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A "wonderment" usage of this word is called its "beatnik" variety but may never have been used by beatniks. This word's explosion in use in computing stems from Vimeo looking for an alternative to the word "digg." The widespread use of this word as a discourse marker is characteristic of a dialect popularized by a 1982 Frank Zappa song (20[1])where vocal fry and upspeak are also used. (20[1]0[1])One use of this word won out against (*) "goes" (10[1])in a dialect (10[1])stereotypically spoken by California's (10[1])Valley (0[1])Girls. (10[1])This (10[2])English (10[2])word's (10[2])many (10[1])uses (10[1])include (10[1])introducing (10[1])quoted speech, as well as (10[1])substituting (10[1]0[1])for (10[1]0[1])"for example." (10[4])For (10[2])10 points, (10[1])name (10[1])this (10[3])word (10[1])that in the 2000s (10[1])got an additional meaning relating to affirming something on Facebook. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: like [accept word forms such as liking or like button] (The beatnik variety is found in the phrase, "like, wow, man.")

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Maxwell Swann	Centennial A	Uni School of Nashville A	58	20
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Carmel B	66	0
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Adlai E. Stevenson A	66	20
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Thomas Jefferson A	75	10
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Northview	78	10
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Thomas Jefferson D	82	10
Elijah Tyler	Herron	Saint Joseph	83	0
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Northside College Prep	84	10
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Quince Orchard	85	10
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Northmont	85	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Detroit Catholic Central A	86	10
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Parkway West	86	10
Elijah Markman	Montgomery Blair B	Chattahoochee A	87	10
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Seven Lakes	87	10
Wyatt Johnson	Solon	Okemos	88	10
Annie Williamson	Uni School of Nashville B	Centennial B	89	10
Tristan Andre	North Quincy	Kane County AT	90	10
Hunter Davis	Milton	West Point	91	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Grosse Pointe South	96	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Detroit Catholic Central C	97	0
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Lambert B	97	10
Alex Bohlinger	Wayzata	Alabama Cyber Tech	98	0
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Johns Creek	98	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Georgetown Day	100	10
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Homewood-Flossmoor	100	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Russell	100	10
Safiya Hasan	Lindbergh	Richard Montgomery	100	10
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Coronado	101	10
David Black	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lambert A	101	10
Amber Dong	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Hinsdale Central A	103	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Walter Payton A	104	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Classen SAS	105	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	White Pigeon	105	10
a	Team 1	Team 2	105	10
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Virginia	106	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Yukon B	110	10
Brooks Phillips	Alabama Cyber Tech	Wayzata	121	10
Anna Liao	Carmel B	Barrington	121	10
George Aljarbo	Detroit Catholic Central C	Lincoln-Way East B	121	10
Brenden Willamowski	Saint Joseph	Herron	121	10
Nathan Liang	Thomas Jefferson C	Detroit Catholic Central B	121	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	37	100%	5%	0%	96.03