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What is a word or phrase for a false belief or opinion on something people hold true and repeat because they have heard it repeated so many times?
It isn't any of the words on this page and I believe it started with the letter 'e' (though please offer your word even if it doesn't).
Example sentence: Because he researched what he had heard from ...
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One's brilliant vocabulary and a tendency to show it off [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What’s a big-vocabulary word for someone with a big vocabulary?
There are people who are blessed with a remarkable knowledge of vocabulary and diction – people who can come up ...
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Looking for a word that is grouping a bunch of supportive phrases [duplicate]
What would the word be for a list of phrases you would say to someone if they posted that something negative happened to them? People reply things like
sorry to hear that
hope you're ok
but you're ...
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Word/phrase for "treating the problem rather than the symptom"?
Is there a word that means the equivalent (or close to) the expression "treat the problem rather than the symptom" ?
If not, is there a concise way to say this?
For example, in discussing ...
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What is it called when using 'you' in place of anyone or yourself in example? [closed]
What is the adjective (or phrase) describing the use of 'you' in place of anyone, everyone, or yourself in passing?
Such as the following -
...and you wouldn't dare to eat the last cookie, ...
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What's the most accurate term for phrases such as "storm in a teacup" and "making mountains out of molehills"?
Are phrases such as "storm in a teacup" and "making mountains out of molehills" best described by one of these terms:
anecdote
proverb
saying
expression
metaphor
If not, which term is the right term?...
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Word For When You've Been Forced to No Longer Trust Something or Someone [duplicate]
Often, I encounter situations (particularly with software or electronics, though occasionally with people) where bugs or strange events happen that cause me to lose trust in said software maintaining ...
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Things saving the memory of gone people -- are called?
We all love to save things, collect items, items/things that remind us of departed souls or gone people. They're gone from life, but may or may not be dead. What are those things called?
They might ...
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Is there any word or phrase for when someone in fact says the truth while intends to lie?
Deliberate lie: to tell others something one correctly or incorrectly believes to be false.
Honest Lie: to tell others something one incorrectly believes to be true.
Is there any word/phrase ...
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Word(s) to say if someone doesn't want one thing they surely don't want some second thing
I have been going crazy trying to find this word and I just cant seem to be successful. The word is to state something kind of obvious. Here is an example on where/how to use it:
Parent: "Do you ...
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Is there a word or an idiom for people who only spend their families' money and fool around?
Is there a word or an idiom for rich people who spend only their families' money and do not bother to work, just fool around?
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Is there a name for this type of insult: "I am friends with many manly men. And Gary."?
Is there a term or word appropriate to describe the trick of using a general term and then explicitly adding a specific term to strongly imply that the specific is not part of the general? The trick I ...
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Is there a name for the truncated bedspread that some hotels put on the bottom 25% or so of the bed?
I have encountered this totally useless object at several hotels and motels recently, so there must be a name (phrase or word) for it in the hotel/motel industry.
If it covered the entire surface of ...
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Appropriate word for a young person who behaves like a cynical old person?
What is an appropriate term for a young person (child or teenager) whose words and actions mimic that of a much older person from a previous generation? Such a youngster would demonstrate strong ...
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A Pyrrhic defeat?
Is there a word, phrase or allusion which represents the opposite of a Pyrrhic Victory: a tactical defeat which led to a strategic victory, either accidental or intended? After all, there must be one ...
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