“What<\/i> is the matter with Mary Jane?<\/p>\n
She\u2019s crying with all her might and main,<\/p>\n
And she won\u2019t eat her dinner\u2014rice pudding again\u2014<\/p>\n
What is<\/i> the matter with Mary Jane?”<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Giggle.<\/p>\n So, with Milne’s Mary Jane in mind, match the terms below with their meanings, listed further below. But don’t click on “read more”\u00a0until you’re ready for the answers.<\/p>\n I’ll give you one hint: all of the words are nouns that refer to people with certain, shall we say \u2026 unsavory dispositions.<\/p>\n WORDS:<\/p>\n 1. blatherskite<\/p>\n 2. snollygoster<\/p>\n 3. makebate<\/p>\n 4. mumpsimus<\/p>\n 5. kibitzer<\/p>\n 6. mullygrubber<\/p>\n 7. fabulist<\/p>\n MEANINGS:<\/p>\n A. a grump<\/p>\n B. someone who incites quarrels<\/p>\n C. a person given to voluble, empty talk<\/p>\n D. a clever, unscrupulous person<\/p>\n E. a liar<\/p>\n F. a giver of uninvited or unwanted advice, or someone who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks<\/p>\n G. someone who holds stubbornly to a viewpoint in spite of clear evidence that it’s wrong<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ANSWERS:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. C<\/p>\n 2. D<\/p>\n 3. B<\/p>\n 4. G<\/p>\n 5. F<\/p>\n 6. A<\/p>\n 7. E<\/p>\n P.S. This MaryJane actually loves<\/i> rice pudding!<\/p>\n photo by Rudi Riet via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Word quiz time! I stumbled across an old favorite poem, “Rice Pudding,” by A.A. Milne (of Winnie the Pooh fame), and the following lines inspired me to craft this, er, cantankerous little quiz: “What is the matter with Mary Jane? … Continue reading ![\"Rice_pudding_vanilla_cinnamon\"](\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Rice_pudding_vanilla_cinnamon.jpg\")