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What's the meaning of "QTY"? [closed]
I found the abbreviation "QTY" in an assay (not essay!😊). Can you tell me the meaning of this abbreviation? How can I paraphrase/explain it into ordinary words?
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Meaning of "she has hern" in Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' [duplicate]
I am reading "As I Lay Dying" and have usually been able to look up the meaning behind the choice of words that Faulkner uses. However, I am unable to find a satisfactory definition of the ...
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What does "Sandbagging" (or sometimes sandboxing) mean as an expression in startup or sales and where is it coming from?
I have heard one meaning of it in the context of a personal goal is to set a too-easy goal (i.e., that you know you can easily achieve). I also heard it is coming from golf. Can someone shed more ...
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Word to describe someone with all knowledge in some field [closed]
Word that describes someone that has all possible knowledge in some specific field, like an expert.
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Is "samuraily" correct?
Pahlavāni, knighthood, and samuraily may be different in forms of
cultural output, but all three are inherently from the same
historical essence.
Pahlavāni (پهلوانی) is a Persian word. In its ...
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Is there a word in a dead or lost language that we lost the definition to? [closed]
Is there a word we lost the definition to?
A word whose definition we lost to history?
Something that is a part of our history but we forgot the meaning with time
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What is a word that describes a monolithic national identity?
Something similar in French would be la jacobinisme (Jacobinism); however, I’m not looking for a political party but a phrase or word in the English lexicon.
The definition would be:
[Blank] is a noun ...
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What is a 'civcuck'
Context:
By having us all take up barbarism the Right is spared from the
civcuck middling elements having too much a say...
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I am curious about the word civcuck. I cannot find it in any ...
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Word for what a "handyman" does?
For the past several weeks, I've been trying to figure out the word for what a “handyman” does. Last night I heard someone on the TV downstairs say “this is my handiwork,” and the connection suddenly ...
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What's the best word for denoting "treat as a single item" in the specific context I describe?
Why I'm asking
@Xanne asks "Does this really have to do with the English language?" Yes. I seek an English language verb. If you, dear reader, find it confusing that the following mentions ...
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Lift is for car so what is for bike?
The word lift generally means for car. Then what is for bike?
Eg: Can I get a lift?
Meaning, can I ride in your car?
Similarly, I want to know how can we say for "Can I get a lift with you on ...
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What do you call a pathway or hole made in a hedge or undergrowth by the track of an animal?
What is the word for a hole of pathway made by an animal in the hedgerow or undergrowth?
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Drinks Shirley - Slang for overhead dispenser? [closed]
In a TV series, a man from London (living in Canada) asked for the house bar using the word "Drinks Shirley".
What does it mean exactly? Is it this kind of dispenser?
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"Show" and "Shower" [closed]
I'm a programmer and found myself naming an entity, which shows things, as Shower. Of course, the first time I read it, I remembered the freshness of the drops of water and nothing related to what it ...
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Name for the bumper at the end of a parking spot - is it a "turtarrier"? If so, why?
I was trying to find out if there was a single word to mean the bumper at the end of a parking spot.
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"Parking bumper" is a little unwieldy, and "wheel chock" seems ...
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