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  1. Corrupt or corrupted? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 10, 2017 · Should I say "the thing is corrupted" or "the thing is corrupt"? Would they carry different meanings? i.e "My hard drive is corrupted, so all of my information is lost" vs "My hard …

  2. For computer science, are the files corrupted or corrupt?

    Aug 27, 2015 · Probably "corrupted" is more idiomatic (in the computer biz). "Corrupt" has a slight connotation of "doing evil", and 99% of the time the file is an innocent bystander.

  3. Word or phrase: To convince others to do wrong

    Nov 15, 2018 · You may use the term corrupt: if someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted. Corrupt (adj): Someone who is …

  4. Adjective for 'made of pus' or 'corrupted by pus' or something of ...

    Jun 24, 2019 · Adjective for 'made of pus' or 'corrupted by pus' or something of something of pus Ask Question Asked 6 years, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago

  5. Word for "not understandable" [duplicate] - English Language

    Apr 8, 2016 · For instance: The message was staticky and corrupted, making it not understandable. "Not understandable" sounds strange and like a double negative. I'm looking …

  6. idioms - A question of pits and stomachs - English Language

    Sep 2, 2020 · Since around the year 2000, confirmed by Ngrams, the common phrase " I felt (dread etc) in the pit of my stomach " has become somewhat corrupted to " I had (or felt) a pit …

  7. Meaning of 'signifier' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    In this article paragraph five reads as follows: - Like the trend for “wellness” and clean eating, attachment parenting posits that the modern world has corrupted what was once pure, through

  8. Word for when one uses the wrong word in a sentence

    Nov 23, 2013 · Specifically, I'm looking for the term for when a person uses a word correctly, but intends a different meaning. For example: I empathize with you. When the person really …

  9. Origin of "one man's trash is another man's treasure"

    This might be tough considering the gesture is iterated so many ways, but it's worth a shot. What is the origin of the expression one man's trash is another man's treasure?

  10. What is the etymology of the term "form factor"?

    Jan 27, 2016 · I reckon that some time after this the term "form factor" was used to describe this result, which would have been pretty famous. This became later corrupted by use in forestry, …