Friend, Do You Suffer From Co-operitis? Quiz

Answer: Screecherovhabit

Based on the phrase creature of habit, someone who does the same things on a regular schedule. Someone who likes the security of knowing what happens next. Surprise birthday parties are out.

Screech is a synonym for yell.

Answer: Scien-tsks

Another word for scientist is investigator, one who is required to be open to new ideas.

Tsk is a way of uttering one's disapproval.

Einstein was open minded when he deemed compounding to be the eighth wonder of the world.
"If something improves by just 1% a day, it will be 37 times better in a year."
Source: medium.com/swlh/the-most-important-idea-in-life-8df67ce7894b

Answer: Translucent

Trans, used as a prefix, means across or beyond. Several airlines use(d) trans as part of their name. Two examples are Air Transat from Canada and Trans World Airlines (TWA) from USA.

Lucid dreaming happens when you become aware that you're dreaming and not awake. With practice, you may be able to direct what happens in your dreams.

Answer: Playdough

Plato was one of the great ancient philosophers. Some people mistakenly pronounce his name as though it were spelled with D rather than a T.

From the Greek,' philo' means love and 'soph' means wisdom. Combining them they become philosopher meaning lover of wisdom.

Answer: WXYZ

Lexicon refers to a dictionary, while graph comes from the Greek graphos 'to write'. Combined they read as lexicographer, meaning 'one who writes dictionaries'.

Today, most U.S. commercial radio station names (IDs) start with either a K or a W followed by three more letters. These are known as call letters.

Answer: Prorogies

Pierogies are small pouches of boiled dough, filled with mashed potatoes and usually served with sour cream. Also known as varenyky.

Prorogue means to delay or postpone. When parliament prorogues it's just a fancy way of saying they've gone fishing.

Answer: Etchaskechers

Etch-a-Sketch is a drawing toy which looks like a small, flat screen tv. When you want to erase what you've drawn you simply turn it over and shake it to get a clean slate again.

Skechers is a well known brand name of running shoes and other footwear. Robert Greenberg started the company in 1992 with a staff of only 12.

Answer: Sangwich

'Sang' in French means blood. Blood sausage is made with various fillers like rice, nuts, bread, cornmeal, onion, etc, in addition to the animal blood. It's then cooked to perfection. A respectable sandwich filling but definitely not vegetarian fare.

Answer: Co-operitis

A brown noser is often a workplace colleague who is overly co-operative, in order to gain favour or advantage from superiors. Also known as a boot licker or apple polisher.

The suffix -itis indicates an illness or condition, for example, arthritis.

Answer: Primates

A blending of 'prime' from Prime Minister, and 'mates' meaning friends or buddies.

Countries which have a Prime Minister include: Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Tuvalu, India, New Zealand, and Maldives, among other Commonwealth of Nations (CoN) members. The CoN consists of 54 nation members, most of which previously were British colonies.