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Tententen

Another name for Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron

Since the Decameron has the Greek word for the number ten (δέκα) in its name, and in the work itself there are ten people, each of whom tells a story each of the ten days spent in their final place, I made up a new name for this famous piece. It’s Tententen.

by bluestinger66 February 12, 2023

curmudgeon

An old, grumpy man

Karen’s husband is an old and really grumpy curmudgeon.

by bluestinger66 November 28, 2022

Fry-day

A Friday that is very hot

Wow, I really got fried outside last Fry-day.

by bluestinger66 October 27, 2022

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

unicellular organisms

Organisms that consist of only one cell

Unicellular organisms (like bacteria, yeast and archaea) typically grow using a method called binary fission. Here each single cell (mother cell) expands, replicates its genetic material, and divides into two cells (daughter cells). In this way, each time a new generation is produced the population doubles.

by bluestinger66 November 8, 2022

Coo Clucks Clan

Another spelling for Ku Klux Klan

When I first heard the word “Ku Klux Klan” in school, I was spelling it as “Coo Clucks Clan.” My history teacher thought I was making a joke, then he corrected me.

by bluestinger66 August 11, 2022

hoapucksummumplay

A word I made up when I was about eight or nine years old. Means “to share toys with your brother(s) and/or sister(s).”

Whoever is going to hoapucksummumplay with me, you’re all welcome to come to my room.

by bluestinger66 February 12, 2025