Word Origins
This German word means a biologically unrelated look alike.
What is doppelgänger?
This program was the first Microsoft application developed in 1983.
What is Microsoft Word?
Some of us may "Lo Quiero" the sixth biggest fast-food chain in the US with 6799 stores.
What is Taco Bell?
The average one-way time of this for an American is 27.6 minutes and people generally hate them. Luckily, we normally have one that is less than a minute.
What is commute?
It is not "in a while crocodile", but this phase which is another way to say goodbye.
What is see you later alligator?
This animal word originates from Welsh and is most likely a compound word of white & head (Gwyn and Pen).
What is a Penguin? (pen and gwyn, which mean “head” and “white” respectively.)
Sadly, TDS is still using the 2007-2016 file format of this Micrsoft program for it's permit database.
What is Access?
Starting in 1877, this company had a near century-long monopoly on telecommunication services in the USA and Canada.
What is the Bell Telephone Company?
Evel Knievel (29 days), Stevie Wonder (4 days) and Lil Wayne (~6 days) all suffered this condition and all survived.
What is a coma?
A type of movie that is traditionally thought to appeal to girls, but boys can love them too.
What is chick flick or rom com?
This word originates from the Japanese words for empty and orchestra and is often offered in clubs and bars.
What is a karaoke?
'karappo' meaning empty or void and "okesutura" meaning Orchestra.
In The Office Dwight Schute complained that no one paid any attention to his fire safety talk he did using this program. He said that this program was boring, but experience is the best teacher, so he set a mock "fire".
What is Power Point?
This item is a symbol of American Independence and written on it is: "Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof Lev. XXV. v X.
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What is the Liberty Bell?
Staking Sheets made in autocad, bad color schemes and lots of things going on can be described with this word, per Avril Levigne.
What is complicated? (complex if needed)
This flavour of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream has banana, walnut and dark chocolate chunks.
What is chunky monkey?
The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers and hunters is from the Russian for “pelt.”
What is a Parka?
This "social media like" application is where there are communities like TDS Naturalist and is where members of this comittee shared the pets including Cali, Duke, Miso and Nellie.
What is Yammer (Viva Insights)?
This company makes a small bean-shaped candy in 50 varieties ranging from traditional flavors like orange, lemon lime, and very cherry, to more exotic ones like cinnamon, pomegranate, cappuccino, buttered popcorn, and chili-mango. It also makes "Sport Beans" are beans designed to provide physical energy and enhance athletic performance.
What is Jelly Belly?
If you want to avoid these, you will need to pay $3.00 more on Disney +, $7.00 more on Hulu and $8.50 more on Netflix compared with their cheapest plans.
What is commercials?
Often an event where a politician or executive can meet with their constituents or employees. The question-and-answer section of TDS's townhall could maybe be considered one, but not really.
What is a meet and greet?
This word comes from French meaning kind or style. You can find different ones on Netflix or Spotify.
What is Genre?
Micrsoft bought this company in 2011, but it somehow missed the work from work from home boom during the pandemic days and lost significant market share to Zoom?
What is Skype?
The Agariscus Bisporus mushroom can be found in almost every supermarket in America with different names for its different stages of growth. The most immature stage is known as White or Button Mushrooms. This is the popular name for either the second or third stage of growth.
What is a Portebello, Portabella or Baby Bella Mushroom?
In the medical world this word means the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or conditions in a patient. For example, diabetes and smoking.
What is a comorbidity?
A version of "early bird gets the worm", you might think twice about sleeping too long.
What is you Snooze you Lose?