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Originally Posted by mylittledemon
I was in 8th grade, in Math class (musta' been late 1992 or early 93). The class had just finished taking a test. When all the tests were handed in, we had about 10 minutes left... so the class played SCRABBLE. Whoever spelled a word first "won"... and I think it was for extra credit pts on the test or something to that effect.
Well... I won. I raised my hand. I'll never forget the frown on Mrs. Holt's face.
She said, " That is NOT a word." and then proceeded to award me no extra credit pts, and continue on with the game. I said, " Umm... well it IS a word. I've seen it, or heard it somewhere. I even spelled it right."... She said "It's not a word, that doesn't count."
Frustrated, I left class feeling as if I'd done something wrong.
So what was the word? Guido. That's right. Guido. It's a f**king word, madam.
True story.  |
My ex just posted something similar on Facebook, in 9th grade he failed a paper for plagiarizing. He's always had a sick vocabulary but the teacher just didn't believe they were his words - they were!
Although I looked up guido online and I don't think it is a word but Guido is a name. Maybe she was offended?