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January 8, 2008
freerice.com
Take a vocabulary test.
For every word you get right 20 grains of rice are donated through the United Nations to help end world hunger.
Since the site went up last October some 9,481,828,970 English language vocabulary questions have been answered correctly by people around the globe.
[via Nell Boeschenstein and C-Ville Weekly]
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OMG! That is addictive! Just like a slot machine only so much better.....
Posted by: tamra | Jan 9, 2008 2:35:09 AM
Ooooh, that was fun!
And I found out that my new favorite word is "glabrous." Apparently, it means smooth and/or hairless, but that just doesn't sound right -- it sounds like it should mean "lumps of fat" or the name of some Roman big shot. "This meat loaf is far too glabrous for me, it will destroy my diet!" "Glabrous, repair to Pompey's porch and we shall discuss plans to off Caesar!"
Now I'll never remember what it means.
Posted by: Flautist | Jan 8, 2008 7:08:10 PM
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