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What do you call the male equivalent to Cougar (woman)?
What is the male equivalent to the term "cougar"?
Clarifying ... The term "cougar" describes an older woman seeking younger men. So a male equivalent would be an older man seeking ...
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In need of the word or phrase describing studying or educating in a non-formal way or as a hobby
So when I was 14 years old I started an interest in psychology. I've been studying it (legitimate medical research articles, textbooks, clinical guides, etc vs googling) for almost 13 years at this ...
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What do you call a moderate victory?
In the following bible passage, Prophet Elisha prophesies that King Joash should take his bow and arrows, and subsequently orders Joash to use his arrows to strike the ground to signify a symbolic act....
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Is there a specific word/phrase for when you recognise a location from a film/TV/the News?
I'm thinking about the eerie feeling you get when you go to a place and you recognise that it was once plastered all over the news because a serious crime was committed there - or if a serious crime ...
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Is there a term for 'Era when the gods walked amongst men'?
I need it for a story. I cannot use 'era when the gods walked amongst men' every time. So, is there a word in native English or borrowed from another language which has the same or a similar meaning? ...
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Is there a word or phrase for when people share a way of thinking?
I’m looking for a word of phrase that describes when two people have not only similar perspectives, but come to those perspectives the same ways. Where their value system and thought processes are so ...
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What do you call the other class of the same year and its students?
In a school that has more than one class for each (or most) grade(s), for example, 5A and 5B for 5th grade, what do you call the other (not yours) class and its students?
In Russian, it's literally a ...
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Creation in a Biblical sense of producing material out of nothing
Is there a word, phrase or idiom that means creation, in a Biblical sense of producing material, out of nothing?
Example; In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Is there no concise ...
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Word for a path that already exists made by others of an archtype?
I'm looking for a word here; the word for what the user made path is...
Let me tell you a story...a story about users...
When I was in college; there was a well trampled bit of grass next to the ...
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Is there a word to describe words that sound similar. but which are to0 distinct to be homonyms?
Is there a word, phrase, or other descriptor, that describes two or more words that have a similar - but very specifically not identical - sound to each other, but which have different meanings?
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Is there a word or phrase for an 'unwanted favor'? [duplicate]
When I give advice to someone and s/he does not need it, is there a word to describe the advice? More generally, is there a word that refers to an act that is meant as a favor but is not received as ...
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What is a word for battery "longevity"?
I do NOT mean battery "life" which is how long a battery holds charge. Battery life is usually like 12-24 hours. The word I'm seeking refers to the time you can use the battery daily until ...
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People who frequently travel in planes are called…?
What do you call people who travel in a plane?
I know "passenger" is appropriate but that is also true for travelling in taxis, trains, ships, and buses. Also, a passenger suggests someone ...
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A Ghost Town (but NOT)
I'm looking to describe (in one word/phrase) the concept of a town losing its economic popularity. Shops closing due to higher business rates. Traffic levels reducing due to lack of employment/poor ...
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What is the term for look that asks for thinking? And the question that incites thinking?
Imagine this scenario. Two people are having a conversation in which one is trying to explain something to the other. During the course of conversation, the exponent asks the other person a question ...
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