Apr 29, 2014 · The pink parts are called the upper and lower vermilion, the border between the skin and the vermilion is called the vermilion border, the wet, shiny inner portion of what people call the "lips" is called the wet vermilion or the mucosa.

Apr 29, 2015 · The 'Home Counties' is the collective name given to the six counties which border London, but I am always at a loss as to whether to apply capitals.I think I will compose a question on this.

As Martha's NGram shows, on the outskirts is the prevailing choice between the two. Why should this be? Well IMO it is down to people's underlying understanding of what the phrase means. You know what the outskirts are, even if you don't know why. Here's a short etymology for outskirt from Etymonline "outer border," 1590s, from out + skirt (q.v.). Now only in plural. Originally in …

Apr 27, 2024 · When I was having a conversation with someone and they looked at me and said "Man, You're a trip" was it referring to when I tripped over a word? Or didn't use the word right?

Aug 21, 2017 · I have learnt that the word "glaive" originally meant a sword and became a polearm sometimes later. But in modern day games and fantasy fiction, sometimes it refers to a frisbee-sized shuriken. Wh...

Jun 30, 2020 · If you had to describe two locations, an "entry" and an "exit", what one word would encapsulate both meanings? For example, I would describe them as "access locations". But I want a single word that means that.

Apr 8, 2017 · I will add that German standards, too, use a space (see DIN 5008, Duden, etc.), but it appears that barely any German is aware of that. The style guidelines of the German Wikipedia agree that there should be a space, but even in their article on the percent sign itself that rule is occasionally ignored: for every instance with a space, there's another one without. So much …

May 23, 2012 · What is the origin of the expression "to run roughshod over someone"? I have heard it being used by Mitt Romney, but I couldn't find if it has an American origin.

It was perhaps this sentiment that held me back from writing about the experience of my wife and I being denied entry to the West Bank by Israeli border control officers in June 2003.

For the most part agree and concur are synonyms, although concur has other usages that are apart from the meaning of agree. There are however some subtle differences, that arise, and only shows up in certain circumstances. Let me give you an example: CEO: "You will agree to sign this letter of resignation or I will press charges." Chairman: "I concur!" Employee: "I do not agree." …