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Are names of chemicals not proper nouns? - English Language & Usage ...
Product names which are derived after an inventor's name will often remain capitalized, though not always (e.g. the petroleum distillate used to power trucks and locomotives is called "diesel" rather than "Diesel" even though it's named after the inventor of the four-stroke compression-ignition engine for which that fuel was formulated).

Throttle is to slow down, but full throttle is max speed?
Originally, throttle meant throat. So "full-throttle" for a motorized vehicle is like a lion's full-throated roar - the throttle/throat is opened as wide as possible (for maximum throughput of fuel or air). It's just that the verb to throttle came to have the meaning choke (fatally cut off someone's air by squeezing their throat), which led to "throttling back" meaning "reduce the fuel supply ...

Origin of the phrase, "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
There are many versions of this proverb, which suggests there are always several ways to do something. The earliest printed citation of this proverbial saying that I can find is in a short story by the American humorist Seba Smith - The Money Diggers, 1840: "There are more ways than one to skin a cat," so are there more ways than one of digging for money. Charles Kingsley used one old British ...

"Particulate" vs. "particle" [closed] - English Language & Usage Stack ...
What’s the difference between particulate and particle? Should it be diesel particulates or diesel particles, and why? Could you provide three or more examples where it should use particulate rat...

"If it works, it works" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
I've always hated the phrase If it works, it works. I know it's trying to say that if something already functions as intended, then there's no reason to change it. But is that always necessarily ...

"on time" in Chess Jargon - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Note there is a much more common non niche meaning of 'on time' (with stress on both words "Please be on time for work in the morning." meaning arrive at a specific clock time. In the chess phrase 'winning/losing on time", the word 'time' is stressed.

Same adjective for two nouns - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
The government placed restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines. Here I dont want to repeat the diesel. I cannot write: The government placed restrictions on both diesel fuel and engines.

When did the insult “up yours” come into existence?
The movie Blazing Saddles used everything and anything to get a laugh. When the African American sheriff, newly assigned to a rural town, patrolled the main thoroughfare he happened upon an elderl...

single word requests - How do you greet someone at noon hours ...
The problem is that your assertions are either obvious or wrong Noon hours refer to the hours between 12PM and 4PM. This is wrong. "Noon hours" do not exist as a concept. Where did you find this? It's very common to say "Good morning" for a greeting during the hours of 6AM until 12 PM noon Yes, because that is the morning. or "Good afternoon" for a greeting during the hours of 4PM until 6PM ...

What is the origin of "sucker" and "it sucks"?
etymonline has for suck: O.E. sucan, from PIE root sug-/suk- of imitative origin. Meaning “do fellatio” is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of “be contemptible” first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). and sucker: “young mammal before it is weaned”, late 14c., agent noun from suck. Slang meaning “person who is easily deceived” is first attested 1836, in ...