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- *specialty* and *speciality* - June 18/November/04
- First use of a phrase - JDH 17/November/04
- First use of a phrase - JDH 17/November/04
- The Velvet Hammer - Steve 17/November/04
- Path of least resistance - DH 17/November/04
- "Word" as in 'word count' - abe 17/November/04
- Feminine equiv of "ladies' man" - DH 17/November/04
- Help to understand the word "practice - Elaine Pepe 16/November/04
- Help to understand the word "practice - TheFallen 16/November/04
- Help to understand the word "practice - Bruce Kahl 16/November/04
- Help to understand the word "practice - TheFallen 16/November/04
- Peter Wellburn on June 27, 2003 "the big Apple" - Eddy 16/November/04
- Little tricks - Lap of the Goddess (Australia) 16/November/04
- Seeker of wisdom and truth - Ward 16/November/04
- Origin of leaf turning? - SR 16/November/04
- Father Of the American Navy - SR 16/November/04
- Hunker Down - SR 15/November/04
- Hunker Down - DH 15/November/04
- Hunker Down - Shae 16/November/04
- Hunker Down - ESC 16/November/04
- Hunker Down - DH 15/November/04
- It's Bigger than both of us - Alice 15/November/04
- It's Bigger than both of us - Smokey Stover 16/November/04
- At Sixes and Sevens - Alice 15/November/04
- Pull the other leg / one (it's got bells on)! - Leslie 15/November/04
- Oats revisited - Word Camel 15/November/04
- Oats revisited/ Crop Failure - SR 15/November/04
- Oats revisited/ Crop Failure - Smokey Stover 15/November/04
- Oats revisited/ Crop Failure - SR 15/November/04
- Wild and woolly - Lap of the Goddess 14/November/04
- Cruising for bruising - yogesh 14/November/04
- Remittance man - Lap of the Goddess 13/November/04
- Woolley back - jean rigby 13/November/04
- Fido (origin and meaning) - Junius 13/November/04
- The verb "to nutmeg" - TheFallen 12/November/04
- What do these mean? - Sapphire 12/November/04
- A mere bagatelle my dear - Bookworm 12/November/04
- Secon-last - Miri Barak 12/November/04
- Economical with the truth - abe 12/November/04
- Shoulder-striker - ESC 12/November/04
- First Mate - Harry Matharu 12/November/04
- Take hold (meaning and usage pls. thx!) - Ben 11/November/04
- Take hold (meaning and usage pls. thx!) - Bookworm 11/November/04
- Take hold (meaning and usage pls. thx!) - DH 12/November/04
- Take hold (meaning and usage pls. thx!) - Lexi 11/November/04
- Take hold (meaning and usage pls. thx!) - Bookworm 11/November/04
- "All the tea in China" - Reese 11/November/04
- What is the origin and what does it mean? - stacey 11/November/04
- "There, now I've tried your cough drops" - stacey 11/November/04
- All Dolled Up - Jewel 11/November/04
- More holes than a june bride - rj 10/November/04
- Single private ensuite - Puzzled 10/November/04
- Alpha male and alpha female - Ward 10/November/04
- Orders of magnitude, revisited - Bob 10/November/04
- Orders of magnitude, revisited - Ward 11/November/04
- How can I order a vacuum? - Lewis 11/November/04
- Orders of magnitude, revisited - Ward 11/November/04
- Shake a leg like a lamb song lyric - Ellis 09/November/04
- Hepcats remember lyrics? - Ellis 13/November/04
- Oh no...Im talking to myself! - Ellis Two 15/November/04
- Oh no...Im talking to myself! - Ellis Two 15/November/04
- Hepcats remember lyrics? - Ellis 13/November/04
- Beer - stefan 09/November/04
- Toasts - Lewis 09/November/04
- Kitty-cornered=antigoggling - sueeey 09/November/04
- One on one? one to one? - Sui 09/November/04
- Nuance "suit his purpose" - Miri Barak 08/November/04
- Nuance "suit his purpose" - Bookworm 08/November/04
