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  1. etymology - What is the origin of "earthling"? - English Language ...

    What is the origin of the word earthling? Are there other words with a similar meaning (marsling, venusling)?

  2. Earthling/s equivalent for Mars and Venus [closed]

    The first earthling in space was a dog. What about Mars or Venus. marsling? venusling? I am looking for a word for an inhabitant of Mars (and another word for the inhabitant of Venus) that "feels" the same …

  3. Why we capitalize all race names but our own

    Vulcan, Earthling, and Venusian are all adjectives derived from the proper nouns Vulcan Earth, and Venus. Human is not a proper noun, any more the elf, dwarf, people, or purple-people-eater.

  4. Word to describe a person of planet earth? [duplicate]

    Jun 26, 2017 · Earthling, I believe, is the word you are looking for. NOUN: an inhabitant of earth Ref. Additional history on earthling from the same reference: ...science fiction sense of "inhabitant of the …

  5. foreign phrases - Name of a foreigner from Earth? - English Language ...

    Mar 13, 2015 · The problem with Earthling though is it usually comes from an alien, but -ling makes us sound like inferiorities since indeed we are inferior to the alien that visits us. I think there should be a …

  6. interjections - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Would "greetings" be a better word to greet someone anytime than the word "hello"? Let say I meet Mr. Jackson at 2pm and Mr. Anderson at 7pm. Would it be better to greet them as "Greetings Mr. Ja...

  7. What is the difference between 'man' and 'human'?

    Oct 14, 2015 · A "human (being)" is a scientific word that defines us as being primates, homo sapiens and are descendents in the ape lineage.This is of course a assumption and is yet to be proven by …

  8. What are the differences between these words: varying, varied, various ...

    Jun 24, 2018 · For the record, you can no more have differences "among" words than the eye of a daisy can ever be "among" its petals. These always have to be "between", just like choosing between …

  9. How does one "get rekt"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 2, 2016 · I don't remember seeing "get rekt", I do remember seeing "rekt" and "got rekt" for describing catastrophic failure to perform.

  10. What is the correct past-participle inflection of the verb ...

    Nov 2, 2024 · I bet you would have done so, and quickly, had the question asked for the “past participle” of words like all-knowing, bling, cottaging, sibling, middling, pudding, duckling, earthling, fun-loving, …