When somebody touches you in some sensitive areas of your body, like armpits, "it will make you laugh in some kind of way".  When you want to tell somebody that you are not going to touch them in that way, you can't say "I won't make you laugh again".  What is the proper expression to use instead ?
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To make someone laugh, we sometime rub his underarm with our fingers in a way that makes him feel restless and then  he starts laughing. My question is: What is the specific vocabulary in the English language for the aforesaid rubbing?
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I've been wondering that for a long time. And if it is rude, then why does everyone say commands/imperatives without saying please? I personally phrase them into questions, or say "you have to","you need to","you can't"...and such. Does anyone else do that? Just me? I feel like everyone is bossy but me lol.  Also, I was wondering if saying "come on" is rude. It sounds mean or just negative when people do. Also when people say "let me" it also sounds mean-ish because it sounds like you are commanding permission from someone without them having any say.
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I'm looking for a word to describe someone who is sensitive to the point that other have to tiptoe around her. In other words, someone who can't handle routine jokes, normal criticism, or a comment that can possibly be interpreted in a negative way, even when it wasn't meant like that.
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Let’s suppose someone is behaving in a very impolite and perhaps rude way with you and you dislike his manners toward yourself. In such a condition, do the following sentences mean the same and can they be used under these circumstances?      Don’t seem too forward.    Don’t seem overly friendly.   I wonder if you clarify the meaning of each one.
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What is the correct usage? Apparently it is "I feel badly", but but wouldn't that mean you have an inadequate ability to feel?
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When I drink water, there are two ways to drink. Either I can touch my mouth to the bottle or keep the bottle away from my mouth.   Suppose my friend comes and asks me for water. As I am suffering from fever, I want to say to him: "Don't take my water, it is …". What should I fill there?   I was thinking to use "used" there. But "used" can be used in the case when I didn't touch water with my mouth. So, what should I use? I am not getting the proper word for it.
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I keep wanting to say "the handwriting on the wall," but that's not correct. The place I'm trying to use it is, "Alice likes Bob, Carol likes Bob, Alice thinks Bob likes her, but Bob dates Carol, and so as anyone can see, Bob did not like Alice."  What is the appropriate idiom here?
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I'm looking for an idiom or expression for describing people who tell lies out of habit (so you cannot trust them at all).   I know that these people are called , but I'm not looking for psychological terms.  Is there any idiom or expression for describing such people?   For example:     "Did X tell that to you?! Come on, don't believe him/her. Don't you know he/she ___ (=is a habitual liar)?"
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Is "not unpleasant" a double negative, and hence bad grammar?  See the first answer (by Ham and Bacon) to , for the basis of this question:     "Did you enjoy the movie?"      "Well, I didn't not enjoy it, but..."   Are all "not un..." forms incorrect?  They are very widely used, much more so than the blatant "not not" or "didn't not", etc.
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I want to say "someone (or something) intends to help, but instead it makes things worse". Is there any succinct expression or phrase for this?  Thanks.
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In my area, it's not unusual to hear expressions like     I'm going to make like a banana and split.     ...make like a tree and leave.     ...make like a baby and head out.     ...make like a prom dress and take off.   When they are self-referential, they are humorous partings between friends.  When directed at others, they are insulting.  Are these just simple humorous similes, or is there something more complex going on? Are these only used for parting phrases, or are they constructed for other situations as well? Do these represent some common type of humor?
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Are there any English onomatopoeias for disgust / loathe? What exclamations are commonly used to express repulsion?  Something that could be used like:     (___) dog shit. I loathe it! (some sound here)   … to increase the expressiveness of the sentence?
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Passive aggressive people will sometimes veil insulting, critical, derogatory or generally aggressive comments with humor. The patina of humor makes the comment seem like a joke, not to be taken seriously, all in good fun, and it safeguards the aggressive person. If someone gets offended, they are being too serious, can't take a joke, and so they cannot voice their upset without seeming to be the one escalating the situation, when in fact it was the aggressor who did that.   This behavior seems to lie on a spectrum. On one side are comments which are simultaneously aggressive and genuinely funny (though of course both, especially the latter, are fairly subjective). On the other side would be lame attempts at the behavior, something like "you are fat!... just joking!" in which nothing in the tone or delivery signals a register of humor. In the middle of the spectrum, I imagine, are aggressive statements genuinely delivered as jokes. Their register signals that they are jokes, but they are aggressive rather than funny. They are aggressive comments masquerading as jokes.      A friend once called this "joking on the square", but I have never heard or seen this phrase. This type of comment is both pervasive and psychologically subtle and in my experience there is often an exact word describing such things. If not a word, is there an astute phrase which cuts to the heart of this?
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I was wondering if there is any rule in English that forbids us to say A Happy New Year when we wish someone Happy New Year? I know that we just say it like that, but I was trying to find the rule which would explain this. Thank you for your help.
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Is the usage of  "I couldn't but laugh" in place of "I couldn't not laugh" correct English? Or should it always be "I couldn't help but laugh"?
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If I said, &quot;I will dance in the production (pause and sigh) not because my mom wants me to...&quot; is &quot;not&quot; negating &quot;because my mom wants me to&quot; or is it serving as a substitute for the negative of &quot;I will dance in the production&quot;?
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This always nags me... I would prefer a logical as well as a grammatical explanation of it.      We enjoyed each other's company.     We enjoyed each others' company.    Which one is correct? Why is the other not?