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T Vocabulary Words Quiz #1

Guess these vocabulary words that start with the letter T.
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First submittedDecember 21, 2012
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Definition
Word
The art of stuffing animals
Taxidermy
Formal garment of Ancient Rome
Toga
Late for school
Tardy
After primary and secondary
Tertiary
Cross dresser
Transvestite
Large, lower leg bone
Tibia
Male cat
Tom
Spanish appetizers
Tapas
Poisonous
Toxic
Movie with sound
Talkie
Rotating gun emplacement -
such as on a tank
Turret
Definition
Word
Somewhere between opaque and transparent
Translucent
The crime of betraying one's country
Treason
Musical range between bass and alto
Tenor
System of government where
religious authorities are in charge
Theocracy
Patterned wool associated with Scottish clans
Tartan
Pitchfork carried by Neptune
Trident
3-sided hat worn in the colonial U.S.
Tricorn
1,000 gigabytes
Terabyte
Coccyx
Tailbone
Yelled as a tree is chopped down
Timber
Disease also known as consumption
Tuberculosis
mikeyanderson7
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Level 68
Jan 9, 2013
Weren't movies with sound also called Talking Pictures?
Dimby
+3
Level 77
Dec 10, 2022
Moving picture would line up with talking picture. Movie, on the other hand…
Aims
+1
Level 40
May 6, 2013
Could traitor be an answer for the question about a country betraying another country
buck1017
+2
Level 77
Jan 13, 2014
A traitor is not the crime, but rather the criminal. I would say not agree that traitor would be accepted as it doesn't answer the question.
llamedos
+1
Level 44
Apr 30, 2018
yeah i didn't get that one either, i tried traitor and treachery
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Dec 18, 2018
I agree it shouldnt be accepted but tried traitor aswell, then read again, and saw they needed the crime and couldnt think how I could make an "act" out of the word traitor. Traiting, traitoring? lol But treachory sounds good ( not sure if that is used for betrayal of your country or just betrayal in general though)
Tinu
+6
Level 41
Oct 23, 2014
I know that some do not like complaints about these quizzes being too "americocentric", but I would nevertheless like to point out that tricorns are by no means specific for colonial North America. They were widespread in the 18th century and worn throughout the European cultural sphere (including overseas territories and Asian Russia) - just look up pictures of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, for example.
akwildrose
+2
Level 51
Apr 30, 2015
That's interesting. I didn't know that.
OfficerDibble
+5
Level 80
Apr 6, 2018
Both Nelson and Napoleon are usually pictured wearing tricorns.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 2, 2022
Napoleon wore a bicorne. Now it's my turn to be pedantic!
Marvo7
+1
Level 60
Dec 10, 2022
As did Nelson!
DE60
+5
Level 66
Dec 14, 2014
Please accept TB for tuberculosis
kitshef
+6
Level 84
May 14, 2015
And also for Terabyte. We are busy people.
DonTheLamplighter
+7
Level 84
Aug 10, 2017
Seriously? You can't take the time to type out tuberculo.....oh, man, I see what you mean. I gotta go.
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 88
Nov 27, 2022
Yes!
ander217
+3
Level 75
Apr 30, 2015
Pitchforks and tridents are two different things used for completely different actions. Pitchforks are curved and usually have four slim, round tines, and are used for picking up and pitching loose hay. Tridents are straight with three flat, pointed tines and are used for spearing frogs and fish. One could not pitch hay very well with a trident, nor would one have much luck gigging a fish with a pitchfork.
ChrisInAfrica
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Level 24
May 14, 2015
Agreed. Perhaps "three pronged spear" would be a better clue. Also, am I the only one who thought you shout "timberg?"
DiscoBayGolfer
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Level 79
May 14, 2015
I think so.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Sep 12, 2015
Why would you need 3 tines to spear a frog, and come to think of it, why would you need to spear a frog in the first place?
samiamco
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Level 69
Jul 15, 2016
Well, frogs' legs are tasty. ;-)
ander217
+1
Level 75
Apr 13, 2017
Gig all night, clean the frog legs, roll them in flour and fry for breakfast with fried potatoes, biscuits, and a bowl of white gravy. Yum.
dbyeti
+3
Level 66
Sep 24, 2018
not very useful unless you’re up against three vampires all huddled up, eh?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Dec 18, 2018
And nobody living under the sea in their right mind would use a pitchfork. (it is SUCH a landthing to do...)
luxint
+4
Level 65
May 14, 2015
nice quiz, but not sure why the clue for tardy was not simply Late, why "late for school"....that would be like for the clue toxic you saying "poisonous drink", i.e. the drink part is not needed...
ADeljaj
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Level 68
May 14, 2015
Its an added hint, considering the overwhelming majority of the time one would hear the word "tardy" would be if they were late for school...because unless you come across some overly pedantic asshole, chances are they won't be saying youre tardy for being late to work or lunch.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Dec 18, 2018
really? The school addition made me NOT type tardy, because I figure it múst be something else (I literaly almost started typing it and stopped myself). In the end more for fun ( or desperation) I typed tardy anyway, extremely surprised it was right for that clue. I thought it was just a posh/oldfashioned word for late
CardinalSin
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Level 77
Dec 29, 2019
I am with Sifhraven 100%. The clue should just be late - I almost missed it too.
JohnK
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Level 69
Jun 19, 2021
Also was steered away from tardy at first by the clue. Since it was specific to schools, I tried "truant". We don't use tardy to mean late for school here (weirdly, we use the term "Late"), so I'd only use tardy *outside* the school context.
Olober
+3
Level 57
May 18, 2019
As a Brit throwing my tuppence worth in, whenever I have heard the word "tardy" I have heard it used only in the context of kids being late to school. It's not a word we use in the UK in my experience, so I have only heard it on american tv and have always had the impression it is used only for little kids. I would've thought it would be inappropriate to call a full grown adult "tardy", but now I'm not so sure!
Newroadgirl
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Level 68
Oct 15, 2020
It might be an age thing. I've never heard it used with reference to school, though I used to be a teacher, but fairly often in business letters - apologies for this tardy reply...

