# Words you use all the time, but never think about.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-use-all-the-time-but-never-think-about/154801
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 13, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-use-all-the-time-but-never-think-about/154801 "2003-02-13T11:44:00Z")
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### Author: ![Jammers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammers)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-use-all-the-time-but-never-think-about/154801/1 "2003-02-13T11:44:00Z")

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E.g. Windscreen of a car.

It’s a screen. For wind!!!

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### Author: ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-use-all-the-time-but-never-think-about/154801/2 "2003-02-13T13:43:21Z")

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Breakfast.

You are, literally, breaking your fast!!!

Thought I’d help get your thread started…