The Scripps National Spelling Bee, once a symbol of pride for our nation’s youth, has deteriorated in recent years into a feeble-minded joke, with so-called “champions” claiming their victories with simple words like “cymotrichous” an “knaidel.” Thankfully, that’s all about to change.
Tonight, at 8 p.m., 11 children selected by lottery from the 50 districts of the post-apocalyptic nation of The United States of America will battle to the death on live television, in a competition that combines the erotic violence of vampires making love in a pool of blood with the danger and unpredictability of…
Scripps National Spelling Bee, America's annual tribute to idiocy in which do-nothing burnouts from around the country speak random letters into a microphone in the hopes that perhaps some of them will spell a word, is finally making an attempt to better itself.
"Cymotrichous" is defined as "having wavy hair." But for 14-year-old Sukanya Roy—the winner of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, which just wrapped up outside Washington, DC—it means $25,000 cash, a $5,000 scholarship, a $2,500 bond, a Barnes & Noble Nook, and the title of the best middle school speller in…
14 year-old Anamika Veeramani won the Scripps National Spelling bee yesterday after correctly spelling "Stromuhr." Definition: "An instrument for measuring the flow of viscous substances." She'll now enter the lucrative Professional Spelling League, signing with the Chicago Dictionary Destroyers. [CNN]
[Even smart little boys like Christopher S. Rupprecht couldn't help making silly faces while he waited his turn at the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in Washington D.C. yesterday. Image via Getty]
