Jan 30, 2013 · A question for these who vote to close this as general reference, can you point me to which general reference resource contains the answers to my questions (these asked below …

Mar 19, 2019 · The sentence does border on marketing gibberish; a collection of buzz-words designed to pass as informed opinions. The term "open recs" here would likely refer to open …

Mar 2, 2016 · Get rekt comes from Get wrecked. See here. Telling someone to "get wrecked" (in the context of a game) can be similar to telling someone to "go kill yourself." Implicit in the …

Dec 5, 2016 · In this stanza from Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Queene', I'm not sure what 'I no whitt reck' means, would appreciate any clarification. ‘O! but I feare the fickle freakes,’ quoth shee, …

Aug 20, 2011 · Which is the correct usage: "rack my brain" or "wrack my brain"? Google turned up pages with conflicting recommendations. One argument is that to "rack a brain" comes ...

These are the three most common ways to say "I think." (At least, I believe so. I mean, I think so. Um...) Are there any subtle differences between them? Are there situations where one of the …

Feb 7, 2016 · The phrase wrought havoc is the past tense of work havoc. In 1900, the two most common phrases were "wrought havoc" and "work havoc". So it's the phrases wreak havoc …

Sep 27, 2015 · Did the use of the term I reckon originate in the UK or in the southern US? I hear the term being used both in British English (like on the BBC) as well as in southern US dialect.

May 12, 2022 · In terms of vocabulary there are archaic terms like reck, and in terms of grammar there are uses, for example, of unstressed declarative periphrastic do, which I'll now explain.

Dec 19, 2012 · He pointed at wreck and asked me why that one looked like it said "wuh-reck." I explained that spelling is funny like that sometimes. This didn't satisfy my curiosity though. …