Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Coining in the Past

Accused, Addiction, Assassination, Amazement, Bandit, Backing, Alligator, Anchovies, and Bedroom. All words used in Shakespeare's plays but what's special about them is that he actually coined those words. It's not known if he actually thought of those words himself but his plays were the first documented usage of them. William Shakespeare coined over 1,600 words, most of which we still use today. Rant or Rants, (also one of my popular blogs) was a word coined by William Shakespeare as well. There are many sites documenting every word he coined so feel free to go check them out if you want to

Anagram:
Q.) A Spadeworks Sheers
A.) Shakespeare's Words (Having the apostrophe was somewhat cheating though, Sorry)

Q.) Wot Sword
A.) Two Words

Haven't figured it out yet? How about this

Riddle:
Q.) What do a Shrew, a Dictator, A Dream, Twelve nights, and Two lovers have in common?
A.) All have been the subject of a Shakespearean Play.

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