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Αν σχηματίσουμε παράγωγο με βάση την λέξη «επιρροή» (= σημασιολογικό δάνειο του in-fluence), τότε η λέξη in-fluencer θα αντιστοιχούσε με...

Ααα γιατί μέχρι προχθές ξέραμε το Slushie ( maker/ machine ) που το έχουν και στα σπίτια τους αλλά και σε φεστιβάλ κτλ. για μηχάνημα...

Thanks for all this, cougr and pontios! Thanks for the reference to the ΛΚΝ; it was very useful. I wouldn’t use the expressions cougr...

Σχετικό νήμα. Πάντως, με δεδομένες τις σημερινές σημασίες και χρήσεις των επίμαχων λέξεων –και όχι την όποια ετυμολογική (προ)ιστορία...

δρω -> ο δράστης, η δράστρια (η δράστις, η δράστιδα)

Η Φαμίλια Τραμπ εισβάλλει στο Βελιγράδι για μπίζνες, χειρίζεται ένα πρότζεκτ μεγέθους σαν το δικό μας The Ellinikon, και σκορπάει γύρω...

"Blurt out" was the first expression that came to mind, but I wanted something to pair notionally with "verbal projectile" that...

Another one that comes to mind is "blurt out". Don't blurt out something you'll regret later. Careful you don't blurt out something stupid.

Another one that comes to mind is "blurt out". Don't blurt out something you'll regret later. Careful you don't blurt out something stupid.

"Fire off" - suggestive of an impulsive remark - comes to mind too (for πετώ, here).

Πετώ is used figuratively, as you said. Μην πετάξεις ... is like being warned not to "figuratively throw" (= let slip, carelessly...

It just occurred to me that the term "throw" is also occasionally used in a similar fashion. E.g. - Throw in a good word for me - He...

Strictly speaking, it's not an idiom. What I had meant to say is that it is used figuratively.

Strictly speaking, it's not an idiom. What I had meant to say is that it is used figuratively.

"Μην" reflects the don't, "πετάξεις" means "say". Πετώ (in this case) means to make a brief remark/ to utter something brief. Here's...