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31Big Ben — strictly speaking, is not the famous clock on the Houses of Parliament in London, but just the great hour bell, so a passing visitor will hear Big Ben but never see it. The formal name of the clock, for what it is worth, is the clock on St.… …
32epidemic — Strictly speaking, only people can suffer an epidemic (the word means in or among people ). An outbreak of disease among animals is epizoëtic. It is also worth noting that epidemic refers only to outbreaks. When a disease or other problem is of… …
33epithet — strictly speaking, describes a word or phrase that is used in place of a name. Calling Tarzan King of the Jungle is to employ an epithet. More commonly nowadays, however, epithet is used to describe an abusive or contemptuous utterance. A few… …
34minimize — strictly speaking, does not mean merely to play down or soften. It means to reduce to an absolute minimum …
35begging the question — Strictly speaking, to beg a question is to present as proof something that itself needs proving. Bernstein cites as an example the sentence Parallel lines will never meet because they are parallel. The second half of the sentence only seems to …
36Big Ben — strictly speaking, is not the famous clock on the Houses of Parliament in London but just the great hour bell, so a passing visitor will hear Big Ben but never see it. The formal name of the clock, for what it is worth, is the clock on St.… …
37minimize — strictly speaking, does not mean merely to play down or soften. It means to reduce to an absolute minimum …
38optimistic, pessimistic — Strictly speaking, both words should be used to describe a general outlook rather than a specific view, particularly with regard to the inconsequential. He was optimistic that he would find the missing book would be better as was hopeful or… …
39zoom — Strictly speaking, the word should describe only a steep upward movement. Almost every authority stresses the point, though how much that is inspired by a desire for precision and how much by the need to find something anything to discuss… …
40Court of Chivalry — Strictly speaking, a court of military affairs concerned with the conduct of soldiers under the constable and marshal, the two principle military officers in England or France, or by their representatives. Although the term court of chivalry did… …
