Author: scrivener

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When I wrote these, I meant for you to create your own words, but of course if you’d rather just use words already in existence, I’m not going to have you arrested.

1. A portmanteau is a linguistic blend of words, as with “motor” and “hotel” becoming “motel,” or “breakfast” and “lunch” becoming “brunch.” What would be a good portmanteau to describe your mood today?
2. An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase, usually using individual initial letters, as when “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation” becomes LASER and “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus” becomes SCUBA. What’s a pronouncable acronym to describe a meal you had today?
3. A backronym is a constructed phrase purporting to be the source of a word that is an acronym, as when (in elementary school) my classmates insisted KISS (the band name) stood for Knights Under Satan’s Service or that FORD (the name of the auto manufacturer) stood for Fix Or Repair Daily, or Found On Road Daily, and don’t get me started on SPAM. What’s a good backronym for the name of a street you traverse regularly?
4. A demonym is a word identifying residents or natives of a particular place, usually derived from the name of the place, as “Californian” is a demonym for people from California, and “Iraqi” is a demonym for people from Iraq. What would be a good demonym for the people who serve you at a favorite establishment? *
5. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes, as when we describe a cat as saying “meow,” or a sack of flour hitting the floor going “thud.” What are some onomatopoiec words to describe sounds your body makes?

Thanks for participating, and have a C.O.O.L. weekend! **

* You know, like maybe they’re all Sexinese from Sexylvania, or Rudian from Rudeville.
** Considerably Outstanding, Outrageously Long. See how easy #3 is?

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

1. When did you most recently sprinkle something on your food?
2. When were you last made misty by something you saw online?
3. Who are some of your favorite cats and dogs of cinema or television?
4. What precipitated your most recent familial disagreement?
5. Who most recently poured his or her heart out to you?

Thanks for precipitating, and may there be a steady drizzle of happiness coming your way this weekend!

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

1. How’s your stick-to-itiveness these days?
2. What’s an old bit of wisdom you’ve always adhered to?
3. In what ways (or in which contexts) are you clingy?
4. What’s a topic you can’t seem to get ahold of?
5. When did a movie most recently have you in its grip from beginning to end?

Thanks for participating, and may your weekend be anything but tacky!

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

1. What’s the most recent pleasant item you received for free?
2. What do you wish to be free of?
3. What do you wish to be freed from?
4. What’s a song you like with the word (or some form of the word) “free” in it?
5. What’s something you could do so you’d have more free time?

Thanks for participating, and have an unrestricted weekend!

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your website. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. please don’t forget to link us from your website!

1. What are the areas of your expertise?
2. What are you territorial about?
3. What’s a bit of specific wisdom from your field that could apply to life in general?
4. How big or small is your personal space bubble?
5. What are your current emotional and mental states?

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

1. What’s your strategy for eluding danger?
2. What have you recently escaped?
3. When did you last dodge a question?
4. Whose slings and arrows of outrageous fortune are you grateful aren’t yours?
5. What’s something (or who is someone) you’ve rescued?

Thanks for participating, and have a safe weekend!

Oh. I turned XXXXXI this week. Lift one in the direction of Honolulu and send me silent good thoughts as you drink. I’m running out of birthdays, so I covet any positivity I can get!

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

Dang it. It’s nearly 5:00 in the afternoon here and I totally forgot about this — I kept thinking today was Thursday.

1. What is your most recent experience with caring for plants?
2. When was the last time you administered first aid?
3. When did you last receive words of encouragement?
4. When did you last hold a baby animal?
5. What was your last alcoholic drink?

Thanks for participating, and have a beautiful new year!

I’m wording these like end-of-season sports awards, but of course you can interpret (and answer) them however you please!

1. Who is your 2019 most valuable player?
2. Who is your 2019 newcomer of the year?
3. Who is your 2019 most improved player?
4. Who is your 2019 comeback player of the year?
5. Who receives your 2019 team spirit award?

Thanks for participating, and have a wonderful weekend and end-of-year!

1. What was your most recent unexpected expense?
2. What was your most recent pleasant surprise?
3. What can’t you find ?
4. What are you hiding from?
5. Who is a mystery?

Thanks for participating, and have a gorgeous weekend!

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please (please!) copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

I have a feeling I’ve asked a bunch of these before but it’s possible I’ve lost most of the questions from before the hack, so I can’t check. It’s okay. They’re pretty good ones to answer again!

• What was the last thing you spilled?
• What was the last thing you broke?
• What was the last thing you dented?
• What was the last thing you tore?
• What was the last thing you stumbled over?

Thanks for participating, and have a graceful weekend!