Words & Wordplay - December 2006

2006-12-12 07:27:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 07:20:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 07:20:17 · 6 answers · asked by handbag_addict_2006 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)

Apparently:

The colour is named after the orange fruit. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English variously as yellow-red, yellowred, or yellored (all pronounced the same).

Not really a question but more of a useless bit of trivia to settle the question asked earlier! x

2006-12-12 06:41:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 06:30:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Visit Google. Submit a query of two words, but don't use quote marks. (Quotes tell Google to find the enclosed words immediately adjacent - and that's just too easy!) Use no punctuation in your words, and no numbers (just 26 letters from A through Z). Find two words that return one result, then see whether Whack agrees (Whack may not see the same results you see). Whack only accepts words between 4 and 30 characters in length. (Any shorter or longer, again, that's just too easy!) To add to The Whack Stack, please respect these simple guidelines (Whack decides; no exceptions).
What are the rules?
Rule Number One: Your two Googlefactors must exist in Google's view of this dictionary. Not your view; Google's view! Google does the work, and Google has the final word! In the blue bar atop your Google results, accepted terms are linked, and so appear 'underlined.' No line, no link = Googlejack! (As in, You've got jack, so see the FAQ :-)

Rule Number Two: Google also is the arbiter of a whack's uniqueness. Look to the right end of the blue bar atop your Google results. If you see "Results 1 - 1 of (any number),' you found exactly one hit = Googlewhack!

Rule Number Three: Google shows you an excerpt of the page you whacked. Look at that text. If it's merely a list of words (such as a bibliography, concordance, encyclopedia, glossary, thesaurus, dictionary, domain names, or plain old machine-generated random garbage), No Whack For You!

If your Googlefactors don't comply, some other whacker will certainly test them, then expose your treachery to all!
Entries in The Whack Stack that breach Rule Number Three will be marked WORDLIST :-(.

If you record offensive comments in The Whack Stack, I may remove or change them at my discretion.

Excessive stacking of the same word may cause Whack to ban the word automatically for over 48 hours.

Inappropriate use or abuse of the service may result in your whacks being removed. Deal with it.


Note: When you search Google, you may be able to find more reliable Googlewhacks by prefixing each word in your Google search with a "+" (for example, +endothelial +velveeta). It's not required, but may make whacking easier. Whack always has submitted queries that require an exact match. That is, Whack always has prefixed both words with "+" to require their presence, which (later, serendipitously) also avoided any stemming by Google. The rules here always have been correct; entries in The Whack Stack always have been consistent with the rules.

You're welcome to post your crack Googlewhack in The Whack Stack. To do so, first head over to Google to find a whack you like. Then, you can use Whack!, which checks the rules for you! (It will record a true success, but if you find more than a few results, it will send you to Google where you belong :-)

If you can't satisfy Whack!, you're welcome to post your slightly slack Googlewhack to QuickTopic. (This is especially for those hardcore Scrabble players who just know "That's a real word," even though Google's reference may not agree :-)

2006-12-12 06:29:05 · 6 answers · asked by mriee 3

2006-12-12 06:26:57 · 7 answers · asked by dewgongoo 2

If you can provide me with the English word only, that'll be just fine.

2006-12-12 06:24:49 · 8 answers · asked by Steven F 1

2006-12-12 06:21:41 · 4 answers · asked by Golden Eagle 1

Or words, no limit to how many!

2006-12-12 06:16:55 · 40 answers · asked by CHARISMA 5

I have to answer this question for a university application:
"Please describe an incident or a situation in your life that piqued your intellectual curiosity."
what does this mean?

2006-12-12 06:14:04 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 05:53:33 · 4 answers · asked by Jonathan S 1

you have a nasty case of Pruritus anii?

extra kudos for not googling it like a dullard.

and the best cure for epistaxis? and a different term for it apart from the obvious?

2006-12-12 05:14:16 · 3 answers · asked by fivehundredmonkeys 2

i is the 9th letter of English alphabet

2006-12-12 05:01:29 · 17 answers · asked by Roy m 1

1. Merry Christmas Dodge House. Merry Christmas, horse stables! Merry Christmas, Feed and Grain! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Longbranch!!
2. Matt Dillon...I'll love you 'till the day I die.
3. And the sun's rays will shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair... am I talking too much?
4. I'll lasso you the moon, Kitty.
5. Don't you see...you KNOTHEAD?!
6. Hee Haw and Merry Christmas!

2006-12-12 04:56:03 · 3 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6

2006-12-12 04:49:40 · 7 answers · asked by Dani C 1

2006-12-12 04:43:15 · 2 answers · asked by DocNice 2

Hint: there are atleast 30.

2006-12-12 04:41:31 · 5 answers · asked by torch_flameon 1

When people refer to themselves as bankheadqt and marriettaqt what do they mean?

2006-12-12 04:29:03 · 3 answers · asked by tweetie 1

2006-12-12 04:10:10 · 5 answers · asked by DEEPAK 1

if i say

I suggested that Seth don't go to Japan
or
I suggested that Seth doesn't go to Japan

which is correct?

2006-12-12 04:04:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can the word "typo" refer to pushing the wrong button on a calculator, or does it only refer to typing words wrong?

2006-12-12 03:52:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-12 03:52:18 · 11 answers · asked by Larry L 1

2006-12-12 03:40:04 · 4 answers · asked by jenn3984 1

2006-12-12 03:36:20 · 6 answers · asked by slicknick_9 1

2006-12-12 03:34:29 · 8 answers · asked by Silkie1 4

2006-12-12 03:31:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

mine is Google

2006-12-12 03:24:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

took - taken is another example, yes one is past tense - understood. But what does past participle really mean?

2006-12-12 03:18:01 · 7 answers · asked by knight 1

i feel like its all over the place but its about how i feel towards the guy that i like and how he feels for another girl. i want to submit it into a contest in school and i want to know if i should make another one or submit this one.

thoughts of him rush butterflies into my stomach.
those eyes,
his nose,
that smile.
oh, that smile.
i search for it through crowds of people
blue, beige...brilliant
it's there
smiling at me.
concentration,
so focused, he does not notice,
he does not see the things i feel, its forgotten when she's there
the girl.
her presence leaves him infatuated
it's a sight i've never seen
body shaken, his wanting eyes sparkle under fluorescent lights
the selfish me loathes his happiness
jealousy makes me crave him more
its difficult to pretend hes not there
because he is
and he knows im there too
hes guilty, i dont know why
my feelings arent his responsibility
i'm about to give up.
upsetting yet beautiful, he is.

2006-12-12 02:56:05 · 5 answers · asked by :] 3