posted by Brad Shorr filed under Word Quiz
What do you say we have some fun today?
Late one Saturday night, Karen Swim and I were having a little email exchange about Project Confident Friendship. The word duh came up, and it got me wondering about duh versus doh.
Let's Dissect Duh and Doh
Duh rose to popularity in the 1980's as one of the four or five words that
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Today's Word Nerd quiz is really easy! There's only going to be two choices for the correct definition. What do you think portmanteau means?
A. A large leather suitcase that opens into two compartments
B. A new word formed by combining elements of two words and their meanings
The correct definition of portmanteau is ... both! (I told you it was going to
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Do you have any idea what vexillology means? If you do, you are a championship caliber Word Nerd. I had to look it up. Which of these do you think is the correct definition?
A. The study of why people can be so gosh darn vexing.
B. The science of mixing drinks; bartending.
C. The study of flags.
D. The practice of black magic
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Hi there, thought I'd try to kill two birds with one stone by trying a new format for Words for Nerds and playing around with Survey Monkey at the same time. (Please let me know if the survey link doesn't work - thanks.)
Today's Word for Nerds is glower. Not too tough a word, but tricky.
The photo may or may not
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Abattoir is a word you may have run across, especially if you fancy fiction or crave comics. What do you think abattoir means?
A. Fashionable, having refined taste
B. A chicken coop
C. A slaughterhouse
D. In a confused or delirious state
E. Excessively humid
Hint: the word comes from the French abattre, to beat down. The correct definition of abattoir, of course, is ...
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