Countdown words spotted in real life

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Not sure if a quiz counts, but Pat Gibson successfully answered 'matamata' against us last night.
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Ian Volante wrote: Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:02 pm Not sure if a quiz counts, but Pat Gibson successfully answered 'matamata' against us last night.
You must have had some pretty bad selections to be getting that word.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:48 pm
Ian Volante wrote: Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:02 pm Not sure if a quiz counts, but Pat Gibson successfully answered 'matamata' against us last night.
You must have had some pretty bad selections to be getting that word.
The selection of questions on South American fauna that nobody apart from Pat Gibson had heard of was the problem I suspect...
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I saw some salt that had herbs in and one of them was lovage.
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