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Words / Re: Glutes
« on: Today at 02:54:56 AM »We need anonsi! There’s a lot of men dismissing the importance of GLUTES 😂
We're just trying to get to the bottom of this, that's all.
Boom, boom!!
Don't you mean bum, bum? 😁
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Don't you mean bum, bum? 😁
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Words / Re: Passata
« on: April 17, 2024, 09:37:21 PM »Common common common - four responses. All have heard of it.
I'd just like to point out that I've never heard of it!
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Words / Re: Passata
« on: April 17, 2024, 05:37:02 PM »
If so, I think it should be accepted as a rare word.
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Say Hello / Re: Happy Birthday, Alan!
« on: April 08, 2024, 05:36:44 PM »
So, "embrace it like a semicolon at the end of a perfectly punctuated sentence".
Oops 😁
My birthday wishes are somewhat more pragmatic. Happy birthday, Alan.
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Words / Re: Mausolea. neoplasm and pleonasm
« on: April 04, 2024, 03:13:15 AM »
Pleonasm is the best known to me but, like others have said, all three words should probably be classified as rare.
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Words / Re: Claim: Both “workmen” and “workwomen” should have the same classification.
« on: March 29, 2024, 06:57:31 PM »
Sorry, Jack, but I disagree with your claim. There's no doubt that both men and women are capable of making equally valuable contributions to the work force but this is a word game and I don't believe workwomen is sufficiently well known to be a common word. It seems to me that if we start categorising words according to political correctness then currently accepted words that are detrimental to one sex or the other should be banned. I'd hate to see Chi go down that route.
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Words / Re: Milliard and laminar - common?
« on: March 25, 2024, 07:20:56 PM »
I know neither word.
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There's been talk of chatbots in another thread which made me wonder what people's view is of AI in general. Without a doubt it could be hugely beneficial to us, but does anyone else share my fear that it will eventually become the third big threat to humankind, the other two being nuclear armagaddon and climate collapse? As far as I'm concerned it's just a case of which one wins the race.
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Words / Re: Calaboose
« on: January 26, 2024, 09:52:33 PM »Pat, I don't think it's common in Australia either. Please see my post in the 7-by-many thread, and replies by others.
Ah. I don't read the 7-by-many thread so I didn't see the posts in there. I wondered why someone hadn't already questioned the word! But anyway, queried words need their own thread so that Alan sees them.
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Words / Re: Wednesday 3 January 7-by-many PRIMARILY puzzle
« on: January 24, 2024, 11:10:03 PM »Sorry. Of course I meant to say as rare words. What a silly Billy!
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Words / Re: Wednesday 3 January 7-by-many PRIMARILY puzzle
« on: January 24, 2024, 07:49:24 PM »
Are you sure you meant to say you'll add them as common words, Alan? That would go against the general 'rule' of making common a word that's generally only known in one country. And as you say yourself, it's most commonly written as two words anyway.