Words & Wordplay - July 2006

I hope that's understandable. As an example, if I'm stressed out from work and I yell at my roommate, it's not that I'm mad at her, it's because I'm stressed. I think there's a term for that, does anyone know?

2006-07-11 04:17:36 · 6 answers · asked by rebeccaj527 3

Does anyone know?

2006-07-11 04:06:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should I say "Please complete the Inquiry Form" or "Please complete the Enquiry Form"?

2006-07-11 04:03:26 · 25 answers · asked by Donny4508 1

Please, no potty humour, though, nor any racist or outright pornographic jokes. I do realise this limits the field, but there must be plenty of bad jokes that don't rely on sheer shock for effect. Punnish jokes are (just barely) acceptable, as are otherwise bawdy jokes. :)

2006-07-11 04:00:19 · 6 answers · asked by reluctant 3

2006-07-11 03:18:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 03:06:32 · 15 answers · asked by ready 2 jump 1

2006-07-11 02:27:48 · 6 answers · asked by selphcharles 1

A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.

Practice safe eating -- always use condiments.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

Marriage is the mourning after the knot before.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines.

Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?

Sea captains don't like crew cuts.

A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.

Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red.

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu -- the same mustard as before.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

What's the definition of a will? (Come on, it's a dead giveaway!)

In democracy your vote counts. In Feudalism, your count votes.

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft, and I'll show you a flat minor.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.

He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

Every calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted. It t'aint yours and it t'aint mine.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.

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2006-07-11 02:26:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 01:51:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

It goes back at least to the mid-1800's, I have found out.

2006-07-11 01:21:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 00:57:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 00:50:15 · 13 answers · asked by Touting Rain 1

2006-07-11 00:43:29 · 16 answers · asked by fluffycloud 1

2006-07-11 00:40:58 · 5 answers · asked by Eika l 1

can someone help me write a poem for my girlfriend

2006-07-11 00:35:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 00:32:18 · 4 answers · asked by kelimiko 1

2006-07-11 00:29:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 00:25:57 · 21 answers · asked by ? 2

A spell checker is provided with this website, why not use it?

2006-07-11 00:14:46 · 35 answers · asked by draytondon 4

2006-07-11 00:03:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-10 23:37:24 · 15 answers · asked by neosree 1

2006-07-10 23:18:16 · 6 answers · asked by Tony M 1

2006-07-10 22:52:34 · 5 answers · asked by parx23 1

2006-07-10 22:48:07 · 9 answers · asked by AKL 3

how do you explain the difference between the words this & that to a forgien student

2006-07-10 22:39:46 · 23 answers · asked by Anon 3

I'm looking for a latin phrase (and translation) with a deep thought-provoking meaning.

Thank you :)

2006-07-10 22:07:01 · 5 answers · asked by Reno 2

2006-07-10 21:52:31 · 10 answers · asked by password 1

2006-07-10 21:51:46 · 11 answers · asked by password 1

2006-07-10 21:51:18 · 10 answers · asked by password 1

2006-07-10 21:49:50 · 9 answers · asked by password 1