Tag: vocabulary
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April 29, 2007 10:09 PM EDT --
For quite some time, I have promised a Mormon Vocabulary lesson for my friends. If you are not my friend or you don’t have nice things to say you may want to move on to another article. . . . more
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June 06, 2008 11:54 PM EDT --
Okay if I'm not using the word "cute" anymore.. what else is out there? I'll start us off:
sweet
What do you got?
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July 28, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
After a short weekend hiatus, the daily vocabulary expansion feature is back. Popped open the unabridged and presto .... our word for the day.
July 28, 2008
recrudescence . . . more
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November 12, 2007 01:56 PM EST --
Give me as many 6 letter words as you can come up with! Can't wait to see all the replies. Thanks!!!
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November 12, 2007 09:23 PM EST --
How many songs can we list that begin with the letter M?
I'll start us off...
Man in the long black coat ~ Bob Dylan
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November 13, 2007 07:12 AM EST --
Directions: Each player must play off the previous word by saying the FIRST thing, associated with the word that pops into their mind. The only rules are that you must say the first thing . . . more
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March 12, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
Here are some words that are not yet in dictionaries, but might be someday:
1. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period . . . more
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July 02, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
I always referred to it as redundancy, but then what is the English language without multiple words meaning the same thing.
Exactly what is tautology? Well, it's a phrase that has redundant . . . more
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October 29, 2007 06:12 PM EDT --
Do you think you are pretty clever? Try out this site http://www.freerice.com/index.php
For every word you get right, the United Nations World Food Program will donate 10 grains of rice. . . . more
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November 04, 2007 03:04 PM EST --
Here is a site to test your vocabulary. For every word you get right they donate 10 grains of rice which is distibuted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Check out the . . . more
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November 13, 2007 09:35 PM EST --
Last night was a lot of fun! Everyone came up with some great songs. Let’s see how many we can think up tonight!! Name as many songs as you can that begin with the letter T . . . . more
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March 19, 2008 11:07 AM EDT --
Free Rice
by Marilyn Mackenzie
No, it's not free rice for you but for the hungry.
I'm probably the last person to find out about this site. . . . more
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May 26, 2008 10:15 PM EDT --
A few months ago, I posted an article bringing attention to the Free Rice Word Game.
By Ashleigh Patterson, CTV.ca News: The United Nations says millions of online wordsmiths have translated their . . . more
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July 21, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Here is a word for today:
July 21, 2008
balbuties n.
stammering; also, a kind of defective pronunciation.
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May 18, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
I used this word today & some of my friends didn't know what I meant....do you know what pram means?
Let me know...
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June 05, 2008 02:23 AM EDT --
In addition to banning the use of the words"cute, pretty and nice" when commenting on picturess in my new photography group "Cute, Pretty and Nice Not Allowed" (please join).... what . . . more
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July 24, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
This huge dictionary is great. It takes awhile to find a word that might be new to a good portion of people, but I am having fun. If you already know a word....well, you can feel . . . more
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July 25, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
It was pointed out to me that the definition of yesterday's word, contained a word which was somewhat uncommon itself. Hence, our word for today will be that word.
July 25, 2008
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February 02, 2008 09:10 AM EST --
I've notice new "happy" words popping up lately. I love happy words. My son and I both say "Yay" so often that it's losing a little of it's potency. There's . . . more
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August 06, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
Uh.........hmmmm, well.
I hate that phrase, but I am guilty of using it at times-- not often mind you. I don't have to try to keep these words (can you even call them that) out of my own conversations, or . . . more
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