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What meaning do you read into the word 'shame'?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382434) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Sep 23

I’ve been caught out twice now using the word ‘shame’ when I was wanting to express regret over something that had or hadn’t happened. ‘Shame’ also has the meaning of loss of face or humiliation through some wrong or foolish...

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What exactly is a "critter"?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 23 Aug 19

Americans seem to be fond of using the word "critter", which as far as I know is not used anywhere else in the world. Is this simply another way of saying "creature", which would imply that it means any living creature that is...

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What is politics to you?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 1 Feb 18

I came across a lovely definition of politics the other day: 'Politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. (L Hardiman) OK - it's a joke, and it made me...

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Double Checking My Word Choices and What Happened?

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 17 Aug 16

I will use words that I don't use much and usually I'll double-check that the meaning matches what my intent is. This time when using a word in a comment it showed up with a red underline and some choices. I thought it's choices...

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Have you ever said something candidly + realized that it could be taken wrong?

RachelleNH @RachelleNH (1396) • United States 17 Apr 10

Have you ever just said something without really thinking about your choice of words, and then someone got offended, and you later realized that your choice of wording could be taken several ways-even though you didn't mean any...

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Naked or nude? nude or naked?

manong05 @manong05 (5027) • Philippines 20 Oct 09

what's the difference? I've always thought that naked means unprotected while nude is uncovered. I wonder what it is to native english speakers or those who are good in the language. Any input?

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Various Meanings for one word....

bellaofchaos @bellaofchaos (11538) • United States 29 Jan 09

I was thinking today about discussions and the words we use in them. For example we say upset instead of the variousother words to describeit. Upset can be described as unhappy, bothered, agitated, troubled, worried,...

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Lets surround ourselves with LOVE

Soulistix @Soulistix (261) • Australia 4 Feb 07

How do you say "love" in your lanuage??

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