Dictionary Word Search 70
New Entries in Year 2008
This word search puzzle is themed. It hides 18 words or phrases which only first appeared in dictionaries in 2008. Our personal favorite is TURKEY DAY. But while these search terms are listed, there are 2 additional unlisted search terms for you to find. The solution is provided.
Here are three new entries with definitions and sample sentences. There are seventeen others in the puzzle. Are you familiar with them all?
● FRENEMY a person with whom one maintains a friendly relationship, despite a fundamental dislike or an underlying sense of rivalry. The celebrity considered her childhood classmate a frenemy, because the classmate acted friendly to her face while secretly harboring resentment over her success.
● RAT'S NEST something excessively tangled, complicated, disorderly, or messy, whether physical or metaphorical, like tangled wires or a complex web of political intrigue. Beneath the desk in his home office there was a chaotic rat's nest of wires, cables and power strips.
● TURKEY DAY an informal and popular nickname for Thanksgiving, a national holiday in the United States and Canada The grade school teacher explained that the term Turkey Day originated from the tradition of having a roasted turkey as the centerpiece of the annual holiday feast.
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