Would be considered old-fashioned now I imagine.

JohnK
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Level 69
Jun 19, 2021
In my (Australian) experience, it's never used for schools, and rarely used at all, but carries a connotation of being habitually late, or unreasonably slow (failing to keep up with a group, for example).
EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
Jul 1, 2021
Just look it up in the dictionary. It means late or slow. It has nothing to do with school.
Marvo7
+2
Level 60
Dec 10, 2022
No! It's nothing to do with school.
BlackLab
+2
Level 65
May 14, 2015
"The art of stuffing animals."

I get a mental picture of somebody stuffing a 'Pooh-bear' type stuffed animal like Rupert on Family Guy wondering to myself "What the hell do they call those people?"

Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Dec 18, 2018
Exactly... !! This time I thought of stuffed animals, like the toys, while on another quiz it was the other way around, the only think I could think of was taxidermy. The pluche things hadnt even crossed my mind. (maybe that why this time that was what I thought about, took me another lookover of the clues before the penny dropped. Mainly because I couldnt think of a word for the other thing besides the one I made up, teddying haha
IntelVoid
+1
Level 66
May 16, 2015
Pretty sure that's a bicorn in the picture, not a tricorn
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 10, 2017
Not sure, but I see three "corns".
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Dec 18, 2018
Very corny subject.. ;)
MassLumpBlockClod
+2
Level 83
Aug 24, 2015
maybe accept terrabyte with two r's?
katiemfob
+4
Level 56
Dec 19, 2015
would be nice if terrabyte was accepted as a misspelling of terabyte :)
cricketwes
+3
Level 57
Mar 27, 2017
Please accept TB for tuberculosis
SpacemanSpiff
+9
Level 63
Apr 13, 2017
"Cross dresser" is a derogatory term that trans people find extremely offensive the same way a certain "F" word is offensive to gay people. Should be removed. No place for it here.
Zalias
+8
Level 36
Jan 25, 2018
Crossdressers and transgender people have nothing to do with one another. A crossdresser is simply someone who enjoys wearing clothes for the opposite sex, but still identifies with the gender assigned at birth. Crossdressers exist and are not offensive and practically no transgender person would agree with your position.
jkabq
+1
Level 62
Mar 28, 2018
good to know that it is an offensive term.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Sep 23, 2018
SpacemanSpiff is a derogatory term that hottentots find extremely offensive the same way a certain "Q" word is offensive to Norwegians. Should be removed. No place for it here.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 67
Dec 18, 2018
personally I think it is the other way around. Atleast here, transvestite isnt peceived as a positive word. Cross dresser is neutral and simply describes it.
Olober
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Level 57
May 18, 2019
Transvestite also simply describes it. Trans - meaning other side. Vest - meaning clothing. Ultimately, it just means a person who wears the clothing of another "side" (in this case, another gender)

Transvestite would be offensive to most transgender people if it was used to describe them, but I don't imagine that most actual transvestites would be terribly offended by it

Olober
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Level 57
May 18, 2019
I, as a transgender person, find it offensive if somebody calls *me* a crossdresser or transvestite because I am not one, but if it's not directed at me and the person saying it understands the difference between cross dressing and being transgender, then it's perfectly fine.

The T slur, however, is one that I think is universally offensive to cross dressers and transgender people alike (generally speaking, obviously)

rabble
+1
Level 66
Dec 10, 2022
I'm not riding that euphemism treadmill with you. If you have bad thoughts in your head associated with people, that's on you.
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 71
Jun 7, 2017
Oh come on! I was thinking "what diseases are there that begin with T?" and then tried TBC on a whim. As it wasn't accepted I gave up. :(
DrIlluminati123
+1
Level 33
Oct 24, 2017
I put traitor for the crime of betraying one's country.
treblig83
+6
Level 52
Sep 23, 2018
"Transvestite" is not a polite word and should be removed: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Sep 23, 2018
There's nothing wrong with it. This comment should be removed.
ruudsje
+3
Level 69
Sep 25, 2018
transvestite literally means crossdresser, so no problem
InterAlia
+6
Level 75
Dec 10, 2022
It doesn't matter what the technical definition is. What matters is the connotation. There are any number of other examples of derogatory terms that don't "mean" anything bad. They just aren't used except by those intending to be mean (or those who haven't yet realized or accepted the changed connotation).

