Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'englishlanguage'
October 15, 2007
Define-a-Thon Boston Public Library, Rabb Hall, Central Library Tuesday, October 16, 6:00 pm Free Did you hang on to the flash cards you used when studying for the SAT? Think you know your stuff when it comes to ten-cent words? Well, congratulations, brainiac, because you are in the intellectual center of Boston, where a whole bunch of people think they can take you on at tomorrow's Define-a-Thon. Once again, the Define-a-Thon will be hosted by......
Continue Reading "It's Baaack!: Define-a-Thon at the Boston Public Library"April 18, 2007
The Define-a-Thon will unfold at the Brattle Theatre at 8:00 pm on Thursday, April 19. Tickets are $5 to attend and $5 to participate, and you can get advance tickets from the Brattle's website. You might be able to spell "quotidian," but can you define it? Harvard Book Store, the Brattle, and Houghton Mifflin will be asking you define even tougher words tomorrow night. If you want to show off your word skills, you should......
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