Hi I am looking for a word or phrase that suggests there are three options, and maybe a word that means there are 4 options. Something that can be used in writing rather than conversation.
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I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for dilemma:     a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones   The notion of dilemma meaning two or more flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a  is specifically based on the number two.  Has my dictionary merely updated its definition to encapsulate the many people who use dilemma for more than two equal choices? Or was someone in my youth being unnecessarily pedantic?
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The word or phrase I am looking for is quite opposite to that of the situation when people, such as students or sports players, sing their national anthem with the same tone and words.  I want a single word or even phrase that can describe the situation when two or more people speak at the same time with different tone and words . . . and at the end, the listener cannot get what they are saying. This situation can be found while debating, telling a news about any incident or even while complaining.     Due to _____ , the teacher could not get what they are saying.   If it's not feasible to find a noun or phrase for such situation, then here I request to have an adverb standing alone to describe how they are speaking, for instance, what is the adverb for "at the same time"?.  Here is how, I want to convert sentence 1 into sentence 2.        They spoke at the same time, and the teacher could not get what they are saying.   They spoke _____ , and the teacher could not get what they are saying.
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Example sentence: Racism was a ____ in the Elizabethan Era.  I'm looking for a word/phrase that works with "breaking". I was considering "social norms" but it doesn't really mean what I want it to convey.   Even if it doesn't work with "breaking", I'd be happy to hear your suggestions anyway!
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Is there a word for using a word twice to imply something different? eg.     Are you done, or are you done done?
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Take an example:  Me : Where can I find the best pizza in the city?   Friend:1000s of people are dying of hunger and all you care about best pizza.  In this case he does reply to my question but it doesn't help me.  Is there a word/group of words to express this?
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I am looking for words that mean ''to say something unintentionally''
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I recently read somewhere a single word that described a person who enjoyed an argument - in the sense of a lively debate. It may have been a word implying a positive or neutral context but I don't think it was negative or derogatory.  A complex word (uncommon in colloquial use), medium length (7-8 letters), possibly ending in -ic. One or more of these points may be a false memory.  Any ideas?
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I'm searching for a proverb or expression that describes a situation which has two choices or two ways out (that is, somewhat of a forced choice) where both lead to some kind of trouble (but not the same trouble).  As an example: Let's say that you can chose to go either left or right. If you go left, you will have to fight your way through an army of trolls. If you go right, you will have to go through a desert without any food or water for one week.
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What's the word for "no word for"?  I've really been trying to find it, but I just can't seem to.
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This is purely a curiosity, but I'm fascinated by mid-word pluralization, even if the word in question is a compound word.  For example, passersby or standersby.  No others have occurred to me. Can you provide other examples, or a link to a resource that enumerates them?  I'm particularly interested in compounds that do not include spaces or hyphens.
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What is a word to represent a situation in which we feel short of word to be able to express what we want to or what we are feeling .
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How many words with or without meaning can be made from the letters of the word CONCENTRATIONS by taking $4$ letters at a time?  There are  $14$ letters total present in the word. $4$ letters can be picked in $14\choose 4$ ways. $4$ letters can be arranged in $4!$ ways. So ideally answer has to be ${14\choose 4} * 4!$. But I know this answer is wrong because some letters are repeating. How do I solve this then? I appreciate any help.
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I am not a native speaker and it sometimes surprise me how many different meanings some words have. An example is the word call - when I was learning English I thought it was only "shout" or "to ring someone" but the list of meanings is almost endless:  .  What are some other such words so that I can be careful when interpreting their meaning? As if I could execute the query "give me a top ten list of words with most definition lines on TheFreeDictionary".
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I'm having fun with paradoxes, and I'm trying to come up with a catchy word for non-self-descriptive.  Maybe "autosemantic" fits the bill for self-descriptive (definitely open to other suggestions!), but I'm having a hard time negating it in a natural way.  For an example of the sentence I'm trying to construct:     Is "inautosemantic" inautosemantic?   It just isn't flowing.
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Sometimes, others just inform us about things without us asking them, other times they do not do that even if we ask them. I want a verb for when others do not give us information — whether because they do not like to or they just don't give it, but we cannot directly ask them to — but we actively extract the information from them sometimes without them being aware of it.   So the word I am looking for shouldn't be only for cases where we coerce or force others to give us information, and it shouldn't be only for cases where others do not like to give us information.  Example:     I needed that information. But I couldn't ask her for it, or most   probably she would not give to me even if I asked her. So, I ....   the information I wanted.   It could be a phrasal verb and so not just a single word, but I couldn't devise a  blank suitable for all possibilities!   Two verbs I've already had but I think are not suitable:  to give someone the third degree   To prize something from/out of somebody
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I wonder how the following words for describing someone who knows many different things compare, and when to use which word.  Some  are adjectives, others are nouns:   renaissance polymath versatile aficionado ... (possibly others if you don't hesitate to mention)   Some background:   I encountered "aficionado" and "versatile" from a personal description      "It's getting harder and harder for me to believe that you're just a   hobbyist. Aficionado would be a better term. And a damn versatile one   at that!"  When I told some American I hoped to be polymath, he said they would use "Renaissance" instead.
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I am trying to think of a non-colloquial word or phrase that means "practice what you preach." I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you!