After a some thought over the course of today, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that Meaning 2 has completely obliterated Meaning 1. It may be there when reading an older text, but all I feel is the animosity version when I think of it.

Aren't the Kings and Queens of Great Britain now basically figureheads of state? It's the PM who really holds the reins, correct?

As far as going up to someone and addressing them, I can't think of a word other than the simple 'approach' that isn't aggressive or bold. You?

For the process of becoming obdurate, see indurate.

Seems to me that meaning 1 is only if used with something about saving, and even then it could still be taken as 2, Then again, I guess we could say something like, "He scrimped up enough to buy his texts for this term"? Without the 'up', though, it would feel like meaning 2 to me.

Especially given the shared root, I think I'd accept 'stentorian thunder' as a non-voice related usage. Anyone else?

I don't think I can see this word without thinking Stevie Wonder. That was a great song. Here's a youboob version, in case you want a listen.

Odd choice of phrasing. I'd simply put the food trucks before the bounce house. It eliminates the need for a comma and puts the funner, perhaps more enticing attraction, at the end, giving it more emphasis.

Here's a piece on the internot I found that explains some of the differences. It gets repetitive, and may even be machine generated for all I know, but it does help. Of course, accordance and concordance have different usages, at least as far as making a list of words used by an author or in a work...

Back in the olden days before the name change, I guess one could have twee tweets with a sweetie?

"Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa" (intoned while beating one's breast).

Anachronistic or facetious now, but a formal way of begging forgiveness once upon a time.

In case the Greek and Semitic words made you think it, too, here's harass, which turns out not to be related. People can be harassed with cartoons, though.

I managed to come up with two places that speak of epsilontics, so I guess that's what an epsilontist would engage in. Here they are: https://www.wordsense.eu/epsilontic/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epsilontics If anyone cares to share just what those definitions might mean in plain English, I'd ...

No idea why I didn't say this when I first thought it, but...; wouldn't this fall nicely under the Grammar section? Words and how to use them, or not use them.

I knew it was Shakespeare's birthday, along with my brother's, but never knew UNESCO celebrated it, too. World Book and Copyright Day is April 23. Go read!