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- Ideas on vs. ideas for - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the same way, using "for" in ideas on improving the team means you support improving the team while using "on" doesn't necessarily mean so It's all connotation and subconscious language use and effects
- phrase requests - Is there a word to describe one who distils complex . . .
Complex concepts distilled into simple ideas could be described as pithy, or full of concentrated meaning Also, one who expresses oneself in a pithy manner could be described as pithy
- What is the word when people come up with the same idea independently
Suppose Darwin and Wallace independently come up with a similar idea It's like the idea has entered the social consciousness at that time What is the word for this called? Kind of the tipping po
- Whats it called when someone imposes his own beliefs and ideas on . . .
There's a concept which I am not yet familiar with When someone forces his own ideology, beliefs and thoughts on someone else and not allow them to think for themselves? For example: when a head
- a better way to express an idea thought suddenly came to me
What are some grandiloquent, or simply better, ways of expressing "an idea thought suddenly came to me", or "an idea thought struck me", or "I was struck by an idea thought"?
- What is the word for a person who never listens to other peoples . . .
There is one person I know who never accepts other people's opinions and ideas, even if those opinions and ideas are worthwhile What single word might describe such an attitude?
- Is there a word for a person who can understand difficult concepts or . . .
Is there a word for a person who can grasp difficult concepts or ideas quickly, especially if they are new? For example: "That person is new to finance, and seems to have mastered it in only a few weeks That person is a blank " Or, "That person has an uncanny blank ability in understanding finance " The best I could come up with was wiz, or
- etymology - How did spitballing originate - English Language Usage . . .
I find the word 'spitballing' very interesting I am curious to know how this word originated What is the logic behind the use of this word to mean "tossing around ideas?" Oxford English Dictionary
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