Jun 9, 2020 · You have completely missed the point. Of course meaning derives from usage, but usage within a culture establishes consensus meaning. That is to say, words have objective meaning within …

Jan 18, 2012 · Well, it’s a bit more than “the general consensus.” It’s more like “every use on record except one website and you.” Sounds to me like a classic case of “false etymology,” where people try …

Sep 24, 2019 · I appreciate everyone’s attempts at an explanation, however : the consensus reasoning that because an industrial complex may be placed in a (semi) permanent location is the reason for it …

May 31, 2017 · I assume that you’ve done all the Googling and have found, like me, that there appears to be no consensus on the origin. My favorite (almost certainly) apocryphal version found in the …

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Jan 14, 2024 · OP here. Well the consensus is very clear. Thank you all. FYI my confused take on “draw the blinds” as potentially meaning “open the blinds” was by analogy to “draw the sting” and other …

Mar 16, 2006 · When the price for a particular item on the menu changes more rapidly than they’d like to print menus, the price is listed as SQ, which basically means ask someone. Does anyone know what …

Jul 13, 2010 · It risks being a pooling of ignorance or a consensus of pedants. Re-read Colibri’s answer and order crab if you want crab meat culled from a variety of crabs or crab parts, crabs if you plan to …

Here’s the thing. Winwood was 16 or 17 yrs. old when he wrote this. In those days, street slang for heroin was ‘boy’ and for cocaine was ‘girl’. High heel boy refers to a mixture of heroin and coke, …

May 8, 2025 · Meaning a police officer can say ‘we found your fingerprints at the crime scene’ as a lie. What they can’t do is have a false document from forensics printed up showing proof of your …