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- word choice - Difference between abate and bate - English Language . . .
What is the difference between abate and bate? How are they used differently? Do they both mean the same thing? (from the Free Dictionary) The definition of abate is 'to reduce in amount, degree,
- Is there any rule of order for time, date, place, building, etc?
@KitFox: There are multiple possibilities, for both time space And yes, some possibilities are not so clear And some can be made clear by changing word order or explicitly grouping words And some are clear only or mainly within a given context (e g MM DD YYYY in the US) You might just as well say that there is an implied order for date-time: larger-to-smaller or smaller-to-larger unit
- What is the origin and meaning of the term Butt Buddies?
Today, in the midst of chatting on other SE sites, the term "bum buddies" was used Some other users took this to be offensive, saying that it was just a slightly less egregious version of "butt bu
- Idiom to mean one must avoid going into dangerous situations
In my native language, there's an idiom that someone warn you not to go into a dangerous situation when you're sure you'll get into trouble but you still feel like doing it For instance, making jo
- Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from?
The word crazy is a later addition Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now Here's a relatively early one from 1967 where the meaning is crazy A decade later most references have this meaning, but the
- Does the term within 7 days mean include the 7th day?
Whenever I have a question like this I try to break it down into a smaller case and then extrapolate If I ask to have something down "within a day" I mean 24 hours from now - today is day 0 and tomorrow is day 1, the day that it is due So "within 7 days" means it is due on day 7, counting today as day 0
- What is the origin of the phrase Crazier than a sh*thouse rat!?
There is also another slightly different version of this phrase, which is believed to pre-date your version: Nuttier than a sh*thouse rat also Nuttier than a sh*thouse mouse It is intended as a pun on nuttier, since nuts are hard to digested they are likely to show up in the feces - which obviously end up in the sh*thouse Since you can also be "nuts" I believe it changed later to "crazier"
- Use of save or save for in sentences - English Language Usage . . .
The definition of save in this example is other than : but, except This article gives a rather interesting discussion about when to use except except for, and that applies equally to save save for That article mentions one case where you would use the 'for' version: when what is excluded is different from what is included Examples cited: Your essay is good except for the spelling All the
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