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What Is Mea Culpa? – Usage, Meaning & Definition
an elaborate and apparently heartfelt apology.
Band (together) vs. bandy (about)
Band together = cooperate. Bandy about = toss around, literally or figuratively.
Champing at the Bit vs. Chomping at the Bit – Meaning and Origin
Both forms are common and widely accepted. Champing at the big is the original, but chomping at the bit is now more common.
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Upshot
It traditionally refers to an outcome or conclusion, but it is now often treated as synonymous with upside or advantage.
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Buck Naked vs. Butt Naked – Which Is Correct?
Buck naked is probably older and might be considered less vulgar, but butt naked is common as well. Neither is wrong.
Is Costed a Word? What is the Past Tense of Cost?
Cost is uninflected when it means to be priced at or to cause loss or expenditure. It is inflected costed when it means determine the cost of or set the cost of.
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Electric, electrical, electronic
They are interchangeable in some uses and distinct in some uses, and in other uses the distinction is blurry.
Is Irregardless a Word? What Does it Mean?
People despise it, but it’s part of the language, and it confuses no one.
Ivy League
Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University