Consider the term "homo". If you want to have a serious conversation about a gay person, that's not the word you use, however technically correct. I think that's point being made by treblig and Olober. Transvestite has lost it's clinical connotation and now is used only with malice or ignorance. Maybe you didn't know before. Now you do. It's a sign of maturity to be willing to adjust to the world as it changes.

vermiciousknid
+1
Level 88
Dec 12, 2022
@ferkettr: Actually I don't think that's what Olober was saying. If you read the comment above, they note it's really only a problem when transvestite is erroneously used to refer to a transgender person. They are two separate concepts. There's a similar term that is more universally considered derogatory, perhaps that's where the confusion lies.

Also: as a gay person myself, I don't think there's anything wrong with using the term homo. I suppose it could be found offensive if it was used in an obviously pejorative way, but in my experience it's more often used as a neutral or positive term. That's the thing with connotation, it varies depending on context and intent.

ianb23ss
+3
Level 24
Feb 13, 2019
Please follow your own link and find

"Cross-dresser Replaces the term "transvestite"."

Dimby
+2
Level 77
Dec 10, 2022
Don’t know about anyone else’s country, but in my area we wouldn’t use this word because it’s considered a pejorative. It became socially unacceptable right about when the “R” word did. Oddly, there’s a word that is considered quite offensive in Britain that no one here in Canada seems to care about (rhymes with jazz…). Anyways, something to consider. It’ll likely be an obsolete word in a few years.
ECon211
+2
Level 88
Sep 23, 2018
"Somewhere between opaque and transparent" could also be 'Tinted'.
coeurdechoeur
+2
Level 79
Sep 23, 2018
A trident is more accurately described as a three-pointed spear. It's a traditional fishing tool, as opposed to a pitchfork, which is a farm tool and has a different shape.
Heinreich
+2
Level 32
Sep 24, 2018
I and my girlfriend think "Tranny", "Transsexual" and "Transgender" should be possible answers for the "Cross dresser" question, not only "Transvestite".
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Sep 25, 2018
Those are all wrong. Transvestite != transgender.
Olober
+8
Level 57
May 18, 2019
Quizmaster seconded, but also that first one is a slur on par with the N-word for black people and the F-word for gay people. Completely inappropriate
alextrebekjr
+2
Level 62
Sep 30, 2018
Is "truant" close enough for the "late for school" clue?
fuanacdc
+2
Level 84
Jun 18, 2019
That would be closer to absent.
Bonzo65
+1
Level 70
Dec 10, 2022
I went with truant because the clue included a school reference, which is wrong. Tardy just means late or slow, and I've never heard it used referencing school.

I suppose it could come up in the school-related sentence, "Jenkins was somewhat tardy in his response to the headmaster's question, resulting in him receiving six of the best."

I bet 'six of the best' is drawing a few blank faces these days.

Walacama
+2
Level 81
Dec 11, 2022
It is used as school reference all the time, but perhaps its not commonly used outside of the USA? Most report cards have a column that lists "Days Tardy" or something similar. "Tardy Slip" "Why were you tardy today?" etc...
ingriddurden
+1
Level 60
Feb 13, 2019
between bass (lowest male voice) and alto (lowest female voice) ? strange question
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 88
Dec 12, 2022
Perhaps it was intended to be between baritone and alto?
Lytcadorea
+2
Level 17
Apr 23, 2019
I missed 'Tertiary' because I spelled it 'Teritary'
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Apr 1, 2020
16 not bad
hthedrums
+1
Level 69
Aug 31, 2021
I believe a Terabyte is 1024 Gigabytes, not 1000 (I've been wrong about these things before though).
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Sep 2, 2022
It can be both but the SI standard uses 1000.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 88
Nov 27, 2022
Tapas is not strictly an appetiser, but rather a selection of small dishes intended together as the “main course”

Everyone shares - it’s lovely!

kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Dec 10, 2022
Now I feel hungry.
spiller
+2
Level 61
Dec 11, 2022
Its almost 2023, can we remove the transvestite reference?
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 88
Dec 12, 2022
The topic has been discussed extensively in the comments above. I think issues arise when folks who are unfamiliar with the differences between similar-sounding terms misuse them. Ultimately, I feel that educating someone on the nuances of the terminology is more helpful than demanding a word be removed. The latter reaction simply reifies the erroneous negative connotation, rather than clearing up ambiguity.
echoes
+1
Level 84
Aug 14, 2023
Tibia is duplicated as answer in both T vocab 1 and 2
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