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Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer with score of more than 10 by more than 2x. This badge can be awarded multiple times.
Awarded 82 times.
Olive Garden: "The cheese keeps coming 'til you say 'when'"
Awarded Sep 14 at 15:17
What do Americans say instead of “can’t be bothered”?
Awarded Aug 30 at 21:33
What makes an Indian English accent hard to understand?
Awarded May 24 at 10:27
What do you call a ball of yarn/thread?
Awarded Feb 15 at 17:35
"What does prevent x from doing y?" OR "What prevents x from doing y?"
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 6:18
What's the difference between "up that street" and "down that street"?
Awarded Sep 15, 2022 at 12:20
Is "molten" the past participle of "melt"?
Awarded Aug 30, 2022 at 15:46
Is 'sarcasm ill becomes' a grammatically correct phrase?
Awarded Jul 9, 2022 at 12:10
Is there a single verb for what you do in the gym?
Awarded Apr 29, 2022 at 15:42
"I only have a friend” vs "I only have one friend”
Awarded Apr 26, 2022 at 16:50
How "looking forward to watching me play" makes sense grammatically
Awarded Mar 27, 2022 at 14:26
It was a fitting only dinner in Texas for us
Awarded Feb 25, 2022 at 18:21
'We Americans like baseball' or 'Us Americans...'?
Awarded Dec 4, 2021 at 16:52
Is there a formal word or expression for "snail mail"?
Awarded Oct 1, 2021 at 21:41
Is there a word for a man who behaves like a woman?
Awarded Sep 1, 2021 at 6:02
When talking about computing, are "not enabled" and "disabled" same?
Awarded Jul 30, 2021 at 0:25
Can you use "meet" for wild animals?
Awarded Jul 19, 2021 at 7:46
Why do we pluralize "congratulations" when we say it?
Awarded Jun 16, 2021 at 20:36
What does "until she passes the five-year mark, Dad’s record to date" mean here?
Awarded Jun 1, 2021 at 3:42
She got an A for effort. (meaning of the sentence)
Awarded May 21, 2021 at 22:04
What's the opposite of the phrase "pay under the table"?
Awarded May 12, 2021 at 2:10
What is a proper synonym for 'keep somebody/something away'?
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 23:55
Is there a verb that means "to accept doing something unwillingly just to make the other person stop nagging"?
Awarded Apr 12, 2021 at 9:40
Syntactical problem? Musk's tweet "I Am Become Meme, Destroyer Of Shorts"
Awarded Mar 27, 2021 at 20:34
Fruit is cut into smaller pieces like a chip and then boiled dried in sugar. Are they called "papaya/banana…chips" or "papaya/banana…jams"?
Awarded Jan 30, 2021 at 12:11
mRNA-1273 vaccine: How do you say the “1273” part aloud?
Awarded Jan 7, 2021 at 14:06
Why write "does" instead of "is" "What time does/is the pharmacy open?"
Awarded Dec 28, 2020 at 12:46
What does "dick" mean in this context?
Awarded Oct 5, 2020 at 10:06
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Awarded Sep 3, 2020 at 11:01
When should I use 'thaw' and 'melt'?
Awarded Aug 10, 2020 at 14:32
Parsing “have a limited release the product”
Awarded Jul 21, 2020 at 0:18
A word to describe someone who expects you to act one way but does not act in the same way
Awarded Jul 5, 2020 at 20:36
Is the phrase "a bottle of water" something a native English speaker would say?
Awarded Mar 23, 2020 at 4:15
Why do Russian names transliterated into English have unpronounceable 'k's before 'h's (e.g. 'Mikhail' instead of just 'Mihail')?
Awarded Mar 18, 2020 at 0:30
What is the verb for describing the movement of a cat's paw when it is trying to hit something with it?
Awarded Feb 5, 2020 at 5:15
What do you call the process of filling up an electric kettle and turning it on in one verb or phrasal verb?
Awarded Jan 16, 2020 at 21:55
"lose her for two hours"?
Awarded Dec 27, 2019 at 1:35
Why use an adjective after a noun?
Awarded Dec 20, 2019 at 4:15
What are the correct pronouns for referring to someone whom I have never met in person when the gender is apparent?
Awarded Oct 26, 2019 at 23:50
Does "as soon as" imply simultaneity?
Awarded Oct 1, 2019 at 20:45
"Official wife" or "Formal wife"?
Awarded May 22, 2019 at 2:10
What do you call a plan that's an alternative plan in case your initial plan fails?
Awarded Apr 14, 2019 at 21:45
"He borrowed me some money."; right or wrong?
Awarded Jan 29, 2019 at 15:35
What preposition is correct 'sleep on the bed' or 'sleep in the bed'
Awarded Jan 13, 2019 at 14:35
Explain why "Who is she playing the piano?" is incorrect
Awarded Jan 9, 2019 at 19:00
What does "Bless you" mean in this context?
Awarded Dec 16, 2018 at 18:00
"Too expensive for me to afford it" why ungrammatical?
Awarded Dec 12, 2018 at 0:10
Is there a word or slang word to call a girl who loves brand products?
Awarded Nov 11, 2018 at 16:15
Can "wage war" be synonymous with "declare war"?
Awarded Sep 2, 2018 at 14:35
The act of declaring and revoking a structure a church
Awarded Aug 6, 2018 at 6:25
$2,000 worth of items: "two thousand dollar" or "dollars"?
Awarded Jul 11, 2018 at 21:47
Is there an idiomatic way to say "go to the path of no way out"?
Awarded Jul 10, 2018 at 16:48
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Awarded Jun 16, 2018 at 16:13
What's the meaning of "You get that much because that’s how much you get"?
Awarded Jun 4, 2018 at 15:32
Is the language of The Economist artificially complex?
Awarded Mar 30, 2018 at 7:33
What is the opposite of "star" (celebrity)?
Awarded Mar 1, 2018 at 11:14
Why 11 am + 1 hour == 12:00 pm?
Awarded Jan 6, 2018 at 22:22
Is it grammatical to say "according to the law" instead of "according the law"?
Awarded Nov 16, 2017 at 17:41
Does "Three countries including Germany, Canada, and China" sound unnatural?
Awarded Oct 1, 2017 at 3:47
Does "fasten" mean "make something happen fast"?
Awarded Aug 15, 2017 at 21:53
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