Gershon 2020
Murphy 2022
McSweeny 2022
Impoliteness in Language
Wildcard?!
100

In what year did Gershon start her research on break ups in the media?

What is the year of 2008?

100

"servers" in tech are most often programmed as which gender?

What is female?

100

What does “wyd” mean? 

What is, what are you doing?

100

Name the wonderful professor teaching "Impoliteness in Language" 

What is Cheryl?

100

What are the most used nickname in relationships?

What is babe, baby, and love?

200

What are the two most popular dating apps mentioned by Gershon?

What is Tinder and Brumble?

200

Translated Latin root word for polite

What is polished?

200

According to the article, which gender uses more emojis?

What is women!

200

True or false: The illocutionary act describes what is said while the locutionary act is what is performed in action

What is false?

200

Who is on the 5 dollar bill? 

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

What are some phatic components of interactions that are mentioned?

What is ghosting, Finstas, thirst traps, sliding into DMs, and leaving someone on read?

300

There are two definitions for "polite." Aside from the common definition of politeness describing human behavior, name the second definition. 

What is groups/kinds of people?

300

What sport does Jasmine ask Michael to play? 

What is Basketball 

300

term that describes public self-image 

What is face?

300

This acronym is used to remember the order of operations in arithmetic calculations.

What is PEMDAS?

400

In Gershon's article, what was the highest reported streak number at the time?

What is 1802?

400

The term for attributing human characteristics to non human things (animals, tech, etc.)

What is anthropomorphize?

400

What is an example of an orthographic choice?

Creative or endearing spellings of words such as "heyyy" or "loooooove"

400

This word refers to titles that show respect for position or rank when addressing someone

What is honorifics?

400

What time did Sophie, Caitlin, and Juju meet up?

A. 4:30 PM

B. 3:00 PM but Caitlin was late

C. 3:00 PM 

What is 3:00 PM but Caitlin was late?

500

Who did Gershon not get to interview?

What are friend groups/circles?

500

The author references this individual throughout the article to draw connections to the idea of elites and non elites vs social harmony

What is Henri Bergson?

500

Which keyboard character is typically used in conjunction with correcting a typo? 

What is the star*. 

500

"When physicians have absolute or substantial control over patients' healthcare decisions" is the definition to this term.

What is paternalism?

500

RIDDLE!

Imagine you're in a pitch-dark area where nothing exists. You walk around and stumble upon a mysterious black cat. How do you escape?

What is stop imagining?