I have 999 words. I'd like to add another couple of lists, but I find myself reluctant to get into the quadruple digits. Maybe I can find something to prune first....

This might come a little late, but:

why, thank you!

I put a description of Blue Moon on the wordie page for blue moon.

Oh, no...sorry...they're just icecream flavors that are common around here in Wisconsin where I live.

Thanks a million for your comment! Let's all get draggled ;)

(I'm using English as a second language so the level of creativity with English still needs polishing...)

It is, indeed, the study of mike :)

The Terrible Towel became a thing during the 1970's when sportscaster Myron Cope talked about the Steeler fans waving towels in the stands during games. Since then, Terrible Towels have been made in the team's black and gold colors and you see tens of thousands of them at Steeler games. Fan twirl them in circles over their heads. Lots of fans twilr towels, but I think it origininated in Pittsburgh.

Hey! That's kind of neat -- my day has been made. I'll thoroughly enjoy the blurb throughout the day, taking a sip of it every time I feel a little glum.

Late response: I'm happy until someone uses the word useful in an entirely arbitrary manner when simply expressing their approval of something; "Ooh, that dress is useful!"

The rage!

Mmmm, I teach 2nd. I'll have to take a peek. Thanks for the heads-up!

J.: for 3rd grade on, my brother (a retired teacher) says. Get it for your own library, it's inexpensive and there's plenty of info on it at amazon.com. I learned about it on an NPR interview with the authors.

Oooo! What ages is it written for?

Jennarenn, I just noticed your comment on the frass page about teaching a "cricket unit" in September (and I'm assuming you weren't just kidding) and I wondered if you knew about the newly released book "The Songs of Insects" by Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger. I just received my copy and it's a stunner--complete with CD of cricket and cicada songs for each entry. Photography is amazing too. Highly recommended, especially if you're really going to teach a cricket unit!

O.

For what it's worth, I found the mentions page behind the "wordie in the news" link at the bottom of every page. There are a couple new links down there that my attention was drawn to, but this one is particularly mysterious because of its URL. :-)

Where has this cool little page been hiding? What else don't I know about?

Correction: looks like it's just showing my first list, which isn't nearly as interesting.

Odd. I haven't seen that happen myself....

I'm confused too. But seeing the words I've last added is kind of handy. Handy for what, I'm not sure.

I am so confused, and it is way past my bedtime. When you click on add, it goes to the words you've recently added. If you're not signed in, it goes to the main page. My poor little brain can't take it.

http://www.wordie.org/words/add

No worries. We love the site, quirks and all. And yes, that is a *fabulous* first sentence. I wish I knew which one was the grand-prize winner.

That's the best worst first sentence I've seen in a long time.

I think the way you're doing it is the only way, at the moment. It's a great suggestion, I'll add it to the 'to-do' list, though it's behind fixing commenting and adding paging in a few spots where it's desperately needed. I'm batty with other things lately, poor Wordie has to stay in the back seat a while longer.

Anybody know how to change the order of your lists once you've made them? The only way I've found is to create a new list and transfer the words one...at...a...time.

Thank you, it *is* a lovely trophy; I'll make sure to keep it polished.

Oh, rats! I missed the whole thing! Sorry...been away from the computer for a while. Maybe next time! Congrats--nice-looking trophy you have there.

Suddenly I've come up with lots of things to keep in a backpack. ;-)

You have emerged victorious from Compendium: Round 1. We are humbled by your aptitude, awed by your proficiency! Make sure to come back for the next game so you can retain your title, champion.

This comment is your trophy. Display it with love for all the world to see.