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Is Tom Dalzell's book "The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English" authoritative?

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Is there an online etymology dictionary more comprehensive/detailed than Etymonline?

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Editing Answers in This Site

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Etymology of words in translations

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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

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What good reference works on English are available?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Tools for parsing (diagramming)

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"Possible duplicate" message is difficult to notice

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I have a question, but it's off-topic. Where else could I ask?

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Do suspended users see when they are suspended and how long they are suspended?

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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

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Why has this question been put on hold as 'off topic?'

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Google Ngrams for the web (not just books)

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What good reference works on English are available?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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How much research is needed?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Calling out a comment - Dictionaries are bad sources for determining words' parts of speech

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Closing off-topic questions with Other

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Does the "usage" tag have any value?

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Basic questions are not so basic

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Difference between "verb-agreement" and "subject-verb-agreement" tag

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Dealing with spam

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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

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What's the best way to format quotes within quotes?

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What's up with all these dictionary reference edits?

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How should we name tags for tenses, aspects, and combinations of these categories?

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Should askers who never ‘accept’ answers be penalized in some way?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Are GRE verbal questions not welcomed in this site?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Is this site for "English as a second language"?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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StoneyB on hiatus

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The "a new answer was posted" quick refresh won't update the answer counter properly

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"Grammar Nazis"

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What good reference works on English are available?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Stack sites should support primary and secondary language when defining user profile

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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

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What good reference works on English are available?

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Can I ask a question to ask people listen to my speaking (recorded) and help me?

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Common accepted online resources

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Common accepted online resources [duplicate]

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When a user changes your edits back to their original, pre-edit form

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"Grammar Nazis"

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Is 'flagging' an appropriate response for someone who doesn't have authority/longevity to vote to close?

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Blacklist the [words] tag

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What questions are on-topic and off-topic here?

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Are questions about style guides appropriate?

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"Word" tag -- useful?

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Blacklist "compounds"

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Tim Lymington

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Should I flag my own question to be a community wiki?

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List of common abbreviations and acronyms (NOAD, ESL, PIE...)

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