Online Surveys...

[PlasmaBomb]

Just completed one -

Would you describe the ad you just saw as newsy, by which we mean it told you something new about what was being advertised?

Newsy? WTF? That's not a word surely!

 

[BoomerD]

Sadly, yes it is...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/newsy

"news·y
1    /ˈnuzi, ˈnyu-/
[noo-zee, nyoo-]

–adjective, news·i·er, news·i·est. Informal .
1.
full of news: a nice long newsy letter.
2.
gossipy. "

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsy

"newsy
adj \ˈnü-zē, ˈnyü-\
news·i·ernews·i·est
Definition of NEWSY
1
: containing or filled with news <newsy letters>
2
: newsworthy
&#8212; news&#183;i&#183;ness noun
See newsy defined for English-language learners &#187;
Examples of NEWSY

1. I got a long newsy letter from her.
2. <a newsy TV program covering the local scene>

First Known Use of NEWSY
1832"

 

[coldmeat]

inb4 don't call me shirley

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Sadly, yes it is...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/newsy

"news·y
1 &#8194; &#8194;/&#712;nuzi, &#712;nyu-/
[noo-zee, nyoo-]

–adjective, news·i·er, news·i·est. Informal .
1.
full of news: a nice long newsy letter.
2.
gossipy. "

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsy

"newsy
adj \&#712;nü-z&#275;, &#712;nyü-\
news·i·ernews·i·est
Definition of NEWSY
1
: containing or filled with news <newsy letters>
2
: newsworthy
— news·i·ness noun
See newsy defined for English-language learners »
Examples of NEWSY

1. I got a long newsy letter from her.
2. <a newsy TV program covering the local scene>

First Known Use of NEWSY
1832"

Cheers Boomer

I see that -
newsiness
newsier
newsiest

are also words. I just have a feeling that if I slipped any into a conversation someone would look at me and go

 

[PlasmaBomb]

inb4 don't call me shirley

In before "I prefer Fox News - it's the newsiest"

 

[ultimatebob]

I miss the good ol' days where you could actually make money filling out Internet surveys. Now they expect you to fill out a 20 minute survey just a get a Facebook game trinket or a "chance" at winning a decent price. Right... a chance in hell!

 

[HeXen]

I miss the good ol' days where you could actually make money filling out Internet surveys. Now they expect you to fill out a 20 minute survey just a get a Facebook game trinket or a "chance" at winning a decent price. Right... a chance in hell!

no, no. my g/f gets tons of free stuff and chances to win stuff. Her daughter won a free carribean cruise. they fill out surveys all the time.