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Is there a single word for a person who loves colours in general?
I’ve been searching for a bit and cannot find a word that means “someone who loves colours” or “someone who enjoys all colours” or something like that.
All I get are adjectives to describe people who ...
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A word for "a message to myself"
I am looking for a concise way to write “a message to myself”. Message could be replaced with letter or mail. In context, I'm using this word to represent a digital message I have written to myself ...
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What do you call a person who is resistant to new technology [duplicate]
Does a word exist that describes someone who is either
a) resistant to,
b) afraid of,
or
c) refuses to learn
new technology?
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What do you call someone who always makes the conversation about themselves? [duplicate]
For example, let's say I am starting a story about something that happened to me, and in the middle of the story, they start like "oh, the same thing happened to me when I was..." and start ...
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Word for a "urban parasite"
can you please define a word for a someone who comes from the small city to the big one just to make own life better? This person must be local citizen, but it keeps rude thinking, does not want to ...
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Single word for people having romance over skin tone, fame and money?
Besides for "gold digger" or "friends with benefits", is there any single word to refer to people who want to have a romance because of the other person's money or fame, or for the ...
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Is there one word/phrase for a village or city that is recently established?
I am looking for a word or phrase or even something like a idiom to describe a city or village or a colony that has been newly or freshly established and thus does not things like government or a well ...
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What's a word that describes a person who reminds you of the good things they did for you?
I don't know if such a word exists in the English language. In the Bisaya language of the Visayas region in the Philippines where I belong, there is a verb that describes exactly that. I can't find ...
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What do you call someone who gives little time to complete work?
What do you call someone who gives little time to complete work? For example, a teacher who asks for a submission on a difficult project within just a few days.
Example sentence:
That teacher is ...
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Is there a word that means "someone that was betrayed"
There's a word for someone that betrays, eg. the traitor and I wondered, is there a specific, single english word that means, "someone that was a victim of a betrayal"? So something that isn't broad ...
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Looking for a word for a coward who claims credit for the heroic acts of others
Someone who doesn't do anything required or expected but takes credit for having performed heroic deeds.
I have considered 'cowardly', but it doesn't convey the complete meaning.
An example ...
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Word used to describe a person's non-physical presence
What word could I use to describe a person who is dominating not only physically but also in knowledge, experience, and comprehension; someone who has a vast amount of experience?
Example of a ...
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Is there a term for "enforcing rules you don't understand"? [duplicate]
Today I was scolded for leaving my access card at home for the second time. From my point of view, this causes about 10 seconds of work for the people at the reception. When I asked why this would be ...
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What do you call a person that goes for functionality, yet not for the beauty of set things?
What do you call a person that goes for functionality, yet not for the beauty of set things?
For example in a game, this person builds things that are well made and functioning, but lack on the ...
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Insult for someone who "doesn't know anything" [closed]
How do you call/insult someone who doesn't know anything (meaning not the simplest/basic or obvious things)?
Context: I need it in a dialog of the following form:
A: How does <very simple/obvious ...
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