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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 ...
Gameplay alternated between the two teams. On each team, the player who was given the password gave a one-word clue from which their partner attempted to guess the password. (For example, the opposite clue "stop" might be given for the password "go", or the next instructional clue "synonym" might be given to elicit the password "halt"). If the ...
Just Words is a great way to test your mental attentiveness and capacity for strategy. Use these tips to ensure your opponent knows that when it comes to a battle of wits there can only be one winner!
[8] [9] The FCC has never maintained a specific list of words prohibited from the airwaves during the time period from 6 am to 10 pm. The seven dirty words have been assumed to be likely to elicit indecency-related action by the FCC if uttered on a TV or radio broadcast, and thus the broadcast networks generally censor themselves with regard to ...
A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word original can mean "authentic, traditional", or "novel, never done before". This feature is also called enantiosemy , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] enantionymy ( enantio- means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy .
You can go from a jazzy number that spells out letters (like “L-O-V-E” by Nat King Cole) to a rock hit that breaks down the true meaning of love (like “I Want to Know What Love Is” by ...
"No Way to Stop It" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, but not included in the later film version from 1965. [ 1 ] The song features the characters Max Detweiler and Baroness Elsa Schräder, with Captain Georg von Trapp joining in later. [ 2 ]