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  1. Blogosphere: what is it? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 6, 2022 · The blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections. The term implies that blogs exist together as a connected community (or as a collection of connected …

  2. What's the meaning of a text message consisting only of a dot?

    This is a question regarding the text message culture (SMS, chat etc). Hope it's not off-topic since well, texting language is still a language. It sometimes happens that during a conversation som...

  3. Has the use of the idiom "last week" surpassed the use of the …

    The most cursory look at any newspaper, or around the blogosphere, confirms this answer. ‘Last week’ is common as muck, while ‘yester-week’ is virtually non-existent, and when it does …

  4. Hype-driven Definition - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 28, 2014 · In the case of mumblecore, the blogosphere’s attitude was more hype-driven; when the IFC Center launched its mumblecore series last year, every blog affiliated with …

  5. Is 'Feedbacker' a real english word?

    Jan 19, 2020 · Baseball and hotels have comebackers, football and kitchens have linebackers, politicians and businessmen have kickbackers, Immigration depts. have sendbackers, …

  6. How bad is the f-word, really? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    I am confused: on the one hand, many of my native-speaker friends keep telling me that the f-word is very, very bad. Much worse than the s-word for example. On the other hand, I see it …

  7. Alternative for 'setting the heather on fire'

    Mar 15, 2012 · The excited or energized people could themselves be set on fire: The proposal has set New York's chattering classes on fire; or The blogosphere is afire with the news about …

  8. grammar - How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive …

    Aug 12, 2010 · Mass insanity over passive UFOs continues, the Language Log article linked to in the OP, is one of a series by Professor Pullum, co-author of the monumental Cambridge …

  9. Is there a word for irrational anger? [closed]

    Jul 3, 2015 · Is there a word to describe irrational anger in a similar way that phobia is used to describe irrational fear?

  10. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 30, 2012 · As the saying goes, it’s one thing to dance like Fred Astaire, but Ginger Rogers did it backwards in high heels. Philosophical purity is easy — the blogosphere is lousy with it …