Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contest. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Contest Reminder
Don't forget to enter the Create a Portmanteau Word Contest. Also, there has been a change to the rules - you are now permitted to enter as many portmanteau words as you can create.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Create a Portmanteau Word Contest
Contest Time Again
Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the Most Unusual Word Contest this past spring. There were many great entries and some outstandingly unusual winning words. The contest was so enjoyable that I thought it would be fun to have another contest. What kind of contest? Well, the recent posts about creative portmanteau words got me to thinking, "Why not create some more?" To refresh your memory - Portmanteau words are those that are formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words.Please follow the directions below and enter to win "A Walk in the Words" T-Shirts and other prizes.
To enter: Please submit a portmanteau word of your own creation that is precise and economical (ex. from last week's post - afterthoughtful) by clicking on the comment button below.
Please include your name, city where you are located, and an email address.
You may enter as many portmanteau words as you can create.
Like the Most Unusual Word Contest from the spring, the winners will be selected by a panel of judges including me and devoted Walk in the Words readers Lori and Tanya.
The contest deadline is Sunday, 10/12/08
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Most Unusual Word Contest Deadline Approaches
Tomorrow is the Last Day to Enter the Most Unusual Word Contest
For more details click:
http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
Don't miss out on your chance to win an impressive array of prizes.
For more details click:
http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
Don't miss out on your chance to win an impressive array of prizes.
Friday, May 30, 2008
The Most Unusual Word Contest -- Word List
Following are the words that have been entered in the Most Unusual Word Contest thus far:
gewgaw, catawampus, bloviate, imbroglio, irregardless, filibuster, troncmaster, pwnennia, quinquennium, verbigerate, uranus, anemone, discombobulated, donnybrook, sesquipedalian verbiage, hubizens, borborygmus, deglycyrrhizinated, sanguivorous, squeehaw, googlewhack, extrapolate, octarchy, lachrymatory, paraskevidekatriaphobia, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, batrachophagous, naked = A note made in a burial register when the corpse was unshrouded and the coffin unlined.
Zygosaccharomyces
Don't forget to enter the contest. For details and instructions click - http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
gewgaw, catawampus, bloviate, imbroglio, irregardless, filibuster, troncmaster, pwnennia, quinquennium, verbigerate, uranus, anemone, discombobulated, donnybrook, sesquipedalian verbiage, hubizens, borborygmus, deglycyrrhizinated, sanguivorous, squeehaw, googlewhack, extrapolate, octarchy, lachrymatory, paraskevidekatriaphobia, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, batrachophagous, naked = A note made in a burial register when the corpse was unshrouded and the coffin unlined.
Zygosaccharomyces
Don't forget to enter the contest. For details and instructions click - http://walkinthewords.blogspot.com/2008/05/most-unusual-word-contest.html
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
Friday, May 23, 2008
The Most Unusual Word Contest
Enter to Win "A Walk in the Words" T-Shirts and other prizes.
To enter: Please submit your favorite unusual word by clicking on the comment button below.
Please include your name, city where you are located, and an email address where I can reach you.
You may only enter once so make sure your unusual word is really different.
The winners will be selected by a panel of judges including me and devoted Walk in the Words readers Lori and Tanya.
What qualifies as an unusual word? A word that is not well known, a word that sounds unusual, a known word with an unusual meaning. Your word cannot be made up and there must be a citable reference of its usage.
Examples: Not well known word -- pebble pup: A young child interested in studying,
collecting and working with rocks.
Unusual sounding word -- tintinnabulation: The ringing of bells.
Known word with unusual meaning -- yard sale: A wipe out in downhill skiing where skis, poles, hat, etc. end up strewn along the mountainside.
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
To enter: Please submit your favorite unusual word by clicking on the comment button below.
Please include your name, city where you are located, and an email address where I can reach you.
You may only enter once so make sure your unusual word is really different.
The winners will be selected by a panel of judges including me and devoted Walk in the Words readers Lori and Tanya.
What qualifies as an unusual word? A word that is not well known, a word that sounds unusual, a known word with an unusual meaning. Your word cannot be made up and there must be a citable reference of its usage.
Examples: Not well known word -- pebble pup: A young child interested in studying,
collecting and working with rocks.
Unusual sounding word -- tintinnabulation: The ringing of bells.
Known word with unusual meaning -- yard sale: A wipe out in downhill skiing where skis, poles, hat, etc. end up strewn along the mountainside.
The contest deadline is Sunday, 6/08/08
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