madbunny wrote:Oxymoron
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madbunny wrote:Panacea
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

madbunny wrote:You guys, give me three new words, and I'll quiz some teachers myself.
Something that would be normal to use in a sentance, but that you've gotten the puzzled look for using.
madbunny wrote:You guys, give me three new words, and I'll quiz some teachers myself. Something that would be normal to use in a sentance, but that you've gotten the puzzled look for using.
Arigatomina wrote:madbunny wrote:You guys, give me three new words, and I'll quiz some teachers myself.
Something that would be normal to use in a sentance, but that you've gotten the puzzled look for using.
Droll.
madbunny wrote:Truly, this is a sad day for me.
I think I need to redeem myself somehow.
You guys, give me three new words, and I'll quiz some teachers myself.
Something that would be normal to use in a sentance, but that you've gotten the puzzled look for using.
Orwell wrote:Every time I see this used, the sentence/context would be the same if you substituted dull, but when I look it up, I get, "having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality" and to substitute any word like that into the sentence would change the description.
SQ wrote:You teach english, right, Madbunny?
Really cool teacher, though.
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

godix wrote:Try this one: irony. I'm willing to bet 100% of the teachers will think they know what it means but I suspect most will be wrong.
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