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What is the history of the word "lobby"?

meaning etymology nouns american-english history

Use of "the same"

etymology adverbs pronouns

What's the point of expressing plurality of nouns by modifying the word?

etymology grammatical-number

What is the origin of the noun "craic"?

etymology nouns

What does "-t" in "bight" mean? [closed]

etymology morphology

History of the words "conservative" and "liberal"

meaning etymology adjectives

Are there specific texts, such as French/English poetry, in which the word romance was originally used, and popularized in?

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Why was someone considered mentally unbalanced or crazy called a "crackpot"?

etymology slang

Why do we say “in” a movie but “on” a TV show?

etymology prepositions

What is the difference between the terms ‘basic’ and ‘fundamental’?

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Is Latin "porrige" connected to middle ages "porridge"? [closed]

How did 'pick out' evolve to mean 'read'?

etymology latin

Is "lexophilia" a word?

etymology neologisms

Definition, Origin, and Extent of "Matter" as a title in Literature

etymology literature

Why `kitchen` instead of `cooking room`? [closed]

How did 'phat' come to be used in music as slang?

etymology slang colloquialisms speech phrase-origin

Do "empirical" and "imperial" share a common etymology? [closed]

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What is the origin of the phrase "Let that sink in" [closed]

First use of the word "sequelitis"?

English verbs derived from ἄρχω (árkhō)?

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