Every year, societies publish the 'Words of the Year'. These words are amongst the top 25 words of the decade beginning with 2000 and ending in 2009 (as per 'The Language Monitor'). See if you're up to speed on these terms. Good luck!
A retronym is used to describe something when an existing word is no longer sufficient. For example, the term "acoustic guitar" came after the invention of the electric guitar. Here's a fun introduction to the world of retronyms. US English variant.
Fruits and vegetables are good for your body -- and for expressing what you mean! Here are ten English idioms that all hinge on fruits and vegetables; see if you know the full flavor of their meaning.
The NATO phonetic alphabet is used by many organisations in many countries. This quiz gives you photograph and a clue for fifteen of the words in the NATO alphabet. Can you spell your way through it?
Throughout history, the philosopher has been both reviled and celebrated, rejected and cherished. In an homage to the love/hate relationship we have with our "lovers of wisdom," here is my very small contribution to a few of those big thinkers.
We know that "feline" pertains to cats while "canine" pertains to dogs. How about trying some medical distinctive adjectives? In each of the following items, the adjectives are capitalized. Select the response associated with the adjective. Enjoy!
Idioms are a wonderful, and at times wacky, part of everyday speech, and a great number of them involve health, illness and disease. How many do you know? Let's play and find out.
I hope you don't give me the cold shoulder after you play this quiz on idioms relating to parts of the body. Otherwise, you will leave me out on a limb. Enjoy!
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