A Friday Smile for you. These are hilarious! Enjoy!
According to a meme that’s been going around, the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual neologisms contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Seeing how much you all enjoyed my post on Oxford Dictionaries’ Surprising Word of the Year 2015, I thought you’d also appreciate this!
- Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
- Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you’ve gained.
- Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
- Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
- Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
- Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
- Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
- Gargoyle (n.), gross olive-flavored mouthwash.
- Flatulance (n.), emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
- Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
- Rectitude (n.), the…
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Thank you so much for sharing! Have a lovely weekend 🙂
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Always happy to share, especially something that makes me laugh this hard. 🙂 Thanks for the weekend wishes. Gonna be 92+ here. 😦 WAY too hot for my comfort. But I still plan to enjoy it. Hope you have a great one, too, Nicholas! (BTW, I’m reading Honest Fibs and enjoying it. I love a good anthology, and this one is so much fun!)
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Oh my! Thank you so much for making my day – and stay fresh 🙂
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I’m hoping to find time somewhere to start doing regular reviews again, and this will be at the top of my list. 🙂
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Yay! Thank you in advance 🙂
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Thanks, Marcia. You made me smile! Great for a Friday morning.
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My feelings exactly. I was laughing all over the place. My dachshunds thought I’d gone crazy! 🙂
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Thanks for the giggles, Nicholas and Marcia…much needed! 🙂
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