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- Distribution of slang term “opp” - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The mainstream dictionary entries seem to be either for "opp" meaning "opportunity" (as in "business opp", "job opp"), or as an abbreviation for terms such as "opposite" or "opus" So I think the hip-hop slang is probably a separate coinage
- abbreviations - Usage of p. versus pp. versus pg. to denote page . . .
As far as I know, pg is not an acceptable form, at least in formal writing The correct forms are p for a single page, and pp for a range In many cases, actually, you don't need any of them Quite commonly you'll find references in the form volume:page (s), like 5:204 or 8:99–108 (or, for works of a single volume, something like Blah Blah Blah 108)
- What would be an appropriate opposite of exceed?
Exceed is commonly used, but when I found myself wanting to use the opposite I couldn't really find a single word that would do it fall short of and inadequate are a little off How about deceed?
- Opt Out or Opt-Out - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Opt out" without the hyphen would be taken as a verb--that is, to opt out or remove oneself from something I've opted out of attending the conference "Opt-out" with the hyphen may be used as a compound adjective: Be sure to make a decision before the opt-out period Where "opt-out" here describes the period
- Is “misogyny” only applicable to men? What is the antonym of misogyny?
Your last question asks for an antonym to 'misogamy', which is not the same as 'misogyny', that is, hating marriage, not women The antonym of m'misogamy' would then be 'loving marriage' which for a male would correspond most nearly to uxorious
- Which is correct, opt out of or opt out from and why?
Welcome! Please edit to show what you've found already, why you think that one might be more "correct" than the other, and what shade of meaning you want This is not really different from "they moved out of from the neighborhood" or "he drove out of from the city"
- What is the female equivalent of a sausage fest?
The term 'sausage fest' is quite often used when you talk about a group of which most (or all) members are male What would be the term for a female dominated group of people? I have looked online,
- What are the differences between inverse, reverse, and converse?
Late to the party: if your original statement is P => Q, then the converse is Q => P and the inverse is !P => !Q It happens that the inverse and the converse are logically equivalent, but they are both ways of obtaining statements that are related but logically non-equivalent to the original statement In contrast the obverse applies to statements of the form "For each s P (s) is true" (where
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