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- What does “10-4 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
10 10-4 simply means 'yes, I understand your message' in general CB (Citizen's Band) slang Have a look at the Wikipedia page of CB slang for more A few of the more common CB slang phrases, including this one, made the transition into everyday speech, both in the US and further afield
- Gay (homosexual) and gay (happy) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
When did the main meaning of the word 'gay' shift from happy to homosexual? How did the meaning evolve, if there is a relation between the two?
- Why use the word copy in do you copy that?
I notice "do you copy that?" is used in movies to ask for confirmation in telephone interphone conversation I only know copy means make things duplicated, so why use it in "do you copy that"? Is
- What is a sawyer? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Illinois State Museum: Early nineteenth century travel on the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois Rivers was fraught with danger There were rapids, rocks, and snags throughout the rivers that could easily wreck a boat Snags were the most significant threat to travel because they were often undetectable River pilots described three kinds of snags There were "rafts" or "wooden islands" composed
- Is there a word that means multiply by ten?
I'm wondering if there is a word that means to 'multiply by ten' I'm curious based on my interest in the word decimate, which used to mean to remove a tenth of something
- Co-Founder, Co-founder, or cofounder? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
All are acceptable, so you should follow your judgement British usage generally favours rather more hyphens than American usage; I'd use co-founder since cofounder doesn't look all that natural I'd omit the hyphen in landowner, though, so it depends Longman and Collins tend to prefer unhyphenated while Chambers, predictably, insists on the hyphenated form If you're using the word in a
- What word would you use for something that accidentally works?
It's possible to call it a fluke : a stroke of luck The word is generally used to describe something good that happens but not due to merit It happened due to some unexpected luck See example sentence: Her second championship shows that the first one was no mere fluke Perhaps, you could say: The code passing the test was only a fluke
- How to choose between work day vs working day
In general, a work day is a day on which you work, while the working day is that part of the day when you're at work: "my work days are Monday to Friday: at the end of the working day I go straight home to dinner" Working hours can be used to be more specific: "working hours are 9-5" A total number of working hours per day is often used in flexible working systems with core hours, i e hours
- meaning - What does that looks about it mean? - English Language . . .
Also as a Brit, I feel it depends on the context and it could mean: That looks about right (It looks more-or-less correct) That looks like everything (it looks like all the objects have been taken care of) That looks about finished (the task appears to be finished basically finished) I'm sure there are more possibilities too
- single word requests - Is there a verb for remaining silent? - English . . .
There is no single word to capture exactly what you're looking for First, the difficulties with some suggestions You're looking for a single word for 'to remain silent' Forcing in to a single word, the semantic nearby shorter terms don't really capture this well 'To silence' is a transitive verb — someone is making someone else be quiet You can say 'to silence oneself' but that has a
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