From Merriam-Webster's on-line dictionary:
lexiphile (noun) : A person with
an obsessive love for language. Etymology: lexi from Greek - lexis meaning word +
phile - French meaning: one having an affinity for or a strong attraction to.
Enjoy these "funnies":
To write with a broken pencil
is pointless.
When fish are in schools they
sometimes take debate.
A thief who stole a calendar
got twelve months.
When the smog lifts in Los
Angeles, U.C.L.A.
The professor discovered that
her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
The batteries were given out
free of charge.
A dentist and a manicurist
married. They fought tooth and nail.
A will is a dead give-away.
If you don't pay your exorcist
you can get repossessed.
With her marriage, she got a
new name and a dress.
Show me a piano falling down a
mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
You are stuck with your debt if
you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in
Australia: The LAN down under.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
When you've seen one shopping
centre you've seen a mall.
Police were called to a day
care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the fellow
whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.
If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your
memory.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's
your Count that votes.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully
recovered.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in
the end.
When she saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought
she'd dye.
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
What sentence can you craft showing your love of language and humor?
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