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Link: Ben Franklin’s 200+ Synonyms For “Drunk”
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/113876
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Happy birthday, Mr. Franklin! If there was anything this founding father loved more than women and inventing things critical to modern day living, it was booze.
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Are You Smarter Than A New York Times Reader?
Culture Buzz The Times recently published a list of the most looked-up words of 2011. Here are the top 20 — how many of these do you know without having to look them up? Highlight the area below the word for a definition, and share your score.
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Image: Most Looked-Up NYT Words 2010
Quiz on Friday; spelling counts. (Students will not be responsible for learning crazy words Maureen Dowd made up. Full list here in PDF.)
