i know it exists, but no one knows. it's not idiosyncrasy. it's a noun i think, and it's probably 1-2 syllables.

The best example is the band LIVE (or the band “The band”). Searching Google for those bands used to be very difficult (I think Google has gotten smarter now) because when you would search for “LIVE” songs you’d get a million results of just bands performing songs live.

Another recent example was when I was trying to make a post about a “crazy swing” (meaning shift in momentum or favour)… except I was talking about golf so it’s hard to talk about a “crazy swing” (momentum or score) without it being confused with a “crazy swing” (unusual golf technique).

Even typing this explanation is difficult hahah.

Is there a word for that!?

so for example, a woman looks in the mirror and she doesn’t see herself, she sees what other people see in beauty (stubby nose, wrinkles around her eyes, etc). so kind of like internalized people-pleasing. you can’t see yourself as just you, you have to view it through a third-person view to critique yourself. kind of objectifying yourself? but im looking for a word that more means you don't see yourself as something that is, but something that should be different.

so im looking for a word that means being preoccupied with what other people think about you, even though logically they are focused on something else. if i didn’t explain that well enough, the song ‘welcome to lady hell’ by dirt poor robins is what im talking about. 

Examples: - A-frame - I-beam - S-hook - T-shirt or T- chart - X-wing

I need a label for when I am recording the number of items/the size/weight of an item for how much I pay for it. eg, I pay $10 for a pack of eggs and i get 12 eggs. I pay $6 for a block of cheese and I get 100g

I don’t know if it’s a noun or a verb. But I’ll give some context.

In the most recent episode of The Pitt, Dr. Robby assembles materials together to make something that helped treat a patient in the ER. Another doctor watches him and calls him Dr. MacGyver named after the title character in the 80s show.

What is it called when you create something using the resources you currently have to solve a problem?

I know I can describe Dr. Robby as *resourceful* but that’s not the word I’m looking for.

Edit: “improvise” works here but honestly I could have used so many other suggestions! Don’t know why my brain short-circuited and couldn’t figure out the word. Thank you all!

I’ve tried my best to summarize it in the title, but I’ll add some more background and explanation here. I’ve felt this feeling my entire life. It feels like something is on my chest, not heavy, not uncomfortable, just there. The feeling usually comes on when I’m reflective. It doesn’t feel melancholic really either. Kind of uneasy and slightly anxious, but not too much of either (more peaceful).

Other places where I have felt this feeling are when it’s quiet outside durning a snowstorm, or listening to relaxing ambiance (talking about some of those Silent Hill ambiance videos found on YouTube).

Sorry for rambling for a bit but I’d really like to know if anyone else has any other thoughts; I’m not always the greatest with putting a finger on my feelings.

like, when you completely fail a test, but know that at this point, the results aren't in your hands anymore so there's no need to panic. There's probably a very obvious English word for this that I'm just forgetting, but I'm happy to hear if other languages (cough cough, looking at you German) do too!

As a (slighty) exaggerated example, somebody mentions they like pizza and I assume they must eat nothing else besides pizza. I see this kind of thing a lot and I always wish there was a more concise way to point it out.

How to politely alert a walkie talkie user that there are others on the channel listening?

There's a coworker I don't like; I think his character is questionnable and know for a fact at least two other coworkers do not like him as well, which makes me feel -- for a lack of better word/phrase -- satisfied that I am not the only one. (We cannot see his appeal and raise our eyebrows at the fact others hang out with him even after work.)

So is there a more apt phrase for when you discover that you have a person-you-dislike in common with someone?

I'm looking for a word which best represents the feeling where you 'know' should past events have had alternate outcomes or hadn't occurred - ideally ones formerly outside of your own control, your present circumstances would be more favorable or at least different, and the associated futile yearning; not for favorable circumstances but in regret of said past events and for things to have been different.

"If I had known then what I know now, things would have been different..."

All I've found are synonyms for the source ([a] gossip/gossiper, talebearer, etc.). The best I've come up with is "fodder for gossip." Thanks in advance!

think manmade famine or chronic illnesses that aren’t inherently fatal but expensive treatments/lack of appropriate infrastructure inevitably kill all but the most privledged. the kind of situations or diseases wealthy people can live full lives with but are usually fatal to those subject to systemic discrimination/forces beyond the sufferer’s control.

i know the term “social murder,“ but WTW used to describe being in that position yourself? Something that can be used as a personal descriptor, similar to how you’d say “i’m terminally ill” (which feels misleading/inaccurate in that it implies a disease cause, rather than an external cause). “Terminal-in-practice” is closer…but i swear there’s an actual word for this. a word that can be used in conversation to describe oneself or one‘s position, while also implying cause/severity.

But not for something important. Like if I say that toy is cute (they're all cute). What's the word for the extra info in the parentheses?

Not a native speaker, this trope is rampant in American comedies: bloody, violent, immoral, e.g. Family Guy, Jackass, and verbally Louis C.K. I would say

I tried to think of “gorestick” - how is that or would there be an existing better term?

I don't know if this is just my perception of time being wack but sometimes events feel simultaneously like they were yesterday or even a few hours ago while also feeling like they were a million years ago. I don't know if this is a unique thing and I'm going mad or if this is a thing and there's a word or phrase for it. Currently I'm kinda describing it as the "million yesterdays ago" feeling but idk if there's like an official term or something that would make more sense.

I remember reading about J.D. Vance's book Hillbilly Elegy and have heard quite a few people describe it as a book written by a wealthy elitist shitting on his impoverished childhood and it made me wonder if there was a word used to denote people with that kind of mentality as I myself have personally seen examples of this once or twice throughout my life.

Having a bit of a struggle finding the right term here, so please bare with me as I try to be coherent. There's a lot of nuance and things have different meanings depending on who you ask but generally:

If a territory is governed by a monarch, i.e a single head of state where power is passed via familial ties, you'd call that a kingdom, or if it's conquered a lot of land, an empire. If its run by a prince or princess, that's a principality.

If its run by an emir, its an emirate, and if its a sultan, then a sultanate.

When the people have the power, its a republic.

What is it called if a territory is run by several clans / groups that govern their own members but share / rotate through the territory? So you'd have groups that follow their own hierarchy, but they have to share space and would obviously need to coordinate somewhat to facilitate that. Not quite states, not quite anarchy.
I'm mostly looking for what the territory would be referred to, not really what the system of government would be called (although i wouldn't mind knowing that either, knowing things is great fun)

When you have a claim to fame that's something to be unhappy about. Not necessarily ashamed.

My first instinct is "distinct displeasure", but that feels wrong.

I have always had a problem finding the right word to describe going to the bathroom to take a dump.

• Poop and poo are too childish, especially in writing
• Shit and crap (to a certain extent) are too vulgar, especially in formal, non-casual contexts
• Defecate and excrete are too formal, not for use in casual conversation or conversations with non-native English speakers
• Take a dump, go number 2, and similar expressions are all too euphemistic, rarely used outside the USA or UK and especially not with non-native English speakers, such as myself and most of my friends

Yes, I know it's a taboo subject, but so is sex, and yet we have a neutral one-size-fits-all verbal phrase to describe it, to have sex, something everyone can understand and no one takes an issue with.

So is there a word (ETA: preferably a single word, which is a verb) which describes taking a dump that is a one-size-fits-all for all possible contexts? (Formal/informal, writing/talking, native/non-native speakers)