#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom
Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!
Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.
Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.
Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.
Hint: popular
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#Writers and #readers: I’m trying to recall a specific term I learned when I was eleven years old. It refers to text-based #wordplay that conveys a #word, phrase, or concept.
For example, “lines reading lines” is recognized as the phrase, “Reading between the lines”. I’ve included some illustrative examples below. What is the English name of this idea? #thankyou
Embroidery #Wordplay is a #SundaySillies #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.
Use DM or CW for answers to let everyone enjoy the search!
Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the longest word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters
#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom
Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!
Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.
Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.
Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.
Hint: please don't
Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape
Some important acronyms to know. Feel free to add some of your own.
Lisp:
Logic In Symbolic Paradigms
Lisp Inspires Strange People
Lisp Is Secretly Perfect
Python:
Pseudocode You’d Teach Hordes Of Newbies
Probably You'll Try Harder On Next-lang
Python: You'd Think Hardware's Optional Now
Emacs:
Editor Maintained As Community Shrine
Ecosystem Mainly Acquired by Cult Sysadmins
Emacs Means Always Configuring Something
Vim:
Vaguely Interactive Misery
Very Irritating Macros
Vim Isn't Modern
Linux:
Legendary Interface, Notoriously Unforgiving eXperience
Loyal In Nature, Unmatched eXtensibility
Linux Is Natural Under X
De-US ex machina.
Don’t worry, I’m giving myself a stern talking-to about this #wordplay
I hear you ask, are the words idiosyncrasy and idiot related, by any chance?
Yes they are.
They stem from the Greek idiōtēs = a private person, an ordinary person, one who holds no public office or has no professional knowledge. And the root of that is idios = own, private.
Is it just me or does that sound like not an insult?
It’s amazing how English has got it completely backwards, whereby those holding public office are now the idiots (/snark)
The second half of idiosyncrasy also stems from the Greek synkrasis = a mixing together. Idiosyncrasy is your own private recipe.
Follow-up:
aside
beside
seaside
decide
Hmm
affront
aback
aside
Embroidery #Wordplay is a #SundaySillies #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.
Use DM or CW for answers to let everyone enjoy the search!
Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the longest word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters
#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom
Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!
Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.
Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.
Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.
Hint: wishful
Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape
I read about an increase in crime in restaurants in Scandinavia.
Apparently there's a rise in people trying to Dane and dash.
Embroidery #Wordplay is a #SundaySillies #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.
Use DM or CW for answers to let everyone enjoy the search!
Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the longest word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters
#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom
Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!
Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.
Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.
Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.
Hint: Too bad!
Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape
The two rebuses shared today are probably too tough.
Yet, because they pop into my mind, I make them and then share them.
Keeping them to myself seems counterproductive.
Like any other creative endeavor, they seem to need to be seen by others.
To offset, I'll also share this one.
I hope it is not...
