Tag: Words

It would be fun to have a one word themed two-hour radio show. Before each show, you pick one word. Then you play songs that have that word in the title. Some exmaples of words: “boogie” or “kiss” or “ain’t”.…

When a sentence has a question mark at the end, the sentence is called a “question.” But when a sentence has a period at the end, it’s merely called a “sentence”. Why isn’t there a special word for sentences with…

brainblow n. 1: When something blows your mind: “Oh my, you just gave me a brainblow.” brainblow v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brainblowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brainblowing.] 1. To blow one’s mind. 2. To affect with great…

It’s so shibb-a-licious!

My hands used to be clean, but then this tangerine became a juiceball machine and destroyer of all hygiene. Once so tasty and juicy, now just messy and goosey. It’s all over the freakin place on my nose ears and…

Oh neglected elevator smells of dead alligator. Graphitti scrawled on the wall looking like a urinal stall. Inside we stand so nervous did the elevator just go out of service? Will someone please lend a hand for this elevator that…

What is the most commonly searched absurd word? * absurd * bonkers * crazy * cuckoo * foolish * freaky * goofy * idiotic * insane * loony * odd * pyscho * silly * screwy * outrageous * wacky…

Awww, Library. Such a good old friend, Library. Always there for you. Always so willing to give you knowledge. But Library doesn’t brag or show off its knowledge. Library just sits there and lets you come in. You ask Library…

When saying letters our mouth, tongue, teeth and lips do different things. I’m amazed how much we use the roof of our mouth when talking (14 of the 26 letters). And it makes sense why we call a, e, i,…

What is 37IW5? Look at it upside-down

Good thing they didn’t name Advil as “Edvil” cuz the letters rearranged would spell out “devil”. With “Advil” instead you get the word “valid”. Wow, what a difference.

While talking about Mac OS 9, the old school OS, it dawned on me that “old school” and “operating system” both have the same acronym.

Here’s the most complete list of bowling teams names on the internet: * The King Pins * The Gutter Gals * Lickity Splits * The Misfits * High Rollers * The Pickups * Spare Me * Split Ends * Holy…

woo, i just got back from the library. I picked up the tax forms. Then I went to carsons to get a tablecloth and they were having a sale! So i got 40% off this nice silver tablecloth. I’m not…

What words start with your first name? Go to Merriam-Webster and type in your name with an asterick at the end. The asterick will search for words that start with your name. Like, for me, I searched for: matt*Some interesting…

According to the King James Version, here is the most mentioned color words in the Bible. 52 red 0 orange 4 yellow 41 green 49 blue 48 purple 4 brown 66 white 18 black 6 gray 361 gold 282 silver…

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You know those online translator sites that translate stuff into other languages automatically? Of course things get lost in automatic translation, so here’s a fun game: 1) Take a phrase in English 2) Put it into an online translator like…

The thesaurus has “Mickey Mouse” as a synonym for

Took out the Kriss Kross cd from the library. Reminds me of how my sister thought that the lyrics to the song “Warm It Up” were: “Warm it up Kris, it’s a barbeque” but they actually are: “Warm it up…

The thesaurus has no entry for the word “nothing“. How ironic.

Where does the question mark start? From the dot moving up and into the curl? Or from the inside curl moving outward and down into the dot?

A compiled list of letter endings from over one thousand people.

“Dictionary-making is a mechanical, unnatural metalinguistic activity” For more mumbo-jumbo on dictionaries, check out my honors thesis from college in 1997.

I want to make a tshirt that says dictionary on it. The front of the shirt would resemble the cover of a dictionary, as would the back. Then the long sleeve would be the spine. If you got a bunch…

Today, I was innocently standing at the train station when a stealth pigeon pooped all over my shoulder and arm. Last tuesday, I got bird poop on my back at McDonalds. It seems that Tuesdays are now my bird poop…

I’ve been thinking about the development of the two groundhogs in my comic strip Groundhog Croquet. The current book i’m reading from the harold washington library, 20 Master Plots mentioned two types of plots: action plots and plots of the…

For the Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk’s game reports, I’m going to do alot more character development to make the stories much more interesting. I even took out some how to write short story books and character books from the…

FI’m choosing letters that sound when you say it.WWB, WWD, WWG, WWR. WWB: World Wrestling BadguysWWD: World Wrestling DummiesWWG: World Wrestling GoonsWWW: World Wrestling Weirdos And of course, they could go with WWW. Would that cause any confusion?

Yesterday, I went to a small talk at Tanagram Studio in Chicago. The owner of the studio, Lance Rutter opened with an interesting story his realization of the power of words. He was in college and became deathly ill after…

actually wouldn’t it be fun to be able to get the list of people who have checked out the same book as you? That way you can contact them and talk about it! idea! idea! I’m gonna put a little…