What did you mean?

The discussions inSeniorLearn.org are based on books - fiction, non-fiction, mysteries, classics, library, whatever. But sometimes the topics get pretty far-ranging.

The other day, in the Fiction discussion, we got into regional US colloquisms, pronunciations, meanings, expressions, etc. One participant gave the following list of words. She said she had seen them used in a course about teaching people how to be precise in word usage, and how to be sure you were completely understood.

Try this yourself - say the first meaning that comes to mind when you see the word. Then see how many other definitions you can come up with. I’d love to hear some of them from you in the comments.

pop …

poke .....

hog ..... .

America .....

soon .....
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