Sunday, April 27, 2025, Jacob Reed

NUMBERS GAME

All I can remember from my junior high calculator days are things like 58008 and 71077345. Anybody? So today's theme was more of a "why did they write this clue in calculator font?" than a "what's going on here?" 

Nice to see EMILYBRONTË show up again after all that talk about her name a few days ago. And speaking of diacritics, there's one in IGA Świątek's name that I can't even get my Mac to reproduce! I had to copy and paste it. The tail is called an ogonek, and it denotes a nasal sound, apparently. (Time for me to donate to Wikipedia again...)

I enjoyed TRUTHBOMB (Sudden dose of reality, in slang), SONOTTRUE (Emphatic words of denial), CATCONDOS (Some large structures for pet owners), MEDIAFASTS (Periods of abstinence from TV, news, social platforms, etc.), and CREEPO (Sleazeball). That last one is almost too cute a word for what it means. I was not familiar with Kid CUDI, LIANE Moriarty, or MUKBANGS (Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea), so it's good to learn those.

Gotta run this morning. See you tomorrow!

- Horace