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Famous Last Words
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Question of
According to the Oxford English Corpus, what is the most commonly used word in the English language? (Unless you’re under 30, in which case it’s ‘like’).
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A
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Is
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The
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Question of
Fillers such as ‘like’ and ‘you know’ are properly known as what?
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Discourse Markers
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Pathetic Fallacies
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Millennial Mumbles
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Question of
Famous for its length (28 letters), the obsolete word, antidisestablishmentarianism, pertains to what subject?
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The relationship between church and state
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The right of women to own property.
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Canadian Home Rule.
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Question of
Where would one find eaves?
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On a Gravestone
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On a Riverbank
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On a Roof
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Question of
What is the only word of Sumerian origin in the English language?
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Abacus
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Cumin
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Ox
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Question of
‘Wash up’, ‘carry on’, ‘gone off’, and ‘freak out’ are all examples of what?
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Phrasal Verbs
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Relative Pronouns
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Spoonerisms
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Question of
Contrary to popular belief, which one of the following is NOT an eponym?
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(Charles) Boycott
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(Thomas) Crapper
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(Étienne de) Silhouette
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Question of
A culet is the bottom point of what?
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A Gem
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An Iceberg
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A Sword
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Question of
Which of these was the earliest ‘winner’ of the Oxford Word of the Year?
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Post-truth
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Selfie
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Vape
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Question of
What describes words pronounced in the same way as another but with a different spelling and meaning such as; blew and blue?
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Homograph
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Homonym
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Homophone
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