#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $800: Under N:
"Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party" nepotism |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | NAME THE BOOK $1000: "Habit, n. A shackle for the free" & "Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support" The Devil's Dictionary |
#5404, aired 2008-02-21 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $400: Under N:
Nuevo is new and nueve is this nine |
#4753, aired 2005-04-13 | QUOTES $1000: From his "Devil's Dictionary": "Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country" (Ambrose) Bierce |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $200: It's a female goat, whether or not she takes care of your children Nanny |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $400: Bedtime headgear, or a bedtime beverage Nightcap |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $600: Attention, Mister Rogers: Nabe, which is slang for a local movie theater, is short for this Neighborhood |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $800: Tidy, or how I like my whiskey Neat |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $1000: Hunt for a synonym for "hunter" & you'll find this hunter mentioned in Genesis 10 Nimrod |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $100: It's said when this game was outlawed in the 1840s, some players added a tenth pin to get around the laws ninepin |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $200: This term for a between-meal snack comes from Yiddish nosh |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $300: A province of ancient Egypt, or a city in modern Alaska Nome |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $400: Perhaps from a word for "lump", it's a small lump of gold, or of wisdom nugget |
#3164, aired 1998-05-07 | "N" THE DICTIONARY $500: This shark may have earned its name because the male hangs on to the female's fin with his teeth a nurse shark |
#1213, aired 1989-12-06 | ROCK 'N' ROLL $300: Jerry Garcia was thumbing through his Funk & Wagnall's Dictionary & found this name for his band the Grateful Dead |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Before N. Webster, many people referred to his "Dictionary of the English Language" published in 1755 Samuel Johnson |
#1126, aired 1989-06-26 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $200: "naut." isn't the abbreviation for naughty but for this nautical |
#741, aired 1987-11-23 | THE DICTIONARY $400: What began as "The N.E.D.," in 1884 is known as this today the Oxford English Dictionary |
#467, aired 1986-09-23 | SPELLING $300: A device used to stop the flow of blood through an artery by compression T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T |