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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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"Don't rock the boat" attitude [duplicate]
When someone tends to hesitate to acknowledge a problem and avoid involving trouble even if needed, is it ok to say in a negative nuance that
He/She always has a "don't rock the boat" ...
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What is the "ism" where sex is considered for procreation only and what is the opposite where sex is consider for recreational purpose
I am looking for single word or phrase in following context
1.) An "ism" (belief or school of thought) where sex (Activity or activities) is considered for procreation only
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2.) an "...
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Word or phrase for the act of making statements for the purpose of invoking reaction or response? [duplicate]
It seems to be this passive form of communication. These people will often have the tendency to be quite passive/passive aggressive personality-wise.
For example, this person may walk into a room and ...
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How to describe a person who is non-aggresive and not good at pushing other people? [duplicate]
I'm writing an article to describe a person who is not aggresive and not good at pushing other people during work collaboration. But I can't figure our what word or phrase is suitable for it. Can you ...
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Adjective for a neatness control freak about only few things that bother the person and not in others
I have a family member in my house. He is a neatness control freak but the difference is he is neatness control freak about few things that bother him and not at all neatness bothered about a lot of ...
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Word that would mean "to make a narrative out of"
I have a question about a potential word that may or may not exist.
I'm trying to find a word that would basically mean something like "to make a story out of" or turn into a narrative.... ...
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What's one word to describe "I dont know what to believe in anymore"?
I ask because whenever I'm feeling this way I use "disillusioned" but I realize now that's not really the feeling
the context for the word or phrase is for in-general, eg, "I feel [word ...
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Word/phrase to be used as banter for someone who writes walls of text?
We have a guy who literally writes paragraphs and paragraphs of text in most of his forum posts. If I had to pull his leg and tag him as a <insert placeholder here>, what word or phrase would ...
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A word to describe that you ate too much so you don't like it anymore now [duplicate]
In our native language we have a word for saying that you can't eat something because you ate too much of it and now you don't like the taste of it (for some time).
When and how we use it:
No, I don'...
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What is it called when you "justify" things to yourself like this?
Recently, it became evident that the very anticipated "Analogue Pocket" device (modern hardware simulator of Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance) would not become available for normal ...
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Word(s) to describe persons that leave a company and have a lot of information in their heads that is lost [duplicate]
What would you call the situation/a person with a lot of knowledge about a company that leaves the company, and the information is no longer available because the person left?
I'd like to use the word(...
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Word for a person or entity who is permitted by society to do bad/greedy things because they have been charitable
I would describe this person or entity as "feeling entitled" by that doesn't exactly capture what I am trying to say.
For example: A person who donates a lot of money to some charity gets '...
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What is the word for a widely shared understanding that is counter to scientific analysis? [duplicate]
In a discussion with a friend he noted that the colour magenta is not a real colour. I have also heard of this and you can read more on that on Mentalfloss.
I would like to know if a word or phrase ...
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Word for a plan that has not been performed because of some issues
e.g.,
They devised a potential method to solve the problem, but due to timing issues it became insert word.
A noun or an adjective (or even a phrase) describing this would work. This word would ...
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