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January-February,
1999
- Question
for March, 1999
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- Phrases and
Words. Last month's question was quite
controversial. This month's question is more of a
challenge to participate. When we are looking for a
better way to express an idea, sometimes we are looking
for a single word that does the same job as the phrase,
but more concisely, and perhaps more elegantly. The
following phrase-word combinations give an idea of what
this involves:
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- garbage
barge......................scow
- leftover
food....................... ort
- follow
relentlessly.................dog
- street
child..........................waif/urchin
- professional
writer................wordsmith
- look
angrily........................scowl
- leather
whip........................knout
- sales
pitch..........................spiel
- flightless
bird.......................emu
- centrifuge
insert....................phial
- comment
critically..................animadvert
- syncronized
figure.................animatronic
- earthenware
pot....................ampulla
- look
lecherously....................ogle
- Part of the Wordsmyth
Lexipedia Project
(http://www.wordsmyth.net/lexipedia.htm) involves
designating a link between words and phrases that mean
the same thing. Can you think of 5-10 phrases with words
that designate them? The contributions will be made into
a crossword puzzle for Wordsmyth users.
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your contribution:
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