Say you’ve been busy all semester throwing a Frisbee and drinking juice out of a funnel, and now it’s finals week. How are you going to study? Just get yourself a koofer! These old tests, which some universities keep around in their libraries, can...
When something happens above board, it means things are clear and in the open. But this has nothing to do with being on board a ship. Rather, it comes from the term board meaning “table,” as in room and board, and has to do with poker players...
Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game for all of us who fancy the blank tiles in Words With Friends. Given a word and two blank tiles, place one on either end to form a new word. For example, at least two new words can be made by adding a letter to...
cuffing n.— «Cheaters can be a problem, Mr. Crum said. Some cheats prefer a method called “cuffing,” in which “loaded” dice, weighted to land on a certain number, are slipped into a pant leg and stealthily pulled out during a game.» —“Rolling the...
leapicide n.— «And then there are some who just cheat, period. “I went to high school with one other person who was born on a leap day and she told people who asked that her birthday was on Feb. 28, even though it wasn’t,” she said, something leap...
glitching n.— «However, some cheating issues enter a grey area of acceptable behavior. I think “glitching,” a term for exploiting a game’s bugs, falls into one of those categories despite the fact that both professional gamers and designers have...
