palindrome

A word that reads the same forwards and backwards

Teacher: “Can you guys think of some examples of a palindrome?”
Me: “Qawbecrdteyfugihoipjaksldmfngohpjqkrlsztxucvvwbxnymz zmynxbwvvcuxtzslrkqjphognfmdlskajpiohigufyetdrcebwaqq.”
Teacher: “That’s a pretty long palindrome, but it isn’t a real word.”
George: “Then how about madam? Or racecar?”
Teacher: “You’re right, but I wanted you to think of a longer palindrome.”
Jason: “I got a great palindrome. It is: ‘Was it Eliot’s toilet I saw?’.“

by bluestinger66 December 16, 2023

dagaz

The twenty-third letter of the futhark alphabet

Pronunciation of dagaz: DAH˙gahz
Letter sound: d
Appearance: ᛞ
Meaning: day, light (stands primarily for midday or midsummer)
Related words: daeg

by bluestinger66 December 23, 2023

chookers

Another word for checkers

I chooked chookers with two chooked chooks and the two chooked chooks got chooked because I unchookedly chooked the unchooked chook.

by bluestinger66 July 09, 2024

zpxocivubyntmraeswdqflgkhj

This is something what happens when you’ve already typed qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm, mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq or even qmwnebrvtcyxuzilokpjahsgdf and you can’t think of anything, so you spice it up a bit by starting from the first letter on the bottom row of letters on the keyboard and the last letter on the top row, then you press the second letter on the bottom row and the second-to-last letter on the top row, and soon.

A: “I’m bored.”
B: “Why?”
A: “zpxocivubyntmraeswdqflgkhj.”
B: “Oh, so you want to say that you can’t think of another great combination of alphabet letters or keys on the keyboard? I’m amazed.”

by bluestinger66 May 24, 2023

o’clock

used to specify the hour when telling the time.

It’s twelve o’clock now.

by bluestinger66 March 15, 2023

peseta

Basic monetary unit of Spain, equal to 100 centimos

The Spanish peseta was used until the introduction of the euro in 2002.

by bluestinger66 September 02, 2022

ʰ

Symbol for an aspirated consonant

To write an aspirated consonant in English, use the symbol ʰ (superscript small H). In English there are several aspirated consonants, such as pʰ, tʰ and kʰ.

by bluestinger66 January 07, 2024