20 information questions that can be asked from the online article

1. by Barbara Wallraff
“SHOULDN’T
THERE BE A
WORD”?
Prepared by:
JOEY F. VALDRIZ

2. 1. Who coined the word “cocooning” which means
a staying home trend?
2. As a noun, what is meant by the word “heads-
up”?
3. Whose work is the “American Dictionary of the
English Language” published in 1828?
4. Who compiled the first comprehensive English
dictionary?
5. When two meanings are packed into one word
(e.g. motel, brunch), what do you call that
word?
QUESTIONS:

3. 6. When “chuckle” and “snort” are combined,
what word is formed?
7. What is the other term for “myocardial
infarction”?
8. According to Barbara Wallraff, what activity is
likened to coining of words?
9. In the poem “Jabberwocky”, what time of the
day is “brillig”?
10. How many letters comprised the recreational
word coined by James Joyce which means a sound
that represents the symbolic thunderclap?
QUESTIONS:

4. 11. Who is the first true recreational word coiner?
12. What is the only word coined by Rich Hall that
became a permanent English word?
13. What is the real name of Lewis Carroll who
write the poem “Jabberwocky”?
14. According to Rich Hall, what is the ability to
turn the bathtub faucet on and off with one’s
toes?
15. What word is synonymous to “phantom” and
“ideal”?
QUESTIONS:

5. 16. What is that experience of thinking that a new
situation had occurred before?
17. What do you call the plastic wrappers at the
end of shoelace?
18. What modern coinage means “to pretend not
to see someone”?
19. What are those little spots of paper that fall
off punch cards?
20. What is the correct term for lobsterine?
QUESTIONS:

6. KEY ANSWERS

7. 1. Who coined the word “cocooning” which means
a staying home trend?
FAITH POPCORN
2. As a noun, what is meant by the word “heads-
up”?
ADVANCE INFORMATION
3. Whose work is the “American Dictionary of the
English Language” published in 1828?
NOAH WEBSTER
QUESTIONS:

8. 4. Who compiled the first comprehensive English
dictionary?
NATHAN BAILEY
5. When two meanings are packed into one word
(e.g. motel, brunch), what do you call that word?
PORTMANTEAU
QUESTIONS:

9. 6. When “chuckle” and “snort” are combined,
what word is formed?
CHORTLE
7. What is the other term for “myocardial
infarction”?
HEART ATTACK
8. According to Barbara Wallraff, what activity is
likened to coining of words?
SEX
QUESTIONS:

10. 9. In the poem “Jabberwocky”, what time of the
day is “brillig”?
4:00 P.M.
10. How many letters comprised the recreational
word coined by James Joyce which means a sound
that represents the symbolic thunderclap?
99
QUESTIONS:

11. 11. Who is the first true recreational word coiner?
GELETT BURGESS
12. What is the only word coined by Rich Hall that
became a permanent English word?
SNIGLET
13. What is the real name of Lewis Carroll who
write the poem “Jabberwocky”?
CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON
QUESTIONS:

12. 14. According to Rich Hall, what is the ability to
turn the bathtub faucet on and off with one’s
toes?
AQUADEXTROUS
15. What word is synonymous to “phantom” and
“ideal”?
EIDOLON
QUESTIONS:

13. 16. What is that experience of thinking that a new
situation had occurred before?
DÉJÀ VU
17. What do you call the plastic wrappers at the
end of shoelace?
AGLETS
18. What modern coinage means “to pretend not
to see someone”?
EYELIE
QUESTIONS:

14. 19. What are those little spots of paper that fall
off punch cards?
CHADS
20. What is the correct term for lobsterine?
TOMALLEY
QUESTIONS: