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Cruciverbalist noun  | kroo-suh- vur -buh-list a person who enjoys or is skilled at solving crosswords. E.g.: I'm an unapologetic cruciverbalist.

So these are two words that I often seem people use interchangeably. They both have something to do with 'two' and 'yearly', but let me say it right from the start - they do not mean the same thing. BIANNUAL [bahy- an -yoo-uh l] Adjective 1. occurring twice a year; semiannual. BIENNIAL [bahy- en -ee-uh l] Adjective 1. happening every two years: biennial games. 2. lasting or enduring for two years: a biennial life cycle. 3. (Botany). completing its normal term of life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year, as beets or winter wheat. Noun 4. any event occurring once in two years. 5. (Botany). a biennial plant. Now you know Empi

Hi folks! Some of you might remember I used to do a Wednesday Weekly post called "Word Wednesday".  I have decided to resume those posts, but I'm now calling it Playing With Words, which I think opens up the possibilities. I may be wrong - time will tell. So for my inaugural "Playing with words" post, I chose to look at " everyday " vs " ever day ". If you're like me, then your default position is it's one word. Apparently not!  Here's the 411