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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Can't think of the right word. #210107 03/25/2013 4:03 PM Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4 Vermont, USA KathleenRose stranger KathleenRose stranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4 Vermont, USA A friend of mine asked me this question and I can't for the life of me think of the word. Do you happen to know if such a word exists? "...what would be the term one would use if someone made a statement where they generalized like saying 'why doesn't ANYONE do such and such?' when they clearly do not mean everyone but are just positing it as a proposition in general and are speaking to everyone but meaning some people?" I appreciate any light you can shed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Can't think of the right word. KathleenRose 03/25/2013 4:03 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. LukeJavan8 03/25/2013 4:10 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. Buffalo Shrdlu 03/25/2013 4:56 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. KathleenRose 03/25/2013 5:02 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. Buffalo Shrdlu 03/26/2013 12:03 AM Re: Can't think of the right word. jenny jenny 03/26/2013 2:26 AM Re: Can't think of the right word. KathleenRose 03/26/2013 8:00 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. Buffalo Shrdlu 03/26/2013 8:44 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. KathleenRose 03/27/2013 12:28 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. LukeJavan8 03/27/2013 3:05 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. tsuwm 03/27/2013 3:12 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. Rhubarb Commando 03/28/2013 8:28 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. JEM 04/19/2013 6:25 PM Re: Can't think of the right word. tsuwm 04/19/2013 7:47 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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