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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
"Godfather of Matamoros" – Adolfo Constanzo (Spanish: El Padrino de Matamoros) "Godmother" – Sara Aldrete (Spanish: La Madrina) "Goiânia Serial Killer" – Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha "Golden State Killer" – Joseph James DeAngelo "Good Doctor" – Harold Shipman "Good Lady of Loudun" – Marie Besnard "Gorilla Killer" – Earle Nelson
"Sí, se puede" (Spanish for "Yes, you can"; [1] pronounced [ˈsi se ˈpwe.ðe]) is the motto of the United Farm Workers of America, and has since been taken up by other activist groups. UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta created the phrase in 1972 during César Chávez 's 25-day fast in Phoenix, Arizona .
Answer Yes or No (1950) Steve Harvey: United States / South Africa: Family Feud (2010–present), Celebrity Family Feud (2015–present), Steve Harvey's Funderdome (2017), Family Feud South Africa (2020–present) Tom Harvey: Canada: Communicate (1966) Andrew Harwood: Australia: It's Academic (1971–79) Barney Harwood: United Kingdom
The song appears in the 1954 film Rear Window, the 1987 film Moonstruck, the 1995 film Grumpier Old Men, the 1999 film Stuart Little, and the 2024 film The Garfield Movie, as well as the 1997 video game Mario Teaches Typing 2.
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).