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• Do people ever do anything with effigies other than burn them?

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• What's the history of the China Marker's name?

  Asked by Evan | 4 responses

• Would it be semantically correct for me to say I went to the ocean if I'm referring to the Gulf of Mexico?

  Asked by robmandu | 7 responses

• What is the longest word you know with no repeated letters?

  Asked by playthebanjo | 25 responses

• How did the word "Jackass" become pejorative?

  Asked by Knotmyday | 5 responses

• What are your favorite Therapy buzzwords?

  Asked by jballou | 10 responses

• What is the etymology and history of your first name?

  Asked by PoiPoi | 23 responses

• Etymological question - why do words like debar and bar and depress and press mean the same things?

  Asked by playthebanjo | 6 responses

• Is this a racist term?

  Asked by brownlemur | 16 responses

• Why is a bull's eye called a bull's eye?

  Asked by Trustinglife from iPhone | 3 responses

• Why is the $ on the left, and the ¢ on the right?

  Asked by robmandu | 6 responses

• Is there a name for the technique that House uses to solve problems?

  Asked by robmandu | 13 responses

• What does this mean and what are its origins: "hair of the dog?"?

  Asked by JonnyCeltics | 2 responses

• Does the word "guesstimate" really mean something different than the word "estimate"?

  Asked by benjamin6 | 12 responses

• Is "point up" different than "point out?"?

  Asked by rss | 7 responses

• How do I spell "wracking my brain" and what does "wrack" or "rack" mean anyway?

  Asked by occ | 13 responses

• where did the phrase "go south" or "went south" come from?

  Asked by occ | 5 responses

• How do you pronounce the word "caramel"?

  Asked by robmandu | 26 responses

• Is there any word (acceptable) that you have an aversion to?

  Asked by breedmitch | 50 responses

• Where does the term "boolean" originate?

  Asked by Protagoras | 1 response

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