Who Invented the Word Dude?

Quiz: the word quiz is said to have been invented by a Dublin theater manager in 1780, who made a bet that he could introduce a totally made up word into common usage within 24 hours.

Feedback: the shortest word that contains the letters ABCDEF War: in Sanskrit, 'war' means 'the desire for more cows'.

SWIMS: the longest word that reads the same when rotated 180-degrees.

Dude: invested by Oscar Wilde to describe someone wearing 'duds with attitude' ('duds' was slang for clothes).

Hijinks: the only word with three consecutive dotted letters.