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Can you guess our #CEDWordofTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check back later this week to see if you are right!
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If you're like me, you only know the different types of ballroom dances from watching Dancing With the Stars. A classic fan fav is the quickstep for its fast and energetic pace.
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Can you get this week’s #CEDWordOfTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check later this week for the answer.
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#CWOTY26 ALERT! We are once again calling on our Canadian community to come together and decide which word defined Canada in 2026. Have your say by submitting your nomination for CWOTY26 (Canadian Word of the Year 2026): ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
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Nominations will be open until November. Please share this link with the Canadians in your network.
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Last year, the Society for Canadian English launched its first CWOTY (Canadian word of the year) competition. You can read the history of that here: ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php…
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A small programming note: our social media volunteer is taking a short vacation to relax and recharge! We will be back on your feeds in two weeks. Try not to miss us too much, and feel free to suggest some fun words below that we can use for a #CEDWordofTheWeek in the future.
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Not an everyday word, but a fantastic one to pull out when talking about history and food. Definition status: draft original #cedwordoftheweek
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Can you figure out the riddle and get this week's #CEDWordOfTheWeek? Comment your guess below and come back later this week for the answer!
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In the 2004 film, Napoleon Dynamite, Napoleon's mom is leaving him alone for the weekend, and he worries about what he'll eat while she's gone. Her response has become a much-quoted meme: "Fix yourself a dang quesadilla!" It's out #CEDWordOfTheWeek!
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Not quite as easy as girl dinner, but still a go to quick meal! Do you know our #CEDWordofTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check back later this week to see if you are right!
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Our #CEDWordOfTheWeek this week is queen cup! Have you seen one before? Also known as the bride's bonnet or bead lily, it has a single white flower. After pollination, this flower is replaced by a single blue berry - poisonous to humans (!) but edible for forest birds.
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One for the flora fans! Can you get this week's #CEDWordOfTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check later this week for the answer.
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I bend my back when you seek to learn, A symbol of doubt, uncertainty, churn. A hook for a mystery, a curlicue bow, I stand at the end when you seek to know. Definition status: draft original #CEDWordOfTheWeek #CanadianEnglishDictionary
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Can you get this week’s #CEDWordOfTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check later this week for the answer.
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A trick you can predict just by looking at your cards. It’s not magic… but it feels a little like it #CanadianEnglishDictionary
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Any bridge players out there? Can you get this week’s #CEDPhraseOfTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check later this week for the answer.
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A tetrad of identical sheets of carbon paper Pressed beneath a heavy pen The ink bleeds through to every layer Creating four uniform accounts This record keeper is documenting things... how? Quadruplicately! #CEDWordOfTheWeek
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Can you get this week’s #CEDWordOfTheWeek? Comment your guess below and check later this week for the answer.
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There once was a student named Elle In short order, she would excel "What? Like it's hard?" She learned fast and was Barred She caught on remarkably well! You could say she was this week's #CEDPhraseOfTheWeek
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