Comments on Puzzle #14752: Word of the Day: Macadam
By Trish (tryingmysoul)
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#1: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 19, 2011 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#2: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Jun 19, 2011
nice puzzle.#3: Jota (jota) on Jun 19, 2011
Perhaps more Horsed around ...#4: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 19, 2011 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Lilly Johns (LJohns315) on Jun 19, 2011
Another nice word of the day, Trish!#6: Edith Clark (eclark) on Jan 8, 2012
Nice word, but what is the blue and red? The broken stone?#7: Tom Siebert (tsiebert) on Dec 31, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#8: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jun 6, 2013
Another fact learned on this site. Did not know where the term macadam came from.#9: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jun 6, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#10: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jun 7, 2013
According to the interwebs, tarmac is short for tarmacadam, or tar-penetrating macadam. :)#11: BRASH ATAOM (BRASHatAOM) on Jan 25, 2023
I've always used "tarmac" as the name for the paved area that planes drive on before take-off, not as a type of pavement.
Boyfriend and I once got lost on the dirt roads of WV. We saw two girls walking and asked directions. "Well, you go two miles and you'll get to Macadam." As if it were a destination....
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