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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: story #1500 04/27/2000 12:10 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Richmond, VA, USA Philophile stranger Philophile stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 9 Richmond, VA, USA The fashion use seems to be marketspeak, as you say. But another more established use is just as puzzling to me... When did it start referring to a level of a building (as in "The office is two stories up.")? [P.] [P.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted story jmh 04/20/2000 6:24 PM Re: story tsuwm 04/20/2000 7:04 PM Re: story jmh 04/27/2000 1:17 PM Re: story wwh 04/09/2002 8:24 PM Re: story jmh 04/09/2002 9:20 PM Re: story wwh 04/10/2002 1:20 AM Re: story Philophile 04/27/2000 12:10 AM Re: story tsuwm 04/27/2000 1:08 AM Re: story paulb 04/27/2000 12:34 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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