Jul 10, 2014 · Umay is when you’re eating a particular food (say, roast pork), and your taste buds are looking for something more, a different taste to break the sameness of the roast pork.

Jun 14, 2022 · Not a single word, or something you're likely to use with your mum in a casual way, but the phenomenon is known as ' sensory-specific satiety '. It is "the declining satisfaction generated by …

Oct 4, 2023 · The word intriguement is not a dictionary or a standard word. It can be considered a neologism or a nonce word modelled on established words like excitement, astonishment, …

Nov 3, 2023 · As Huddleston & Pullum (2002) note, there are a number of adverbs that are "identical in form with adjectives" but are "restricted to informal style" or "clearly non-standard" (p. 567). One …

Jun 23, 2011 · I think there is a difference in usage among countries. I know that many (native German-speaking) Swiss where I used to work would say they are going "on holiday" for several weeks. I …

Oct 11, 2018 · The past tense, and past participle of "split" is "split". I don't think that "splitted" is grammatical, though I dare say it gets used.

May 1, 2019 · If I understand correctly, I have to use one of these 3 forms depending on the case: verb: drop out noun: dropout modifer: drop-out Are the following 7 examples spelled correctly in British En...

Dec 18, 2022 · The noun request takes a for to introduce the object of the request, but the verb request just takes an object; no preposition required: He requested a double Scotch/his request for a double …

Nov 15, 2024 · Grammarist claims without giving any sources: The term wise guy to mean a smart aleck came into use in the later 1800s in North America. The expression wise guy to mean a member of …

Dec 6, 2013 · Definition of iterate: to say or do again or again and again Definition of reiterate: to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect The distinction seems to be that rei...