twee means:
1. horrid
2. dainty
3. bear-like
4. moderate
I guessed and got it right! Small victory but one nonetheless. I have a new addiction: FreeRice. I play and feed hungry people at the same time.
“After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice an odd phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.”
For each word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations to help end World Hunger. It is the brainchild of Poverty.com and has been around since the beginning of October 2007. There are 50 levels of words though the organizers say in their FAQ section that it is rare for individuals to get higher than 48. I usually get up to level 37 before being completely clueless as to what the word means.
The user interface is slick and compelling. Ten grains of rice appear in a wooden bowl for each word you get right. The response time is lightning fast *at least it is at 7:45 am EDT when I do it* and it is a win-win situation. I help in the battle to end world hunger while exercising my brain. In this world where our senses are bombarded by ads, I am using this as part of my morning routine, right after Websudoku and Set Daily puzzle. It costs me nothing but time.
Now I also know: “If it is too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.” I can not find anything wrong with this website. I do believe the organizers are using the revenue generated by the advertising to give the resulting funds to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). I understand that this is a fun propaganda tool. They have sold me on why they created the website:
We believe that when enough people around the world become knowledgeable about hunger, it will no longer be tolerated.
I hope you will check it out and pass it on. Because yesterday, 120 out of the 192,744,570 grains of rice were from me. One minuscule drop in the bucket but together what an impact we can make.
If you were wondering - twee means "dainty".
3 comments:
Curse you, Bonnie - this is too much fun! I love this kind of thing and can see myself easily becoming addicted! This is a great program - reminds me of the "click for free mammograms" site.
I learn so much from all of you. I did some digging about found that freerice was developed by John Breen, a computer programmer from Bloomington, Indiana. Let's hear it for Hoosiers!
I loved the Jeff Han thing that I showed it to my Online Information Retrieval classes. It opens our eyes to new possibilities that we had not imagined.
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