- Are there examples of triple entendres in English?
There are many triple entendres in HipHop, although not respected by most writers and english enthusiasts, HipHop has produce some of the most wittiest lines I've personally ever heard Eminem-Zeus "Man I gotta be doing something right, I've got 11 years of sobriety, so the only bottom Imma be hitting is if it's sodomy "
- Where does the expression triple-A come from?
"some triple-A map" -- I remember going to AAA as a kid (1980s -- same era as Calvin and Hobbes ran) with my parents before big trips -- the most important thing we needed was a Trip-Tik - a customized map for the journey Clubs also distribute road maps (including customized map guides for specific journeys) and travel publications
- punctuation - What is the proper way of using triple dots and spaces . . .
Yes, you do put a space in front of three of them, but not in front of four of them The open questions are whether to use three or four, and whether to put spaces not just fore or aft, but between them
- meaning - Is there a difference between treble and triple . . .
For example you'd talk about a 'triple sundae' (three different components) or 'triple therapy' (therapy comprising three different drugs), whereas you might say 'treble nine' for 999 Personally I wouldn't use the other word in any of those cases To me, 'treble' is three times the same thing and 'triple' is three of different things
- word choice - Is triple the proper counterpart of pair when . . .
However, for technical contexts triple is perfectly fine You can use triple as a noun, as the Merriam Webster dictionary indicates Wiktionary indicates that one of the few uses of triple as a noun is: (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple For your case, I would recommend triple because trio sounds a
- What comes after quadruple? [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
Also When do the “-uple”s end? and Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple?, which already have been closed as duplicates of that one – FumbleFingers Commented Jun 12, 2015 at 15:42
- Is there another word for five times, such as triple, quadruple?
I forget what the word for 5 times is I know it is single, double, triple, quadruple but forgot what the one for 5 is
- How can I form a word like quadruple for any number I want?
The usual way is just to find the Latin root and add the suffix: quintuple, sextuple, septuple, nonuple, etc
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