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Is the use of the word "cracker" as a racial slur so common that it cannot safely be used to refer to certain hackers? [duplicate]

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“Mining” as opposed to “minting” w.r.t. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

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What lexical relationship lies between the days of the week?

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"Are YOU coming to get me" / "Are you coming to GET me" Is there any grammatical or semantic difference?

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Timeline of semantic change of the term "social justice warrior" (SJW)

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The semantic shift of "mundane"

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How did "womanizer" develop its current meaning?

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How did we get ‘deft’ and ‘daffy’ from “daft”?

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Is there a technical term for the degeneration or evolution of words?

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How did "right-on" become pejorative in BrEng?

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Linguistic connection between the geophysical "bluff" and the deceptive "bluff"?

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Diffidence, a false friend

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Origins of the shift in usage/meaning of the word "religion"

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Why and when did "breast" become gender-specific?

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Term for metonymy becoming an accepted word for the original, over time

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Is the difference in "sake" in English and Japanese a form of semantic change?

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What is the real history of the word "scenario"?

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When did 'wyrm' lose its meaning as dragon?

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Why and how did "a sensible boy" become "intelligent and prudent"?

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Is “What goes around comes around” African-American?

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