- Nuance "suit his purpose" - Bookworm 08/November/04
- Well, people in hell want ice water - GodivaLooker 08/November/04
- Dressed up to the nines - stan 08/November/04
- Bunny trap and shotgun wedding - ACME 08/November/04
- Rifts and riffraff - Fred 07/November/04
- Eyesore - al 07/November/04
- Go on the record - Jose Carlos 07/November/04
- Have a hangoff or hang off - DH 07/November/04
- She's zoomin' us--SVU - DH 07/November/04
- If the answer is a lemon, what is the question? - Junius 07/November/04
- Peter, Paul, and Mary - Ward 07/November/04
- Peter, Paul, and Mary - Fran Oppenheimer 07/November/04
- Peter, Paul, and Mary - Fran Oppenheimer 07/November/04
- Peter, Paul, and Mary - Ward 07/November/04
- Bent as a nine Bob note - yorkie 06/November/04
- Bent as a nine Bob note - yorkie 06/November/04
- Bent as a nine Bob note - ESC 06/November/04
- Bent as a nine Bob note - yorkie 06/November/04
- "Speak my piece" vs "speak my peace" - Cheryl 05/November/04
- "A ways" comes before "aardvark" - DH 05/November/04
- Wal-Mart Republicans - Fred 05/November/04
- Whoops! - Fred 05/November/04
- French word for "lap" - georges 04/November/04
- Ur-wrap - DH 04/November/04
- Hi - whozthis 04/November/04
- Alley - jtt 04/November/04
- A horse expression question... - Julia 03/November/04
- The Silver Swan - Smokey Stover 03/November/04
- Seventh heaven - Lap of the Goddess 03/November/04
- Origin of a phrase - KATHY 03/November/04
- Origin of a phrase - SR 03/November/04
- "Looking in" and "making out" - Miri Barak 03/November/04
- Good night in the morning - sparky 03/November/04
- Multi-tasking (a little off-topic) - Word Camel 03/November/04
- What is the origin of the phrase - Wendy 03/November/04
- Rain closet - Sammi 03/November/04
- A wrinkle in time - Bud 03/November/04
- Rsvp - kaleigh 03/November/04
- Of the aisle? - Jose Carlos 02/November/04
- Of the aisle? - ESC 02/November/04
- Where does the term 'Runner-Up' originate? - Lisa 02/November/04
- Where does the term 'Runner-Up' originate? - helen 02/November/04
- Runner-up - ESC 02/November/04
- 100 to 1 return - MM 02/November/04
- 100 to 1 return - David FG 02/November/04
- 100 to 1 return - Fred 02/November/04
- Seed of reflection - Natty 02/November/04
- Overrefered - overrefered 02/November/04
- In her books - joney 02/November/04
- Orders of magnitude - Jose Carlos 01/November/04
- Orders of magnitude - thank you guys - Jose Carlos 02/November/04
- Orders of magnitude - Bookworm 01/November/04
- Orders of magnitude - Lewis 01/November/04
- How's yer father? - Torsten 31/October/04
- We don't often get candidates of her caliber. - calibery 31/October/04
- We don't often get candidates of her caliber. - TheFallen 31/October/04
- Another usage - Ashish 02/November/04
- We don't often get candidates of her caliber. - Gary 31/October/04
- We don't often get candidates of her caliber. - TheFallen 31/October/04
- Glassy - glassy 31/October/04
- Out of the mouths of babes - George Carrard 31/October/04
- Low-bar - DH 30/October/04
- Pop goes the weasel - R. Fletcher 30/October/04
- Same time, next year - Innkeeper 30/October/04
- Euphemisms revisited - DH 30/October/04
- Euphemisms revisited - ESC 30/October/04
- 100 to 1 return
- A wrinkle in time
- Runner-up
- Non-Harley Motorcycles/cars
- Be there or be square!
- Dressed up to the nines
- Hard stops vs. soft stops
- One on one? one to one?
- "an unusually good liar"
- Economical with the truth
- Out of the mouths of babes
- Remittance man
- At Sixes and Sevens
- *specialty* and *speciality*
- *specialty* and *speciality*