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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Word of the Day Redux - 2nd sitting
Word of the Day Redux - 2nd sitting
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almaz
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Word of the Day Redux - 2nd sitting
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Today �s word is houghmagandy. The night shift (Spanish time) came up with some crackers:
A quick reminder of the new set-up:
today �s setter (me, in this case) chooses the �funniest � definition from today �s contributions (yes, it �s highly subjective and, if the truth be told, damn difficult given the high standards of what �s come in so far) and passes the baton on to that contributor who then becomes tomorrow �s setter and so on... (see Frank �s last word here) |
21 Sep 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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It �s what Santa Claus says when the elves have finished producing all the sweets he delivers to the children on Christmas Day!!
He traditionally shouts: "houghmagandy!" ---> Ho, (there �s) my candy!
hough = ho (Santa says "ho-ho-ho" all the time, remember?!)
ma = my
gandy = candy
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21 Sep 2010
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stefemma
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One of Mahatma Gandhi �s hidden sons?!?
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21 Sep 2010
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PhilipR
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Title of the karaoke version of Barry Manilow �s smash hit (oh) Mandy, slightly adapted for mild Scottish stutterers. |
21 Sep 2010
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leonidas75
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It �s the name of the sub-language used at the end of a long night at the pub.
Chomsky is said to be the creator of such term, based on his own experience: "When I arrived home I whispered "I �m home again, dear" in my wife �s ear. Next day she asked me what new language I had learned the previous night. Her sentence made me think hard about it... after the hangover, of course".
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21 Sep 2010
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