Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
spot A radio, television commercial or underwriting spot spot advertising A commercial or commercials run in the middle of or between programs, sold separately from the program (as opposed to sponsors' messages). A station identification slide for WAKR-TV in Akron, Ohio (c. early 1980s). Station identification. Also top of the hour ID or TOH ID.
On the Spot (UK game show), a game show in the United Kingdom, which is also in conjunction with the National Lottery; On the Spot (U.S. game show), a locally produced game show which aired from 1984 to 1988 on KGW-TV in Portland, OR; On the Spot, a weekly webcast hosted by GameSpot; On the Spot (Rooster Teeth), a weekly online game show
On the Spot is a weekly syndicated trivia show that asks entertaining questions from different categories including untold history, globetrotting, origins, supernatural, in sickness and in health, myths, now and then, record setters, mad science and bad ideas.
The most popular starting word, by the way, is “adieu.” The most played Wordle puzzle in 2024 was on April 23. That word was "rover." A total of 5.6 million streaks ended on Oct. 15, with "corer."
[S]oon the kayaker sent out his spear in good earnest, and killed [the Norseman] on the spot. When winter came, it was a general belief that the Kavdlunait would come and avenge the death of their countrymen [8] Kavdlunait (plural) was the Inuit word for foreigner or European. Compare modern Greenlandic qallunaaq ("Dane"), formerly spelled ...
In jazz, when one instrumentalist or singer is doing a solo, the other ensemble members play accompaniment parts. While fully written-out accompaniment parts are used in large jazz ensembles, such as big bands, in small groups (e.g., jazz quartet, piano trio, organ trio, etc.), the rhythm section members typically improvise their accompaniment parts, an activity called comping.
Update: Big Lots says it reached a deal in late December to keep hundreds of U.S. stores open. Big Lots is preparing to close all of its stores, the bankrupt discount retailer said Thursday. The ...