Words & Wordplay - August 2007

That all these people on Answers who can't spell should just leave?! THEY ARE SO ANNOYING!

2007-08-25 05:54:11 · 4 answers · asked by RKO4president 5

2007-08-25 05:51:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 05:51:27 · 8 answers · asked by Brad 2

example clue: untethered train car; example answer: loose caboose. Ready?

1] capricious cuke
2] elated currant
3] artless blemish
4] Thai incident
5] Nubian furrow

good luck!

2007-08-25 05:48:27 · 3 answers · asked by Guinness 5

Anyone know a one or two word to describe this person? I was originally thinking Renassaince man, but it doesn't seem to fit.

2007-08-25 05:43:53 · 10 answers · asked by jayneeniskeen 1

2007-08-25 05:39:01 · 22 answers · asked by robin n 1

2007-08-25 05:32:56 · 4 answers · asked by Barb B 1

2007-08-25 05:17:35 · 7 answers · asked by Brad 2

I was told that King crab legs are not as sweet as a regular crab???

2007-08-25 04:52:03 · 2 answers · asked by Joe 1

The word starts with 't' & ends with 't'!!!@#$%^&*()_0

2007-08-25 04:32:28 · 9 answers · asked by VANDHANA EASHWAR 1

1- What does "beside oneself" mean? For example: John is beside himself with worry. What does it mean?
2- What does"lay down to rest" mean?

2007-08-25 04:28:31 · 8 answers · asked by Nightshade.R6 3

2007-08-25 04:07:33 · 5 answers · asked by mithil_great007 1

2007-08-25 04:02:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 03:33:53 · 12 answers · asked by NAT T 1

A friend gave me a copy of the US edition of Bill Bryson's 'Dictionary of Troublesome Words'. The author, who is a UK journalist goes on tediously and pedantically about words which are often confused (expect & anticipate, for example), and seems to be anally careful about getting things right. But he writes this, without apparently spotting it as an error -

'However, and as illogical as it may seem....'

This seems to be common US usage, but strikes me as a case of illiteracy arising from lack of familiarity with the language. It seems to me that 'as as' is the common idiom for constructing a simile or making a comparison - e.g. 'as clear as crystal'. While 'illogical as it may seem' is an example of a completely different idiom meaning 'although it may seem illogical'. In this case no comparison is intended, so the construction used for making comparisons is inappropriate. What do you think ? Would 'as illogical as it may seem' pass as correct idiom in the US ?

2007-08-25 03:07:40 · 3 answers · asked by tigger 7

what words end in i?

2007-08-25 02:26:04 · 39 answers · asked by gwyneth w 1

And what are the meanings of "virtual" and "virtually"?

2007-08-25 00:53:56 · 5 answers · asked by Matapena 3

it is very acurate

an uncultivated or boorish person; lout; philistine; yokel.
a coarse or brutish person.
"a brute in human form,"
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Another clue, think of violations and the provider

2007-08-25 00:48:19 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

what an idiot

2007-08-25 00:44:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The different pronunciation of man~~

2007-08-25 00:36:33 · 14 answers · asked by giveme5_bb 1

2007-08-24 22:29:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will and Norrington were fighting in an island, Jack Sparrow took the key of the chest from them and while he was walking away he said, "Still rooting for you, mate." What does this sentence mean? And what does he mean by "rooting"?

2007-08-24 22:21:54 · 7 answers · asked by Nightshade.R6 3

1. i have run
2. i have ran

2007-08-24 21:25:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you get what that means? if so explain.

2007-08-24 20:56:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-24 19:54:46 · 9 answers · asked by cookiesmom 7

2007-08-24 19:50:32 · 2 answers · asked by cookiesmom 7

i want to make a name for my king snake, and i wa thinking either an acronym of the word BANDED KINGSNAKE, or a french name...but apparently im not an acronym type of person! so could you help?? im looking for a real person name for the first name like DAN G. BOBAGANOOSH, in that format...you know you peoples want 10 points!! plz?? boy or girl name works...

2007-08-24 18:53:20 · 5 answers · asked by Cthulhu The Dreamer 2

2007-08-24 18:19:06 · 9 answers · asked by killbill 1

Can anybody help me out?

2007-08-24 18:00:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet,
T'other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you

2007-08-24 17:48:18 · 5 answers · asked by JuanB 7