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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’).

    • A
    • Is
    • The
  • Question of

    Fillers such as ‘like’ and ‘you know’ are properly known as what?

    • Discourse Markers
    • Pathetic Fallacies
    • Millennial Mumbles
  • Question of

    Famous for its length (28 letters), the obsolete word, antidisestablishmentarianism, pertains to what subject?

    • The relationship between church and state
    • The right of women to own property.
    • Canadian Home Rule.
  • Question of

    Where would one find eaves?

    • On a Gravestone
    • On a Riverbank
    • On a Roof
  • Question of

    What is the only word of Sumerian origin in the English language?

    • Abacus
    • Cumin
    • Ox
  • Question of

    ‘Wash up’, ‘carry on’, ‘gone off’, and ‘freak out’ are all examples of what?

    • Phrasal Verbs
    • Relative Pronouns
    • Spoonerisms
  • Question of

    Contrary to popular belief, which one of the following is NOT an eponym?

    • (Charles) Boycott
    • (Thomas) Crapper
    • (Étienne de) Silhouette
  • Question of

    A culet is the bottom point of what?

    • A Gem
    • An Iceberg
    • A Sword
  • Question of

    Which of these was the earliest ‘winner’ of the Oxford Word of the Year?

    • Post-truth
    • Selfie
    • Vape
  • Question of

    What describes words pronounced in the same way as another but with a different spelling and meaning such as; blew and blue?

    • Homograph
    • Homonym
    • Homophone

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