Category: Education
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Word Alert!!
Guess what! The words profiler, pro-lifer, prolific, and prophylactic are not the same. Honest injun!! See, a profiler is a person who predicts the likely behavior of another person based on the information available about them, whereas a pro-lifer is someone who advocates for the legal protection of human embryos and fetuses. Conversely, prolific means productive or…
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Word Alert!!
Guess what! The terms analyst, annalist, anal cyst, analgesic, and Angelina are in no way related. As you know, an analyst is someone who makes a detailed examination of anything complex in order to understand its nature, while an annalist is a recorder of historical events. Conversely, an anal cyst, or anorectal abcess, is a…
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Educators Speak Out!
In more Texas immigration fallout, Faber College Dean, Vernon Wormer announced today that he has placed the entire state of Texas on “Double Secret Probation”. “It’s time somebody put their foot down,” Wormer announced earlier on Noticiero Telemundo, “y YO SOY ESTA PIE!!” Reports say that along with recent immigration bill shenanigans, the state also killed an ROTC…
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Word Alert!!
Did you’ know, the words spectrum, sputum, sanctum, and cecum sound alike, but they are in no way synonymous (not to be confused with cinnamonesque). No, a spectrum is broad range of related objects, values, characteristics, or pant sizes. Sputum is any material that is expectorated from the lungs, such as phlegm or a Hot…