A housewife called the local phone company to report that her telephone wasn’t ringing when her friends called. On the few occasions it did ring, she noted her dog always moaned right before the phone rang. The phone technician visited the scene, curious about whether it was a psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed […]
Tag: paronomasia
Sniglets
A sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn’t. The term came from comedian Rich Hall in the mid-1980s, who wrote a series of sniglet books with his friends’ help. However, they’re much older than that, and have been around since people made funny words to define stuff without an “official” […]
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A DECIMAL POINT:I’M A DOT IN PLACE ANIMOSITY:IS NO AMITY ASTRONOMER:MOON STARER CONTRADICTION:ACCORD NOT IN IT DESPERATION:A ROPE ENDS IT DORMITORY:DIRTY ROOM ELECTION RESULTS:LIES – LET’S RECOUNT ELEVEN PLUS TWO:TWELVE PLUS ONE EVANGELIST:EVIL’S AGENT GEORGE BUSH:HE BUGS GORE MOTHER-IN-LAW:WOMAN HITLER PRESBYTERIAN:BEST IN PRAYER PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA:TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS PRINCESS DIANA:END IS […]