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English has names for things you didn't know needed one. Could you define them on the spot? A player scored 468 in Weird & Wonderful Words on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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1Language › Idioms & PhrasesMedium"Stealing someone's thunder" comes from a playwright who invented what?Right7.4s+92
2Language › Word OriginsMediumWhy was SOS chosen as the international distress signal?Right5.9s+94
3Language › Languages of the WorldMediumThe German word "Kummerspeck" (weight gained by emotional overeating) literally means what?Wrong12.8s0
4Language › Word OriginsEasyCalling a spoilsport "a Grinch" comes from a book by whom?Right5.8s+94
5Language › LinguisticsHard'A nadder' became 'an adder'. Which animal gained an n the opposite way?Wrong10.9s0
6Language › Word OriginsHard'Crapulence', sickness from too much food or drink, traces back to a Greek word for what?Right8.3s+90
7Language › Word OriginsExpertThe first full edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed in which year?Wrong5.2s0
8Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasyThe phrase "Big Brother is watching you" comes from which novel?Right3.1s+98
9Language › TypographyHardIn old printing, why can 'Congress' seem to read 'Congrefs'?Wrong6.7s0
10Language › Alphabets & ScriptsVery hardScottish names like Menzies, said 'Mingis', carry a z that stood in for which old letter?Wrong7.6s0