Words & Wordplay (Education & Reference) - August 2006

The show Wild'n'Out is childish and kind of annoying actually, but somehow I still laugh at it's charm. I kind of get the sense of whatever it's dumb and actually irritating but in kind of a cute way. I guess a child could be like this as well. I do not know one word to descrive this exact thing. Plz help.

2006-08-27 17:35:56 · 12 answers · asked by superman41082 2

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the "blues"?

now we all know that "blue" is a color, correct? But we also know that many singers, notably African American, have sung the "blues" as a form of music. But as we know this sense of the word "blue" as in "I'm feeling blue" means to feel sad, lonely, depressed. and the "blues", if we return to the colloquial black idiom, was a state of sadness...
How did this sense of the word "blue" or "blues" i.e. sad, originate?? and in what way, if any, is it linked to the color blue?

2006-08-27 17:29:09 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. Fancy Pants 3

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Which of the following words has the same meaning as “petrol”?

2006-08-27 17:26:15 · 8 answers · asked by bechau 1

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How many is "couple" to you?

A couple is usually two. However, according to dictionaries, it could also mean a "few" which is more than two. And I've seen some people who said couple,m and meant a few.

If someone asks you for "couple napkins," or "a couple of pencils," etc. Do you give just two? Or more?

2006-08-27 15:18:19 · 24 answers · asked by ? 1

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Theres a guy i like, and another guy I like, ones my ex, and ones my BF, which one should i chose?

2006-08-27 15:13:07 · 11 answers · asked by You're My Wonderwall 3

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I could be wrong here, but when did the verb 'disrepect' come into usage as a transitivive verb.?

I'm not even certain that I have the verb type correctly named..but when did it become acceptable to say "you disrespect me". as opposed to "You are being disrespectful of me."...Is either form now correct?

2006-08-27 14:47:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

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What can the average citizen do to insure that democracy is in place in our country?

Don't say vote because by the time it comes down to that the decisions have already been made.

2006-08-27 14:39:17 · 6 answers · asked by Mr. PDQ 4

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i need a 4-lettered synonym to the word "reveal" that ends with the letter "N"?

2006-08-27 14:32:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

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fun wordplay?

try turn these words into something nicer by describing it a different way

for example: garbageman - sanitary engineer

person with the best answers will get 10 points!

homework:
cheat:
ugly:
stupid:
constant talker:
fail a test:

2006-08-27 14:17:04 · 21 answers · asked by :) 2

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Is it really San Andreas' fault?

2006-08-27 14:05:37 · 8 answers · asked by Bohemian 4

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What is the meaning of "released on his own reconnaissance"?

2006-08-27 13:26:01 · 11 answers · asked by kmaloney2@sbcglobal.net 1

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in foreign languages there are other letters, my hp notebook pavillion by presing alt+#... I can not get it.?

I want to know if there is a special way to get from the keyboard this usual spanish, german letters french etc, by just presing a number as I used to do with the IBM before

2006-08-27 13:13:44 · 3 answers · asked by adamgoodman 1

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what Nyquil stands for? what the root words of it mean?ny means night probably?but what does quil mean?

2006-08-27 12:55:21 · 2 answers · asked by idonthaveemail123 2

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What is the quote that you've encountered that made you scratch your head and say 'what?' ?

O.K. this is just for amusement. Think about it.
Here are a couple of examples to show you what I mean:

During the invasion of Iraq Donald Rumsfeld went to either Syria or Jordan (I can't remember, I think it was in Syria that he said this) and a journalist asked him a question and he said "the future has changed."

During the 1980s at a Conference leading up to the Meech Lake Accord in Toronto, then Ontario Premier Bob Rae said that the Premiers at the conference had achieved a "high degree of unanimity."

See, things like that. They don't need to be from politicians, but they seem to be so good at this kind of stuff.

2006-08-27 12:38:27 · 8 answers · asked by Sincere Questioner 4

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