by Barbara Wallraff

“SHOULDN’T THERE BE A WORD”?

Prepared by:

JOEY F. VALDRIZ

1. Who coined the word “cocooning” which means

a staying home trend?

2. As a noun, what is meant by the word “heads -

up”?

3. Whose work is the “American Dictionary of the

English Language” published in 1828?

4. Who compiled the first comprehensive English

dictionary?

5. When two meanings are packed into one word

(e.g. motel, brunch), what do you call that

word?

QUESTIONS:

6. When “chuckle” and “snort” are combined,

what word is formed?

7. What is the other term for “myocardial

infarction”?

8. According to Barbara Wallraff, what activity is

likened to coining of words?

9. In the poem “Jabberwocky”, what time of the

day is “brillig”?

10. How many letters comprised the recreational

word coined by James Joyce which means a sound

that represents the symbolic thunderclap?

QUESTIONS:

11. Who is the first true recreational word coiner?

12. What is the only word coined by Rich Hall that

became a permanent English word?

13. What is the real name of Lewis Carroll who

write the poem “Jabberwocky”?

14. According to Rich Hall, what is the ability to

turn the bathtub faucet on and off with one’s

toes?

15. What word is synonymous to “phantom” and

“ideal”?

QUESTIONS:

16. What is that experience of thinking that a new

situation had occurred before?

17. What do you call the plastic wrappers at the

end of shoelace?

18. What modern coinage means “to pretend not

to see someone”?

19. What are those little spots of paper that fall

off punch cards?

20. What is the correct term for lobsterine?

QUESTIONS:

KEY ANSWERS

1. Who coined the word “cocooning” which means

a staying home trend?

FAITH POPCORN

2. As a noun, what is meant by the word “heads -

up”?

ADVANCE INFORMATION

3. Whose work is the “American Dictionary of the

English Language” published in 1828?

NOAH WEBSTER

QUESTIONS:

4. Who compiled the first comprehensive English

dictionary?

NATHAN BAILEY

5. When two meanings are packed into one word

(e.g. motel, brunch), what do you call that word?

PORTMANTEAU

QUESTIONS:

6. When “chuckle” and “snort” are combined,

what word is formed?

CHORTLE

7. What is the other term for “myocardial

infarction”?

HEART ATTACK

8. According to Barbara Wallraff, what activity is

likened to coining of words?

SEX

QUESTIONS:

9. In the poem “Jabberwocky”, what time of the

day is “brillig”?

4:00 P.M.

10. How many letters comprised the recreational

word coined by James Joyce which means a sound

that represents the symbolic thunderclap?

99

QUESTIONS:

11. Who is the first true recreational word coiner?

GELETT BURGESS

12. What is the only word coined by Rich Hall that

became a permanent English word?

SNIGLET

13. What is the real name of Lewis Carroll who

write the poem “Jabberwocky”?

CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON

QUESTIONS:

14. According to Rich Hall, what is the ability to

turn the bathtub faucet on and off with one’s

toes?

AQUADEXTROUS

15. What word is synonymous to “phantom” and

“ideal”?

EIDOLON

QUESTIONS:

16. What is that experience of thinking that a new

situation had occurred before?

DÉJÀ VU

17. What do you call the plastic wrappers at the

end of shoelace?

AGLETS

18. What modern coinage means “to pretend not

to see someone”?

EYELIE

QUESTIONS:

19. What are those little spots of paper that fall

off punch cards?

CHADS

20. What is the correct term for lobsterine?

TOMALLEY

QUESTIONS: