Big Words
Used Incorrectly
(American) English Oddities
New Words
Letters
100

The name of a Mary Poppins song

What is Supercalifragilisticexpedalidocious?

100
It is words like they're, there, and their or two, to, and too
What are homophones?
100
Even though they are not spelled anywhere close to each other, this term for a small horse rhymes perfectly with this common lunch meat
What are pony and bologna?
100
A non-sexual relationship between two male friends
What is a bromance?
100
The number of letters in the alphabet
What is 26?
200

A type of Scandinavian meal served buffet-style with multiple dishes of various foods on a table

What is a Smörgåsbord?

200
People literally use literally incorrectly all the time. They mean the opposite of literally, or this.
What is figuratively?
200
When the numbers are spelled out in order, this number is the first time you see an "A"
What is one thousand?
200

A person closely resembling a smaller or younger version of another

What is a mini-me?
200
The first letter in the Greek alphabet
What is alpha?
300

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

What is serendipity?
300
Poisonous is also used incorrectly. Food is poisonous. Snakes, however are not. They are this.
What is venomous?
300
Of over one hundred words that have no perfect rhyme in the English language, these three are colors
What are orange, purple and silver?
300

To watch many or all episodes of a TV or movie series in rapid succession

What is to binge watch?
300
The last letter in the Greek alphabet
What is omega?
400

Use of words which sound like the thing described, like buzz or splash

What is an onamonapia?

400

Its means It has possession of something. It's is short for this.

What is it is?

400
These are the only two words that end in -gry.
What are hungry and angry?
400

To move into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken as a joke or prank

What is a photo bomb?
400
Residents of Boston, Massachusetts have a hard time pronouncing this letter of the alphabet
what is the letter "R"?
500
It's the longest word in the English language with only one vowel
What is strengths?
500
Severe and chronic are two different things as well. A severe cough is a really bad cough. A chronic cough is a cough does this.
What is it never goes away?
500
This is the technical term for words like mom, wow, racecar, and rotator
What is a palindrome?
500
It's the name of a company that employs average people to become taxis on their down time
What is Uber?
500
This sound that Canadians put at the end of their sentences sounds a lot like a letter

what is eh (A)?

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