Recent Word of the Week Winners
War Memorial Library :
Necromancy
Noun
Communication with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future. Sorcery. Black magic.
chosen by Danielle Crump (12JO)
Anomie
Noun
Lack of social or moral standards or values in an individual or society. Loss of a sense of what it is to be normal.
chosen by Nabila Wright (13AP)
Serendipity
Noun
The ability or habit of making pleasant or interesting discoveries by accident.
chosen by Mr. Case (English Department)
Septenviguple
Noun/adjective/verb
The term for multiples of 27 i.e. 27 times something. Used in the game of Scrabble.
chosen by Mr. Fordham (Student Leadership Coordinator)
Discovery Library :
Lebensraum
Noun
A territory claimed by a nation or state because it is necessary for survival or growth.
chosen by William Breslin (8BM)
Neophyte
Noun
A person newly converted to a religion.
chosen by Jordan Smith (7CZ)
Stygian
Adjective
Gloomy or Hellish.
chosen by Noah Thompson (8LO)
Christmas
Noun
Annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ when Christians give presents to each other.
chosen by Peter Ralph (7CT)
What a nifty collection of words. My one's my favourite, of course, but "septenviguple" is wicked. Is it really only used in scrabble, though? In chess, for example, "checkmate, and "stalemate", and "a mere pawn" are such specialised terms that have creeped into our everyday volcabulary.
ReplyDeleteYou never know, we might be saying "septenviguple" casually, once Scrabble has taken over the world...