Wonderous Worlds of Words (Page 3)

Clocks Along the Wall

Season One — Episode 03

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The Booth

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Due Diligence

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The Slide

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The Cat

Five seconds: the length of a cat’s affection before the bite.

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Wider Than the Moon

Australia is wider than the Moon. Australia runs about 4,000 kilometers from east to west. The Moon is about 3,475

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Juxtaposition

Placing two things side by side to show a contrast.

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Lunch Sometime

You both said “we should get lunch sometime.” You both know.

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Before the Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, in Kyoto, to make playing cards. It sold cards for the better part of a century before

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Hyperbole

Deliberate, over-the-top exaggeration.

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Three Days of Naughty: Part One

Part One of Two

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Password Requirements

Your new password must contain a capital letter, a number, a symbol, a hieroglyph, your blood type, and the name of your

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The First Complaint

The oldest known customer complaint is a clay tablet from around 1750 BC. A man named Nanni wrote to a merchant named

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Litotes

Understatement by saying the opposite isn't so.

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Commit to the Conceit

Pick the comparison, then follow it all the way down.

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Butter Side Down

Official ruling: toast that lands butter side down is not dirty. It’s seasoned.

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Thirteen Seconds

The longest recorded flight by a chicken lasted 13 seconds. By our math, that’s a Five-Second Rule violation.

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Pathetic Fallacy

Giving weather or nature human feelings.

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Why Am I In Here?

Five seconds: the time it takes to forget why you walked into this room.

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Berry Confusing

Botanically speaking, bananas are berries. Strawberries are not. Whoever labeled the fruit aisle did not consult a botanist.

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