Thursday's Daily Quiz

4 months ago

You are more likely to be killed by this than by a poisonous spider. Keep this in mind during the festivities. What is it?

---a champagne cork. Keep that in mind when you're celebrating New Year's! :-)

Today's question is

This person is the creator of 3000+ words and phrases. (Just to name a few: Gossip, lonely, love is blind, good riddance) Who is it?

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Lola Bojackie
4 months ago
Shakespeare
dedtired
4 months ago
Adele

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roxsol, love your answer, "cannibals". I hope that I am wrong in my answer but I am going to say handicap people.
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nicole___
4 months ago
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I own THIS book with multiple stories told on a cross country trip as I recall....so I'll just stay out of it....or...ok...DED!
bragu_DSM 5
4 months ago
benjamin franklin
Annie Deighnaugh
4 months ago
I'm thinking Shakespeare, but it's already been said so I'm going with either

Norm Crosby: King of Malaprops

or

Burt Bacharach: King of jingles

;)
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
4 months ago
Mr. Webster
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
4 months ago
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OED, but I thought they just added new words people use to the dictionary rather than invent them themselves. ??? Oh and not a person, so I have no idea.
Rusty
4 months ago
Albert Einstein.

Rusty

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