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  2. The most commonly misspelled words by state - AOL

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    Cancelled was the most looked up word in all four states. We can't blame the people of Missouri, North Carolina and Washington. Nobody knows how to spell pneumonia anyways.

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    the state of a firearm with bullets or shells in its firing chamber. bearing a load. (slang; of a person) rich drunk or high lolly Frozen water-based dessert on a stick (US: popsicle, ice pop (q.v.)) (short for lollipop) candy on a stick lot (a lot) a great deal a number of things (or, informal, people) taken collectively fate, fortune

  4. State information - Wikipedia

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    Excited state; Dynamical systems, a concept in mathematics where a fixed rule describes the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space; Stationary state, an eigenvector of a Hamiltonian; Thermodynamic state, a set of physical quantities (e.g. temperature, pressure, and composition) describing variable properties of a given thermodynamic ...

  5. Slang Words Only People in Your State Know - AOL

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    Every state in the U.S. has a secret language that shows off what life is like there. PlayNJ, a gaming website, conducted a nationwide survey of 2,000 individuals and used data from sources like ...

  6. Onomasiology - Wikipedia

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    avoidance of words that are phonetically similar or identical to negatively associated words; abolition of forms that can be ambiguous in many contexts; wordplay/puns; excessive length of words; morphological misinterpretation (creation of transparency by changes within a word = folk-etymology) deletion of irregularity

  7. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    Instead of writing that someone took the plunge, state their action matter-of-factly. In general, if a literal reading of a phrase makes no sense given the context, the sentence needs rewording. Some idioms are common only in certain parts of the world, and many readers are not native speakers of English; articles should not presume familiarity ...

  9. With words, deeds and arms deals, allies make the case for ...

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    European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted. In words, deeds and arms deals, leaders of the United States’ partners in NATO are making the case ...