Supply a new definition (preferably punny) to an already existing word. H/T: idea stolen from the Washington Post's Style Invitational contest. Just leave new posts below with any entries.
Example: Hostage: The feeling you get when guests won’t leave.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 05, 2013, 01:31
arnie
Krakatoa: A South Seas version of soccer, played barefoot with a coconut.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 05, 2013, 09:57
Tom
horrid: the more basic or subconscious personality state of a prostitute.
April 05, 2013, 12:57
haberdasher
salacious: given to telling salty stories
cerebration: New Year's Eve in Tokyo
April 06, 2013, 16:41
Geoff
Punjab: Where the Indian word play hits you.
Catharsis: A Cathar's female sibling.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 06, 2013, 17:58
haberdasher
MEDIOCRE: Shrek on the French Riviera. (Nice, isn't it?)
April 06, 2013, 19:47
<Proofreader>
Sunday School: Fish that are only caught on weekend.
Wallet: An enclosure for midgets.
April 06, 2013, 20:31
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher: MEDIOCRE: Shrek on the French Riviera. (Nice, isn't it?)
Do you think he'll turn a kind of average brown?
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
April 07, 2013, 11:47
haberdasher
Cross-threading -
AFTERMATH - Science class
April 07, 2013, 12:05
<Proofreader>
Conflagration: to limit prisoner banners.
April 07, 2013, 18:58
haberdasher
maintenance - the anchor stores at the mall
April 07, 2013, 19:45
<Proofreader>
Mineshaft: what a German porn star is proud of.
April 08, 2013, 05:58
<Proofreader>
Recede: What happens when you successfully copulate again.
April 08, 2013, 18:45
Geoff
Abundance: When a Kaiser and a Bialy boogie.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 09, 2013, 08:59
<Proofreader>
Tipperary: What the wind blowing up Mrs. Gore's dress revealed.
Stickshift: Olive Oyl's move
April 10, 2013, 08:43
haberdasher
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader: ... Stickshift: Olive Oyl's move
Or Twiggy's...
April 10, 2013, 11:04
arnie
Or one of the ladies' chemises.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 10, 2013, 11:20
<Proofreader>
Do Iget credit for setting it up?
April 10, 2013, 15:55
Geoff
Up what?
Urination: What God said to Israel.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
April 19, 2013, 16:55
Kalleh
Malingerer - A mother-in-law who never leaves after visiting her kids.
May 07, 2013, 06:37
bethree5
Bigotry - seen in an Italian arboretum
May 07, 2013, 07:02
bethree5
Paroxysm - movement favoring return to early forms of transport
Parabolic - one of Paroxysm's recommended forms of transport
May 07, 2013, 07:06
<Proofreader>
paranoia -- what Mom and Dad do to their kids.
May 07, 2013, 07:26
<Proofreader>
Halitosis: The worst breath in 76 years.
Menthol: A drink for males only.
May 07, 2013, 17:59
haberdasher
GREENSPAN - an eco-friendly bridge
- or - what the golf pro sautes in -
May 07, 2013, 18:20
<Proofreader>
quote:
GREENSPAN - an eco-friendly bridge - or - what the golf pro sautes in -
What the camera does while the announcer is describing the hole.
May 09, 2013, 08:26
haberdasher
MEDIOCRE- the new Crayola crayon, depicting a mustard-covered roast done to a rich earthy-golden-yellow-brown color
May 09, 2013, 09:00
<Proofreader>
mediochre: a brown-skinned Iranian.
May 09, 2013, 10:54
bethree5
Ogee - elliptical remark
May 09, 2013, 10:58
bethree5
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher: MEDIOCRE- the new Crayola crayon, depicting a mustard-covered roast done to a rich earthy-golden-yellow-brown color
Stripochre - sorry this shade available only in adult crayons
May 09, 2013, 17:29
<Proofreader>
Ski slope: a hill in Poland
May 10, 2013, 18:21
haberdasher
purple - to tug on a contented cat's tail
May 12, 2013, 11:41
haberdasher
FLUORESCENT - Did the flowers get there? Happy Mother's Day, Mom !
May 17, 2013, 07:00
bethree5
Photosynthesis - the profile pic my sibling posts on dating sites
May 18, 2013, 12:53
haberdasher
TELEVISION - the Oracle speaks...
May 19, 2013, 11:37
haberdasher
CARMEN - train conductors
(We just gave a concert-version performance of "Carmen - The Musical" last night. Improbably, Micaela stole the show.)
May 19, 2013, 16:28
bethree5
TURANDOT - sightseeing trip concludes at pastry shop
May 20, 2013, 14:19
haberdasher
MANON LESCAULT -- Okay, we've got the guy who fell overboard, now let's get back under way.
July 01, 2013, 01:28
arnie
Shame: A busload of lawyers going off a cliff.
Crying shame: There's an empty seat on the bus.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 11, 2014, 18:23
Geoff
Gobbledygook A Korean glutton
Formaldehyde To be flayed with pomp and circumstance.
December 11, 2014, 19:20
haberdasher
EMBARGO - Dorothy's Aunt went out for a drink...
December 11, 2014, 20:22
<Proofreader>
impending a demon's nether region
December 12, 2014, 03:44
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher: EMBARGO - Dorothy's Aunt went out for a drink...