Wordwizard

Thanks to all for the additional information, from how to perform a more effective word search (thanks for the link, Phil, and don't change a thing!), to the general (legal) ramifications of linking to illustrative photographs (Erik, a great load off my conscience), to the finer points of wagon whee...

My current car is female, named Rhonda C-Max Tardigrade , and I pray she (and I) will withstand all extreme conditions in the coming years. Had a sedan named "Redbird" -- definitely male. Let's see, tony h, you mention that machines are inevitably "she" because . . . because . . . hmm -- because why...

I know I've seen this in some science fiction movie! It's the location where the good guys are climbing the side of the wall, or the center pole, or crossing the span of the tower to try to destroy/reach/absorb the evil/final/life-saving power source/bio-pod/magic key before the bad guys annihilate ...

If people use the same three or four "curse" words to punctuate their speech, fill in blank spaces, and directly insult others, it's often because they don't have a rich and more diverse vocabulary. In the case of those people, I would call them under-educated, ignorant, dimwitted, or lazy dungeon-h...

Hey, Stevenloan -- Just wanted to say that both of your sentences are good, but I would like to add an alternative: "Looking down at the bridge makes me weak in the knees ." Somehow, to me, it's the knees that tremble, quiver, shake and otherwise give out. Sometimes people say "I go weak in the knee...

Even with the second comma, I can't help it: John Smith, a doctor and a stamp-collector, walked into a bar.
Sorry.

Yes, that would be a saline (salt solution) drip, if the bag was labeled as such. It looks like that bag is holding a glucose solution, which is sugar. I'm no doctor, so I have to ask: is a glucose drip the same as a saline drip? The bag of solution is delivered to the patient "intravenously", meani...

And Shelley to ask, "Why is it always a man changing the lightbulb?"

Both of your examples are ok, Stevenloan. Only thing is, " . . . has your car driven?" is a little strange to my ears because a car doesn't drive itself (although, apparently, that is changing). I would amend #2 to read, How many total kilometers have you driven your car ? What's (what does) your od...

First off, my search for a previous discussion of this yielded nothing. The search entity explained, very nicely, that it was ignoring the word "nut" because it was too common and too short. I'm short, common, and sometimes a nut but I don't think that's any reason to be ignored. So. One's "nut" is ...

I'm shocked. Shocked.

A bloke in the pub told me that he had been given a locket for his birthday. He put his own photograph in it because he wanted to be independent. Bah-dum bump! So, is sologamy even legal? In the U.S., could one take a "married" deduction on one's taxes? It's mighty large, compared to the deduction ...

. . . pants in American English are trousers in the UK, Australia, New Zealand etc. "Pants" to us are underwear. Well, tony h's comment went right over my head! Thanks for clarifying, Bobinwales. And hardee har-har, tony h! So, I have a few corrections to make about the chart that tony h has posted...

A twenty a day man. We usually called ourselves, "pack-a-day" smokers, or (horrors!) "two- or three-packs-a-day." Cigarettes came twenty to a pack, so the result is the same. I was a pack-a-day smoker, off and on, until, thankfully, I quit for good -- almost twenty-five years ago. Stevenloan, I kno...

Generally, these devices are all just lumped together and called hangers, Stevenloan. But, if you want to be precise, the hangers with the notches (you call them "dents") along the shoulder are designed for dresses, and can be called "dress hangers". Even though the ones in the top picture have what...