acute accent

the symbol ˊ, used in many alphabets based on the Latin and Cyrillic scripts

Some letters that use the acute accent include: Áá, Éé, Íí, Óó, and Úú

by bluestinger66 November 12, 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

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

A file that contains Hyper Text Markup Language is called an HTML file. This file is stored in a standard text format with the . html extension and contains tags that define a webpage layout and content like text, tables, images, videos, and hyperlinks.

by bluestinger66 August 20, 2023

kalimba

A musical instrument that’s played using your fingertips or fingernails to pluck its flattened metal screws, also called a thumb piano

I taught myself to play the kalimba.

by bluestinger66 September 11, 2022

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Another word for good, great or amazing

It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,

even though the sound of it is something quite attrocious.

If you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious,

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

by bluestinger66 August 21, 2022

aloha

A greeting commonly used in Hawaii

Aloha, people! Aloha, Hawaii!

by bluestinger66 September 10, 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