Words & Origins

A Ace from The Ambiguously Gay Duo on SNL cartoon
A Action Man from Venture Bros. show
A Alpha One from DC comic
A Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon
A Aisha from Neopets website
A Amazigirl from Dumbing of Age webcomic
A Animal Man from DC comic
A Anvil from Grrl Power webcomic
A Apocalypse from Marvel comic
A Aquaman from DC comic
A Avalanche from Marvel comic
A Captain America from Marvel comic
A Emperor Awesome from Wander over Yonder cartoon
A Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter book

[and then suddenly…]

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February 23, 2011

in alphabet,alphabet souperhero,best list ever,best post ever,cartoons,clothing,clothing alphabet,confusing list,superheroes,thanks andy,video games

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February 14, 2011

in #7,-fer,-phor,Best Comics Ever,dinosaur comic,Etymology,i made this,i make everything on this blog,Linguistics jokes,Monday Comic,morphemes,thanks marble,Webcomic

1. symbolic
2. memorandum
3. patronymic
4. geophagy
5. sebec (I spelled it wrong)
6. aegis (I spelled it wrong)
7. strongylosis (I spelled it wrong)
8. patroon

They ran out of sufficiently difficult words so I tied for 2nd with 2 other ladies. Sort of unsatisfying, but if I can keep it for 2 weeks in my wallet, I’ll have a drink ticket the next time I go to spelling.

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February 8, 2011

in 2nd place,arabic,greek,spelling,spelling bee,tied for 2nd

1. thoroughly
2. dexterous
3. calyptrate

bullshit.

All-around lovely person and superb speller Leila won, though, which is legit and fo real, and new-to-me Sarah was good too.

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February 2, 2011

in greek,someday lounge,spelling,spelling bee

1. splendid
2. appendages
3. dyscalculia
4. senescence (I spelled it wrong)

Norton won, Robert got 2nd. I got a drink ticket and spent some of my last week winnings on a pretty good piece a pizza.

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February 1, 2011

in 4th round,latin,spelling,spelling bee

1. lily
2. potassium
3. asterisk
4. poimenics (I spelled it wrong)

26 people playing tonight! Andy got 3rd, Robert got the most French word in the universe, embonpoint (pronounced AUH-BAU-POIA)

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January 18, 2011

in french,round 4,spelling,spelling bee

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January 11, 2011

in #2,hangul,international jokes,korea,korean,Monday Comic,Webcomic

It can also be found elsewhere here.

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December 20, 2010

in #51,cultural differences,elsewhere,english,failblog,french,graphjam,Monday Comic,venn diagrams,Webcomic

1. tabloid
2. criticism
3. meritocracy
4. oneiromancy (I spelled it wrong)

This is the *NEW* spelling bee that happens at the Someday Lounge once a month on the 1st Tuesday. Every time you spell a word right, you get a can of Tecate. There were 10 spellers. I was in the top 5 when I got out. Robert got 2nd place. The guy who won spelled bildungsroman without blinking.

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December 8, 2010

in beer,nahuatl,someday lounge,spelling,spelling bee,tecate,top 5

Sketch by Matugi on DeviantArt

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November 30, 2010

in #48,dragons,international jokes,Monday Comic,spanish,terrible,thanks patrick,Webcomic