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Oh Oh Oh Oxymorons!
Just feeling a bit of love for those delightfully incongruous figures of speech, oxymorons. Non-alcoholic beer Sour candy Pretty bad Deafening silence Clear as mud Easy labor Mandatory volunteering Great Depression Random order Original copy Come on! Let me know … Continue reading
Oxymorons Once Again!
Last spring we explored those delightful combinations of contradictory words, oxymorons, in Outlandish Oxymorons Revealed. Many of our readers (OK, 4 of our readers) sent in a few more. Here they are: Friendly divorce Working Lunch Sound of Silence One-man … Continue reading
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Birds of a Feather: Collective Nouns
“I’m so hungry I could eat a rafter of turkeys!” Ever hear someone say that? Well, I haven’t either BUT I did feel the urge to find out the collective noun for a group of turkeys. According to the a … Continue reading
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Pseudonyms: Guess Who?
A pseudonym is a fictious name, or nom de plume, often adopted by an author, musician, actor and, no surprise, porn stars. Occasionally people have asked me if my name, Gay Gasser, was a pseudonym. Heck no! My parents thought … Continue reading
“I See” Said the Blind Man: Wellerisms
My father thought wellerisms were soooo funny! His favorite was “I see,” said the blind man. I would politely chuckle while he was cackling at his own cleverness. Wellerisms are, without getting too technical, a type of pun based on … Continue reading
Plenty o’ Puns
Pun noun[puhn]- A play on words; the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize its different meanings or the use of words that are alike (or nearly alike) in sound but different in meaning. I stayed up … Continue reading
Tom Swifties: Wordplay Continued
Several months back we posted our Tom Swifties blog post on our Facebook page. Who knew so many of our Facebook friends were rapid punsters? Here’s some of their Tom Swifties: “I don’t own a BB Gun,” Tom said lackadaisically. … Continue reading
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Just Punderful!
Good grief! Our mailbox is ready to explode with puns so we thought we would drop a few more on our readers. Here you go: Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy. Be kind to your dentist. He has … Continue reading
King of Punsters: Royal Pain?
Bud Freund, the awesome BNI Tech Guy is also a fan of the pun. He sent me reams of puns a few weeks ago. Here’s few gems: Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. How does Moses make his tea? … Continue reading
Tongue Twisters
If you have ever tripped over your own words, you’ve experienced a tongue twister. Here are few category five tongue twisters. If you can say them once without a problem, try speeding up and repeating them several times. Good gracious! … Continue reading
