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What does “triple down” in “Trump triples down on George W. Bush’s responsibility for 9/11”mean?
meaning
idioms
contemporary-english
Do people actually address their male child "Son" rather than a name, in real life English, or is this mainly a written English usage?
word-usage
contemporary-english
literary-english
rhetorical-devices
Is “within a nose-hair of (a position / status)” a common idiom?
meaning
idioms
usage
contemporary-english
Is "pre-prepared" redundant?
prefixes
redundancy
contemporary-english
What does “fall for a bluff” mean? [closed]
meaning
idioms
contemporary-english
Is ‘scooplet’ a popular word?
meaning
usage
contemporary-english
Phrase meaning of equal parts
british-english
contemporary-english
literary-english
Who are “Security moms”?
meaning
contemporary-english
How is melagra described in contemporary English? [closed]
single-word-requests
contemporary-english
Is “Grey tsunami” a mere metaphor, or acknowledged phrase to represent for accelerated global increase of old age population?
meaning
contemporary-english
What does “Empty dress” exactly mean?
meaning
contemporary-english
Is "mediaeval" an outdated spelling of "medieval"?
orthography
contemporary-english
Is “play chess when others are playing checkers,” a well-known / well-used phrase?
usage
contemporary-english
Lean in and lean out
meaning
word-usage
contemporary-english
What does “media (news) disruptor” mean?
meaning
contemporary-english
When did ‘above’ and ‘below’ start referring to things preceding and succeeding in a written work?
word-usage
contemporary-english
Is the phrase, “Let ‘em up easy” Abraham Lincoln’s one-off phrase or an obsolete idiom?
meaning
contemporary-english
What is meant by "carbon space class"?
meaning-in-context
contemporary-english
An adjective to replace "so random" (to describe one who is apt to say random things)
single-word-requests
phrase-requests
contemporary-english
If "Literally" now means "Figuratively," Which Word Can Be Used for the Previous Meaning?
word-usage
usage
contemporary-english
diction
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