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Mattw05 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Wanted Words
I just wanted to see what kind of works you guys could come up with for the following situations,
1) If a great cook is called a gourmet what could you call a dreadful cook?
2) People who are good with plants are said to have a green thumb, what could you call a person who kills plants?
3) What can you call it when we think it's spring, but sudenly we get a couple of freezing cold snowly days.
4) The outside part of a loaf is called crust, what can we call the inside spot?
5) What can you call a song that sticks in your head all day?
1) If a great cook is called a gourmet what could you call a dreadful cook?
2) People who are good with plants are said to have a green thumb, what could you call a person who kills plants?
3) What can you call it when we think it's spring, but sudenly we get a couple of freezing cold snowly days.
4) The outside part of a loaf is called crust, what can we call the inside spot?
5) What can you call a song that sticks in your head all day?
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You'll have to invent your own terms for these as there are no existing single words or phrases that I can think of. Not all words have an opposite! My versions are 1) A dreadful cook.
- You'll have to invent your own terms for these as there are no existing single words or phrases that I can think of.
- Not all words have an opposite!
- My versions are 1) A dreadful cook.
- 2) Useless at gardening.
- 3) British weather.
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You'll have to invent your own terms for these as there are no existing single words or phrases that I can think of. Not all words have an opposite! My versions are
1) A dreadful cook.
2) Useless at gardening.
3) British weather.
4) The nice bit.
5) Annoying.
1) A dreadful cook.
2) Useless at gardening.
3) British weather.
4) The nice bit.
5) Annoying.
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1. Gour-not-met
2. All thumbs
3. "Snow sprung up"
4. Filling - don't ask, it just popped into my head.
2. All thumbs
3. "Snow sprung up"
4. Filling - don't ask, it just popped into my head.
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Nona The BritYou'll have to invent your own terms for these as there are no existing single words or phrases that I can think of.Yea I know, "wanted words" is a word used for terms like thoses, that do not have meanings. The point of the topic was to creat a word
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1) a hash burner
2) a brown thumb
3) a weather surprise / a late frost / unseasonable weather
4) the bread / the inside -- or the mie (from French)
5) an auditory obsession / a melodic brain loop / a sticky tune
CJ
2) a brown thumb
3) a weather surprise / a late frost / unseasonable weather
4) the bread / the inside -- or the mie (from French)
5) an auditory obsession / a melodic brain loop / a sticky tune
CJ
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