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Portmanteau: a new word that fuses two words or morphemes; Retronym: creating a new word to denote an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else; Oxymoron: a combination of two contradictory terms; Zeugma and Syllepsis: the use of a single phrase in two ways simultaneously
The English word square dates to the 13th century and derives from the Old French esquarre.By the 1570s, it was in use in reference to someone or something honest or fair. [3] [4] This positive sense is preserved in phrases such as "fair and square", meaning something done in an honest and straightforward manner, [5] and "square deal", meaning an outcome equitable to all sides. [6]
A correct answer scored one point and claimed the square, but a miss gave the point and the square to the opponent. As before, contestants scored five bonus points for completing a 4 Square. Some squares (either four or seven) hid sad faces, called "gremlins" by the host. If a contestant found a gremlin, the opponent earned the square and the ...
Rhinoracer 14:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC) Until the 1950s, to be "square" was a good thing. It meant being truthful, honest, upright... like the geometric figure. It was a positive term long after the time period you're mentioning. Those so-called "traditional values" began to be labeled as bad things in the 1950s.
Four square [1] (also called handball, champ, four squares or box ball) is a global sport played on a square court divided by two perpendicular lines into four identical boxes creating four squares labelled 1–4 or A–D. [2] Four square is a popular game at elementary schools with little required equipment, almost no setup, and short rounds ...
Invented by Joan Ganz Cooney, "One of These Things" appeared in the first-ever episode of the television show [3] and in the original 1968 proposal for the show. [2] It is one of the songs introduced by the founding musical director, Joe Raposo. [1] Raposo wrote the music, and Jon Stone wrote the lyrics. [4]
Both versions specified that there was no "Secret Square" rule, and like the Ideal version, matches were best two-out-of-three with no money awards specified. Parker Brothers released a similar 3-D board/12 celebrity inserts version in 1999, based on the Bergeron version. Early printings did not specify a "Secret Square" rule, but this was ...
Grawlix in a speech bubble. Grawlix (/ ˈ ɡ r ɔː l ɪ k s /) or obscenicon is the use of typographical symbols to replace profanity.Mainly used in cartoons and comics, [1] [2] it is used to get around language restrictions or censorship in publishing.