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Games, activities and teaching ideas > WOD Week 40 , 2019 --new word
WOD Week 40 , 2019 --new word
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douglas
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WOD Week 40 , 2019 --new word
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Well bilious didn�t seem to spark much interest, so here is a new word instead: catercorner (I hope this one does better). Cheers, Douglas |
1 Oct 2019
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redcamarocruiser
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Cater also spelled kater - a hangover borrowed from German. A catercorner is a quiet place, usually in a bedroom, where one can go to recover from a hangover.
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1 Oct 2019
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redcamarocruiser
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Corn - a sometimes painful callous on the foot caused by friction or pressure
Catercorner - a corn becomes so painful that one treads lightly like a cat, also a person who suffers from corns causing him to walk gingerly like a cat. |
1 Oct 2019
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Aisha77
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Once more this word derives from the Spanglish "cate=corner". "Cate" is having in your marks less than a C, you have a "cate" at school. The one who has many cates will be able to work only making popcorns (hopefully in a cinema, and not making popcorns at home in the micro). This student will become a "catercorner" 
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1 Oct 2019
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spinney
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A catercorner is a small fast food business that can be located on street corners. It literally caters on the corner. |
1 Oct 2019
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maryse pey�
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It is the corner where the partly legless Caterpillars are going to hide not to be seen. |
1 Oct 2019
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cunliffe
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Oh dear oh, what a dismal word! A catecorner is a funerary statue; a very ornately decorated grave. My favourite is the catecorner of Napoleon Bonaparte - well, which other Napoloen could it be? Another good one is that one to Dante Alighieri; Dante Smith�s is OK but not really in the same class. Michelangelo Buonarotti�s catecorner is quite spectacular and I also quite like the catecorner of Oscar.
Edit: Ah, it�s cateRcorner. Oh well...Sorry Douglas, for calling your WOD a dismal word. I�ll get back about catercorener tomorrow or the day after.
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1 Oct 2019
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FrauSue
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A catercorner is a Napoleonic word, Lynne - it;s an oversized three-cornered hat, like a huge version of Napoleon�s famous headgear. |
3 Oct 2019
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