Les asked, "What's the singular of TRIVIA?"
I screamed, "TRIVIUM!" He asked, "How the Hell did you know THAT one?" I answered:
"Sue equals trivium!"
The topic for this week's Word. Of. The. Day (CLICK HERE to see website) is words that one seldom sees as singular:
AUSPICES
PAPARAZZI
COGNOSCENTI
MORES
ANTIPODES
I have added:
GRAFFITO
TENTERHOOK
SCAMPO
TIMPANO
SCRUPLE
DREG
MATHEMATIC
ECONOMIC
BILLIARD
SPECIE
PHYSICS
HUSTING
What about diseases? There are a number:
MEASLES, MUMPS, DIABETES, and HIVES.
Then there's clothing:
BRIEF
JEAN
BRACE
KNICKER
PANT
TROUSER
SHORT
TIGHT
PAJAMA
And a number have to do with devices:
BELLOW
SCISSOR
TONG
BINOCULAR
PLIER
GALLOW
SHEAR
1 comment:
I've heard people say "pajama top" or "trouser leg". ML
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