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  1. What ever happened to "fink"? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Sep 8, 2018 · The term "fink" sounds twee and almost charming in comparison, a suitable utterance for a child but much less so for an adult. In fact, Batfink was a popular children's cartoon character, on …

  2. What does the word "phink" in the pink panther cartoon mean?

    Phink is a jocular misspelling of fink, which in US slang of the 50s and 60s signified generally a despicable person and specifically a traitor or sneak, someone who betrays his criminal confederates …

  3. "Facade" vs. "façade" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    I know that both facade and façade are valid in British English. Is that also true for American English? Or should facade be used when writing something for American customers? This is something t...

  4. What's the word for telling on someone, or inform against them?

    A person telling on someone may be called a rat, mole, fink, stoolpigeon, tattle-tale, or narc, with each subject to being rendered a verb: ratted, narced, etc.

  5. What is the word meaning "going on and on for miles and miles"?

    Mar 22, 2014 · @BrianJ.Fink "Extending as it went" is non-idiomatic and semantically ambiguous. The most likely interpretation of that phrase would be that the road actually becomes longer as one is …

  6. Why is the Elizabethan English incorrect in this quote?

    The main problem with the commercial is that the second person indicative/interrogative lookest/madest thou/endest is used for all instances of the verb. Ironically, its use is not warranted in any of the times …

  7. A word that represents a group of people working to achieve a …

    I am working on a project that involves bringing people together who share common goals or dreams. Is there a word or phrase to describe groups of people who are working together to accomplish these

  8. Difference between "each" and "every"

    Aug 21, 2012 · What is the difference between the following two sentences? Each apple is red. Every apple is red.

  9. terminology - Is “kludge” a proper word to name a dirty hack in ...

    It pleases me to note that in that ancient article of 1962, I gave full credit to the late Phineas Burling, then chief calligrapher with the Fink and Wiggles Publishing Company, for researching the word back …

  10. Opposite of acronym - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 27, 2011 · If U.N. is the acronym of United Nations, then United Nations is the what of U.N.? Is there an opposite of acronym?