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"The most rude" or "the rudest"?

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2 answers

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"Straight Outta"

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11 answers

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6 votes

4 answers

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3 answers

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3 answers

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1 answer

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Big-time as a verb

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1 answer

150 views

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3 votes

1 answer

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1 answer

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suffixes

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3 votes

1 answer

11k views

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word-usage usage

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2 votes

3 answers

335 views

"Paingry" can be only used as an adjective?

word-usage adjectives

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2 votes

1 answer

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3 answers

4k views

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1 answer

645 views

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2 votes

2 answers

38k views

"Bo" - what does it mean exactly?

american-english british-english slang australian-english

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2 votes

2 answers

133 views

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2 votes

0 answers

207 views

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1 vote

1 answer

130 views

A rustic, three story-Arabic bookstore

word-meaning

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1 vote

1 answer

2k views

"straight-As", what does it mean? [duplicate]

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1 vote

1 answer

311 views

Pronto VS ASAP; Which one is quicker/the quickest? [closed]

word-usage

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1 vote

3 answers

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0 votes

1 answer

11k views

What is the difference between "undergo" and "have been through"?

word-difference

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0 votes

1 answer

375 views

What is the English expression for "golden nest"?

expressions terminology

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0 votes

1 answer

500 views

Does "pulchritudinous" have a negative connotation?

word-meaning

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0 votes

2 answers

926 views

Eastward - Westward [closed]

meaning

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0 votes

3 answers

1k views

What is the common term for the word "menstruation"?

word-request terminology

asked Feb 1, 2016 at 1:53

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37 Questions

"[I]t literally scared her to death" - Why is "I" in brackets?

"The most rude" or "the rudest"?

"Zilch. Every. Dang. Year." - what does it mean?

"Straight Outta"

What is the difference between "cry" and "burst into tears"

"A halved Pinang"; What is the equivalent expression in English?

What is the English word(s) for "eating salt and sour fruit"

Tag question of negative form

Which tense should I use with "want"?

Big-time as a verb

What is the English expression for "rafting to the upstream, swimming to the edge"

"Contemptuous bastard", doesn't it sound rude? [closed]

Can we say 49 as 50-ish?

Is "the very end" grammatically correct?

"Paingry" can be only used as an adjective?

Is that any expression in English for "not too sweet tea"?

What is a single word for a person who is underestimated?

"The entire stock" or "the whole stock"?

"Bo" - what does it mean exactly?

What should I call a message sent to someone whose mobile is off? A lay off/deferred/suspended message?

"Brexit, Grexit, with the possibility of Spexit" [closed]

A rustic, three story-Arabic bookstore

"straight-As", what does it mean? [duplicate]

Pronto VS ASAP; Which one is quicker/the quickest? [closed]

Tag question of "must"; how to determine?

What is the difference between "undergo" and "have been through"?

What is the English expression for "golden nest"?

Does "pulchritudinous" have a negative connotation?

Eastward - Westward [closed]

What is the common term for the word "menstruation"?