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The word "Comparison"

etymology loanwords

Is Jutland so-called because the region it describes 'juts out' into the ocean?

etymology geography danish

"Idiom" and "idiot" [closed]

gopher wood / coffer

Did "Dutch defence" pre-date the chess term?

etymology offensive-language

"On Tap" in the Sense of "Coming Up"

meaning etymology idioms american-english

How to form a word to represent "drawing quote ideas"?

etymology compounds neologisms

What is the origin of “I calls ’em like I sees ’em”?

etymology expressions idioms dialects

What is the etymology of 'oojiboo'?

What made "You'd better!" a threat?

etymology expressions

What is the origin of the phrase "knock-down, drag-out"?

etymology phrases idioms

First usage of the word "baby" to mean fetus or any synonym of fetus

Most of us had a piggy bank! But what is the origin of its name?

What does "and how" really mean? [closed]

meaning etymology phrase-usage

Origins and history for phrase "tote that barge"?

etymology history phrase-usage origin-unknown

Where does "on X's dime" originate from?

Is there any relationship between the "theo" in "theoretical" and that in "theology"?

etymology prefixes

For words that can be a noun or not a noun, why does the noun have the emphasis at the start?

etymology linguistics emphasis

Origin of the "breach" sense of "compromise"

etymology homographs

Where did the phrase "hairy eyeball" come from?