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  • adjectives - Should glamourous be considered incorrect? - English . . .
    BNC COCA glamorous 562 2375 glamourous 9 22 So the spelling without the u is preferred on both sides of the pond, though the preference is marginally stronger in the US (99 1%) than in the UK (98 4%)
  • Why does American English still write glamour with a u?
    Its glamorous sense of fashion charm came later There are lots of derived terms like glamour boy, glamour girl, glamour gift, glamour-learned, and of course, glamour puss Please see also the related question How and when did American spelling supersede British spelling in the US? , which mentions not only the historical spelling change for this word but for many others
  • Word for something being both beautiful and terrible at the same time
    I want to know a word that describes the phenomenon of something being both beautiful and terrible at the same time, like a tsunami or the eye of a tornado
  • Adjective for a person who enjoys taking care of their appearance
    It can also be used to describe people, as in an article about fashion designer Donna Karan: "Though her name is really pronounced 'Karen,' people said it with a glamorous continental inflection; it suited their image of a fashion designer: aloof, soigné, different from you and me " (Josh Patner, The New York Times, April 11, 2004)
  • A word to make something bad sound good
    Glamorizing is another -- to glamorize is to take something that is neutral, or maybe negative, and imbue it with more of a glamorous aspect than it might deserve Oxford: Make (something) seem glamorous or desirable, especially spuriously so I think either of the above would convey your meaning in this context
  • Sport vs Sports Origin - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Here are some examples to illustrate I don't like sports (US) I don't like sport (UK) Do you do any sport? Do you play any sports? You can also use "sport" as an adjective sport fisherman As a verb, “sport” meaning to wear something It is mostly used when someone is wearing something that draws attention She is sporting a glamorous abbaya
  • idioms - fitting something large inside something small - English . . .
    In a document I am writing I want to use some imagery to attack the logic of inverting a particular technical procedure The procedure makes sense in its original sense because it injects a set of
  • Is there an idiom for, - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    1 To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate: "That's how my cousin came to don the hand-tailored suits and to arrogate to himself the glamorous responsibility for ushering to their tables big-name customers" TFD Online In your case, the person arrogated to himself the decision-making process


















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