Words & Wordplay - December 2006

i just had one of my answers deleted cos it had a swear word in it. this is cool with me, i know yahoo is a company and they have to keep a good public image so parents dont mind their kids using it etc, and deleting answers with swear words is part of that. so aside from yahoo answers, why is swearing so bad? its like theres this list of words which (for no reason apparent to me) are "bad." it just seems random and illogical. i guess it has religious routes - but then why is the s word unholy? there are plenty of other words that mean exactly the same thing but arent "bad." it just doesnt make sense to me. i believe in free speech :D any explanations or opinions welcome. thanks

2006-12-21 23:30:32 · 24 answers · asked by john9999999 3

why beef?

2006-12-21 23:02:35 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 22:56:47 · 31 answers · asked by Lord Onion 4

2006-12-21 22:23:05 · 12 answers · asked by bon b 4

i'm a english learner.

2006-12-21 22:01:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 21:09:35 · 12 answers · asked by RAJI 1

2006-12-21 20:57:46 · 4 answers · asked by zhaozhao 1

thanks!

2006-12-21 20:54:55 · 7 answers · asked by Mr. Owl 3

In Nov 2005, scores of poeple were killed in suicide b omb attacks on three hotels housing visitng Westerners in Amman.

the word' housing' .. menas.. what? its a noun or adj?..
can u make another example as sentences?

2006-12-21 20:46:13 · 5 answers · asked by kaoru413 1

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Your determination, loyalty and endeavors in managing the day-to-day activities at the Secretariat have been of great assistance for all of us and *have been most certainly* to our satisfaction. We have had the pleasure of working with you.

2006-12-21 20:26:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 20:07:31 · 7 answers · asked by Lim S 3

2006-12-21 19:37:56 · 15 answers · asked by gs s 1

2006-12-21 19:36:37 · 9 answers · asked by gs s 1

2006-12-21 19:28:29 · 4 answers · asked by prathap s 1

I'm a horror writer and I had an assignment in college to better understand one word it is good to understand the opposite. Or it could be fear. The thesarus I have said calmness, courage, equanimity. I don't find that cheap book adequate. Interested in guesses too.

2006-12-21 19:16:50 · 15 answers · asked by Professor Armitage 7

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In your leaving, we would like to congratulate you on the wonderful job you have done. Your determination and loyalty *made you of a wonderful assistance* and your performance was most certainly to our satisfaction. It was pleasure to work with you.

2006-12-21 19:11:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay I just watched Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah...and she used this term....what exactly is a fat flush?

2006-12-21 18:40:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

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Thank you for your kind wishes and warm greetings on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha and New Year. I hope you and your family have a safe and blessed Eid Al-Adha as well. Best wishes to you for peace and togetherness at this time. *May you have your reward in heaven*.

2006-12-21 18:37:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 18:18:32 · 9 answers · asked by shani 1

2006-12-21 18:11:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 17:36:34 · 7 answers · asked by breon285 1

these non-existant words are accepted: fumy-- annas--chao--- tate-- ology-- coati-- cris-- cains-- dor-- del-- gor-- gunnen-- kir-- guck -- cate-- creatins-- gleg-- eme-- erns-- ani-- voe--
this is just a sample of the words used by some of the dimwits and were accepted.
Yahoo must use a Martian dictionary because none of these can be found in our Earth dictionaries.
Yahoo should suspend this game until they get their act together.
I will be making Google my home page from now on as a result of this ignorant stupidity.
Anyone else who plays this game, would you also enter some of the imbecilic words that yahoo think are valid and we can all have a laugh at their stupidity. Sensible words which do exist are rejected ie pelagic--- elegaic-- insipid-- I could go on

2006-12-21 17:14:22 · 9 answers · asked by jimetna 2

Coupon

do you pronounce it like:

(Q-pon) or (Coo-pon)

2006-12-21 17:03:56 · 24 answers · asked by beatbox 1

Bacteria grows in damp conditions. OR
Bacteria grow in damp conditions.
The only difference is grow or grows, treating the word "bacteria" as either a singular or plural noun. I was taught that when you are speaking of something like bacteria, which is innumerable, you treat it like a singular noun... but I am having a disagreement with someone very stubborn who doesn't believe me. What do you think?

2006-12-21 16:49:34 · 17 answers · asked by laura 3

2006-12-21 16:44:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 16:20:30 · 3 answers · asked by janet j 1

is there such a thing as bi-annual twice a tear and bi annual once in two?

2006-12-21 16:12:10 · 19 answers · asked by jayomi 2

Believe it or not, it's for a painting I'm going to do. I need words that either rhyme with art or have the word art within the word.

Here are the ones I've thought of but I'm sure there are more I've missed:

SMART
MART
CART
DART
PART
TART
START
WART
HEART

And, of course F ART, which I won't be using.

Can you guys come up with anything else?

Thank you, and Happy Holidays!

2006-12-21 16:12:10 · 11 answers · asked by Doc Watson 7

Im trying to write a poem thingy for my girl... and i need a compliment thats starts with y.

2006-12-21 16:08:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

word seaarch

2006-12-21 15:57:43 · 3 answers · asked by aggfem 1