Jun 27, 2015 · 22 They can also be called chevrons, or angle brackets. While these terms can be interchangeable in a layman's context, and would not look so different when written by hand, there …

Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc.). Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo. Is "named" an accepta...

Aug 22, 2025 · The history told me nothing why an involuntary, extremely painful spasm, is named after a horse called Charley. Charley in the UK is often spelled Charlie, a diminutive of Charles, and it's …

Apr 5, 2014 · Called the pound sign, number sign and more recently the hashtag, it actually developed as a scribble for the abbreviation of pound in latin: lb, where lb is an abbreviation of libra, itself a …

Welcome to EL&U. I think most of the contributors here would take issue with the notion that words like the or and "serve little purpose"; an evening with the Queen would probably be rather different from …

Sep 15, 2023 · It is called electrical work (or you could use electrical trade). It is a noun phrase as the adjective electrical modifies the noun work. There isn't a single word noun for the trade of an …

May 22, 2021 · A person with psychological problems can be called unbalanced. Unbalanced 1.1 (of a person) emotionally or mentally disturbed. (The Online Oxford English Dictionary) If you describe …

Nov 14, 2021 · What's it called when you get a type of award because you didn't get the award you were supposed to get? Let's say someone was trying to get an award, and they tried really hard, but they …

Oct 15, 2012 · These have also been called obscenicons. Several links on Language Log offer an in-depth look at their usage. More on the early days of obscenicons Obscenicons a century ago CALL …

Jul 19, 2020 · The question (see title) is "Why are over-the-counter drugs so called?" The answer is very simple: this phrase is used commonly in all retail and marketing for all products. (Much like say …