 2021 at 17:35
'He went into the room, opening the door using a skeleton key.' Is the time-sequence correct? Is the ‘using’ clause showing method?
Awarded Mar 12, 2021 at 23:26
What's the word for spotting flaws in news articles you are expert in, but happily accepting reports in other fields?
Awarded Mar 9, 2021 at 21:10
Is the phrase "stone-throwing devil" actually a slur?
Awarded Mar 5, 2021 at 2:11
A term for when people insist on giving you help you didn't ask for?
Awarded Jan 25, 2021 at 23:26
What does the phrase "shake a chicken (in the middle of the room)" mean?
Awarded Jan 25, 2021 at 12:57
What is a "pony soldier"?
Awarded Jan 18, 2021 at 7:43
Is there another way to say "man-in-the-middle" attack in reference to technical security breach that is not gendered?
Awarded Dec 22, 2020 at 10:26
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