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Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts

Friday, May 15, 2009

Survey...keepin' it real

Okay...I want the real truth. Nobody trying to be funny. (Alright - you can be funny if you want, but I'd really love the truth.)

How many of you curse?

I'm not talking about "joke cussing" or cursing-in-quotes.

I'm talking about actual, honest use of words that are NSFW.

And if so...how often?
Break it down - in a month, how many bad words do you average?

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Word Survey!


This was pretty fun last time. (In a Todd-Is-A-Geek kind of way...)

Here's our word:

amanuensis (uh-man-yoo-EN-sis)


1. Disease caused by deficiency of antinuclear antibodies.

2. Rare form of color-blindness that effects only the colors blue and green.
3. A person employed to take dictation.
4. Digital phasing effect in graphic design wherein "color-layering" results in lost contrast and pixel distortion.

Okay...what do you think?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Word Survey...

I'm gonna' be introducing a new feature here called a Word Survey. I could use it my normal polling spot over on the right toolbar, but I think this sort of survey will require a disclaimer that must be posted each time.

Here's how it goes. I'll give you a word and four possible definitions. I will try to find a hard word, a word that's pretty unique. (At least, to me...)

But this disclaimer is this...don't go look it up. Use your head and try to deduce the definition. We all know that you can go over to http://www.dictionary.com/ and find the answer, but where's the fun in that?

I think we're all comfortable within the confines of the honor system here...

Here we go!
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inculcate
1. To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.

2. Holding obstinately to a belief, purpose or design; also, stubbornly persistent.

3. Incapable of being removed or erased.

4. Hardened in feelings or in wrongdoing; unyielding.

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Of course, if you actually KNOW the answer, then you're really smart and cool and you and I should definitely be best friends. I guess if you want people to know how smart you are, you could throw a "K" beside your vote, signifying "known."

But then does everybody else have to put a "G" for "guess"?

Up to you, gang.