Opposite of Nightmare? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I don't think there is a specific word for a 'good dream' You need an appropriate adjective to qualify the dreams as good, pleasant, nice or lovely Probably the most common adjective which is closely related to 'good' is the one used in the very common expression: Sweet dreams!!, used to wish a good night with pleasant dreams See also : Sweet dreams
Which word means too sweet - cloying or gluggy? They are too sweet for my taste Several years ago some genius had the idea of making some sort of "dream donuts" What they did was take the already too sweet glazed donuts, and cover them with another layer of chocolate frosting Those were most certainly cloying, and in my opinion, inedible
What do media hog and sweet baby mean, how offensive are they? ESPN host calls reporter 'sweet baby': ESPN, the sports network where male announcers have repeatedly faced disciplinary action in high-profile episodes of sexist behavior, has benched yet another host for his remarks to a female colleague Although Quote 1 is self-explanatory, what does ‘media hog’ of Quote 2 mean?
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange LOZENGE still has dictionary - entries In the UK, lozenge is occasionally used but almost invariably refers to a medicated sweet candy for a sore throat “Why don’t you suck a lozenge? There are some in the cupboard ” So, my questions are (1) are these words really out- dated Lozenger certainly is
How did sweet tooth originate? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The evolutionary explanation for the sweet tooth revolved around that idea that we have physiologically associated a sweet taste with high-energy foods which would have helped our earliest ancestors survive better in their environment (getting more “bang-for-the-buck”… if an individual has to spend time and effort foraging for food, it
A word for something that is, Bizarre but, Beautiful Is there a word that describes something that is weird, strange, odd, bizarre, etc but also beautiful, wonderful, amazing, fantastic, etc ? Example: a word to describe a place that is strangely lo
Is there a word which means one who prefers older ways? If it were about more cultural or weighty subjects than lane changes or pencil sharpeners, I would use the word "traditionalist" "Mary is quite the traditionalist, believing that a woman should be the primary caretaker in the home and the husband the primary breadwinner outside the household " More about adherence to custom than about "right or wrong" or about changes in technology