Then the single-statement version was coined. But now, most people recognise (and, I'd say, use) the slightly longer expression ... which is now equally 'a proverb'. Not the original, but hardly fake. If fake were taken to be a synonym of 'non-original', wouldn't all of Late Modern English (our present-day language) be 'fake'? –

Oct 11, 2015 · Fear not using the word cunt, since it was not considered taboo in public speech until 15c.. cunt (n.) "female intercrural foramen," or, as some 18c. writers refer to it, "the monosyllable," Middle English cunte "female genitalia," by early 14c.

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Sep 29, 2015 · Is there a word for when two people really like each other, but aren't dating, don't want serious relationship? EDIT No, they aren't involved at all. They do not engage sexually with each other.

Mar 12, 2011 · Once again I turn to The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition, which states. 2.83: [...]To change words typeset in an italic typeface, underline or circle the words and write "rom" or "roman" in the margin.

Feb 14, 2016 · The statement that "you can't prove a negative" applies to exclusionary inductive arguments, i.e., arguments that posit the nonexistence of some condition in a sufficiently intractable universe of possibilities.

What term describes a non-offensive substitute for a swear word? For example, Battlestar Galactica used frack instead of fuck. Another example is the use of snap instead of shit. I think I may have heard a single-word term used to describe such alternate non-offensive words before, but I don’t know what it is.

Nov 5, 2017 · Risk management is a nice little phrase, but what other non-vulgar expressions are there that means the same thing as covering one’s ass means, but without being considered vulgar? single-word-requests

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Mar 12, 2017 · In everyday conversation, do Americans refer to their non-metric units as imperial. Yes. Edit: To clarify, I'm simply saying that some Americans do. This is actually how I was taught in third grade: I was told our system was called the "imperial" system. I've also heard this in other parts of our nation where I live.