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#26 2008-05-30 00:49:45
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#47. What does the word 'plagiarism' mean?
#48. What does the adjective diabolic mean?
#49. What is 'horography'?
#50. What does the word cataclysm mean?
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#28 2008-05-30 01:38:52
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Answers to #46, #47, and #48:
All correct, JaneFairfax! Wonderful!!!
#51. What does de jure (Latin) mean?
#52. What does Magnum opus (Latin) mean?
#53. From which language did English get the word bourgeoisie? What does it mean?
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#30 2008-05-30 15:50:53
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Answers to #51, #52, and #53:
All correct! Well done, JaneFairfax!
#54. Give a pair of words that are both homophones (homonyms) and anagrams.
#55. Can you make a list of 100 words in English language that do not contain the letters a, b, c, or d?
#56. What does mutatis mutandis (Latin) mean?
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#31 2008-05-30 17:10:07
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#57. What does the word semaphore mean?
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#32 2008-05-31 09:08:01
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#33 2008-05-31 18:08:45
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Answers to #54, and #55:
Well done, JaneFairfax! Both correct!
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#34 2008-05-31 20:33:03
#35 2008-06-01 17:56:30
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#58. What is origin of the word 'charisma'?
#59. What does the word 'chutzpah' mean?
#60. What is the feminine gander of fox?
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#36 2008-06-03 06:52:05
#37 2008-06-03 16:13:04
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Answer to #60:
Correct, JaneFairfax! Well done!
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#38 2008-06-06 15:54:34
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#61. What does the word 'bundestag' (German) mean?
#62. What does the word 'Gestapo' (German) mean?
#63. What does the word 'ziggurat' (Assyrian) mean?
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#39 2008-06-06 22:29:05
#41 2008-06-12 13:26:59
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Imagine for a moment that even an earthworm may possess a love of self and a love of others.
#42 2008-07-22 21:57:59
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If two or more thoughts intersect with each other, then there has to be a point.
#43 2008-08-06 03:03:14
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The best thing about life is you don't know what to expect
#44 2008-08-06 03:39:04
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ganesh wrote:
#62. What does the word 'Gestapo' (German) mean?
#45 2008-08-15 07:41:27
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#64. What does the word lycophobia mean?
#46 2008-08-29 18:59:36
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#65. What is special about the two words dermatoglyphics and uncopyrightable?
(This is something I learned on QI last night. 
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#47 2008-08-30 01:06:08
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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted"
Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam
#48 2008-08-30 01:34:40
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JohnnyReinB:
#64 Close, but no cigar! Very good try though.
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#49 2008-08-30 01:49:52
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