Friends
Nick's best friend. He plays soccer, and his dad owns an oil company.
Who is Coby Lee?
As a lover of words and a linguistic professor, this is the name of Nick's dad book - and requires Nick to read it in its entirety.
What is Weird and Wonderful Words?
What is the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup?
By far the coolest teacher in the school, this person was once a Grammy-winning rap producer.
Who is Mr. MacDonald?
noun: the amusing and ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of a similar sound.
Nick's Honors English teacher gives him an assignment to find an example of this in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
What is malapropism?
This person is Nick's big crush.
Who is April Farrow?
This is Nick's mom profession
What is a horse trainer?
Nick and his best friend play this online soccer game together a lot.
What is FIFA?
Nick Hall's Honors English teacher, she is also seen later on a date with the school librarian.
Who is Ms. Hardwick?
verb: to laugh loudly
After Nick turns in an assignment to his English teacher, she runs out into the hallway "cachinnating like she's about to pee in her polyester".
What is cachinnate?
This set of twins bully Nick and his friends.
Who are Don and Dean Eggelston?
What is Kentucky?
Coby claims to have met this famous soccer player while at The Dallas Cup.
Who is Pele?
This person runs the School of Ballroom Dance & Etiquette.
Who is Miss Quattlebaum?
noun: something utterly senseless; nonsense
Nick actually really likes this word, but not when his dad uses it.
What is codswallop?
This friend of Nick's is his co-captain on his travel soccer team and picks on Nick's best friend during the soccer when Nick sprains his ankle.
Who is Pernell?
Nick and his mom like to play this game that together at home.
What is Ping-Pong?
During a particularly intense soccer match, Nick endures this injury when his best friend attempts to attack the ball while Nick is about to shoot a goal.
What is a sprained ankle?
This is the book Nick's Honors English teacher gives him while he's in the hospital.
What is All the Broken Pieces?
noun: an excessive use of words
One might argue Nick's dad is guilty of this.
What is logorrhea?
This student in Nick's Honors English class is particularly obnoxious about being a know-it-all and teacher's pet.
Who is Winnifred?
Nick's mom helps to set up a date with Nick and his crush doing this equine activity.
What is horseback riding?
Nick and his best friend play this indoor sport together.
What is futsol?
The library
What is the Dragonfly Cafe?
noun: fear of hearing a certain word
When Winnifred defines the word limerence for the class, Nick imagines he dies of this word.
What is onomatophopia?