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Juicyfruity

The phrase "You're a card"

Is Aaword that old people use to say you have a unique personality. ie. Haha, you're such a card. What is the connection? With the word "card" and "Unique personality'?...
16:39 Mon 13th Sep 20106 answers, last by darross 01:38 Wed 15th Feb 2012
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Aquagility

Hanky-panky

When was hanky-panky first used? C.S.Forester assumes it to have been around in early C19 (The Happy Return).
13:21 Fri 01st Oct 20105 answers, last by heathfield 16:42 Mon 11th Oct 2010
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pinstripe

Why are Jacks in playing cards called Jacks?

Why are there Kings and Queens but not Princes in a pack of playing cards?
11:34 Fri 01st Oct 20104 answers, last by mike11111 14:04 Fri 01st Oct 2010
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pinstripe

What is the difference?

What is the difference between an accent and a dialect?
18:53 Sat 11th Sep 20106 answers, last by carmalee 19:39 Sat 11th Sep 2010
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BobbyBobBob

Will you marry me

How do you say 'will you marry me' in Spanish Also if you know the exact way to pronounce it too. Also does anyone know how to say ' will you do me the honor of being my wife' in spanish also. Many...
17:30 Wed 11th Aug 20105 answers, last by mrs_overall 14:04 Sun 22nd Aug 2010
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dachse

Is the use of the word 'yet' gramatically correct in the current Jaguar XF ad on TV?

Is the use of the word 'yet' gramatically correct in the current Jaguar XF ad on TV? Is goes something like: .....and why didn't we win in 2007? Because the XF wasn't in production yet. I would have...
22:46 Mon 02nd Aug 201020 answers, last by gingejbee 19:01 Tue 03rd Aug 2010
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bc7683023

Hollywood Blockbuster

What exactly does the "Blockbuster" refer to?
09:39 Wed 28th Jul 20102 answers, last by bc7683023 11:10 Wed 28th Jul 2010
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Bert

You say 'vermillion', I say 'vermilion'

I now know that 'vermillion' is an allowed (in some dictionaries, but not Chamber's) spelling of 'vermilion'. Does anybody out there (Quizmonster, for example) know what is the history of these two...
12:15 Sun 18th Jul 201014 answers, last by Clanad 22:42 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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Theranged

Scratching or using your noodle.

Why do we use the word noodle as head? What's the origins and link?
12:38 Fri 23rd Jul 20103 answers, last by squarebear 12:48 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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Jemisa

OK

We all say it don't we? probably several times a day and hundreds in a lifetime but where did those letters OK come from? are they short for something? Is it short for some Latin phrase? Anyone know?...
16:21 Fri 16th Jul 201027 answers, last by jno 14:24 Sat 17th Jul 2010
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RSDonovan

Presume / Assume

Isn't... "I assume you came by bus" exactly equivalent to... "I presume you came by bus" ? If so, why did two words evolve meaning the same thing?...
23:27 Wed 14th Jul 20106 answers, last by Quizmonster 14:14 Thu 15th Jul 2010
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Jemisa

Flap-Jacks

We were in a tea shop the other day and they had Flap Jacks on sale - What does it mean or how did they get this name, anyone know? jem....
07:56 Wed 09th Jun 20108 answers, last by Quizmonster 10:57 Wed 30th Jun 2010
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lindylou16

Join me

I have started a pressure group to get ambiguous words removed from the dictionary. We meet biweekly
11:12 Fri 25th Jun 20101 answer, last by stewey 14:15 Fri 25th Jun 2010
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inquisition

newspeak or what?

Any body know what 'stoozing' is or means please.
22:07 Tue 18th May 20103 answers, last by Jemisa 08:56 Wed 26th May 2010
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pirwany

Lancastrian expression

What is the origin of "Eeh Bah Gum?"
12:06 Sun 02nd May 20101 answer, last by heathfield 15:11 Sun 02nd May 2010
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bond

Can somebody tell me what a "dantelated beach" is, or what characteristics it may have?

11:14 Wed 14th Apr 20107 answers, last by ann_h 22:29 Fri 30th Apr 2010
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donny27

motto

Mening of the quotation: - "BRASSO, INCLUTCHO, INTACTO"...
17:49 Sat 10th Apr 20106 answers, last by ladyalex 22:40 Tue 13th Apr 2010
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mollykins

words the english don't have words for.

why is it that we don't have words for something, and most other words are variations of the equivilent in different languages? Glokenspeil, entrepeneur (sp?) Blue; Blau Blu Bleu Blå Blauw...
15:53 Wed 07th Apr 201014 answers, last by boxtops 18:43 Wed 07th Apr 2010
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zabado

Colours.

When did colours start to mean the way we feel ,? Green. Envy. Blue. Sad. Yellow .Cowardice Red. Rage....
13:14 Mon 05th Apr 20103 answers, last by zabado 20:04 Tue 06th Apr 2010
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Jemisa

Grub.

My hubby will use the word 'GRUB' when referring to food, when its ready he shouts " GRUB UP," and if I'm going shopping he'll ask "You GRUB shopping"? or "The cat wants...
21:30 Sat 20th Mar 20105 answers, last by Quizmonster 06:52 Thu 25th Mar 2010

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