Is There a Synonym for . . . "Synonym"?

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Published October 13, 2007 at 7:00 AM PDT

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What do you get when you cross a spelling bee with American Idol, and mix all that with a few rounds of Jeopardy!? Why, the National Vocabulary Championship, of course! Martha and Grant discuss this

Is There a Synonym for . . . "Synonym"?

Originally aired May 5, 2007

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What do you get when you cross a spelling bee with American Idol, and mix that with Jeopardy ! Why, the National Vocabulary Championship, of course! Martha and Grant discuss this nail-biting, mind-expanding event.

Grant explains why people yell “Geronimo!” when they jump out of planes, and Martha muses about how many soldiers there have to be before you have a “troop.”

Also, which came first – “duck” the bird, or “duck” the action of, well, “ducking”?

Quiz Guy John Chaneski leads everyone on cross-country chase with cryptic clues.

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