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Canadian English Dictionary

Canadian English Dictionary

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Canada's first new general dictionary of English in two decades. Developed by a not-for-profit consortium including @editorscanada, @ubc, and @queensu.

가입일 Ocak 2024
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Our word of the week is a 9-letter adjective starting with “Q,” that could be used to describe the following scenes: - A lake at dawn, glassy and mirror-like, undisturbed. - A dormant volcano, serene and silent. - Winter fields, blanketed in snow, heavy with stillness.
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I’m armour for rodents, a risk in the wild, Yet poets and scribes, their writing I've styled. A prickly protector, a pen by design, What am I, where nature and ink do align?
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It's a concept, a measure of cheer, Not counted in time, or money, or beer. When your weekends have zing, And your workdays don't sting, Then you’re winning at life, here here!
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Pop quiz! What familiar phrase meaning “very fast” links Irene Cara’s song about an ambitious dancer, Queen’s anthem for a lightning-speed hero, Parliament’s funk command to "turn it on", and a Rolling Stones album named for a split-second in time?
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Other quilts were raffled off locally to support the war effort. An estimated 300 quilts still exist overseas and are now valued as cultural artifacts that document Canadian women’s underrecognized wartime labour, skills, and collective artistic expression.
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Did you know? Canadian women produced an estimated 400,000 quilts during WWII (the number is likely higher, but Canadian Red Cross records are incomplete) to send overseas to comfort soldiers and British families displaced by bombing.
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Can you figure out the puzzle and get this week’s #CEDWordOfTheWeek? Use all of the letters to get the word of the week, but comment what other words you can make as well! Comment below and check Wednesday’s post for the answer.
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A banker, a writer, a clerk, All use this word in their work. Whether citing a line, Putting prices on signs, Or tracking a stock market quirk.
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Over time, many brand names have evolved into what we call genericized trademarks, where the brand name is used to reference the product itself, rather than the original manufacturer’s version.
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Red Green, handyman from the north, Made repairs with mainly one source. With a roll silver-grey, He’d just stick it and say, “Problem solved!” (It's a stop-gap, of course.)
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Smooth current hurries Slick glass ripples skim the stones Speed without tumult (Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles)
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