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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word or a phrase in a specific context, which a dictionary cannot answer. Please give as much context as possible.
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Could it be that the word ‘dude’ is insulting?
It very much depends on your cultural context. In the rural western US, it is mildly insulting/contemptuous, describing a person from more urbanized places who really doesn't know how to behave in th …
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big hit -- meaning?
Big hit = very popular, used by a lot of people. See e.g. "hit song", "hit movie", etc. (And it should be "a big hit" in the original text.)
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One word, two meanings - bad and good! How to guess the correct one then?
You might consider that in the context of computer hacking, "exploit" has a third meaning, which probably hasn't made it into most dictionaries yet. An "exploit" is taking advantage of a particular s …
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