Jeux de Mots en Anglais!

Here are some strange, yet completely true, sentences;

• I messed around in toast and became Taoist.
• Eric, a man, is American.

G-O-C-U-E

Gee!

Gus, the gargantuan gargoyle, gargled and guzzled gaspacho with great gusto. But that’s just Gus.

Gram Ana

Many of you have not asked for another post of anagrams, so I bring you…

• New MSNBC star Chris Hayes is “A Shy Cashier.” Kind of seems like one. His name also rearranges to spell, “Hey Rich Ass,” as well as, “He is Car Shy.” Sorry, it just does.

Crapper’s Ballcock

As noted in an important previous Daisybrain Post, and contrary to popular belief, Thomas Crapper was not the inventor of the toilet. However, as an innovative plumber, Crapper did leave his mark on the toilet. His design of the floating ballcock represented a vast improvement for flush toilets. Crapper’s ballcock helps to give us a smooth flushing experience.

Wordup, Digitons!

Here are some disjointed word thoughts for you to ponder… or not.

• Don’t you have to lax before you can relax?

Words and Such

 

Without your innate ability to urinate, you’re in urine trouble.

Which leads us to this list of dreadfully important new words:

• Urinatability: Your innate ability to urinate.

A Passel of Google Virgins

Passel: a large group of people or things of indeterminate number

Google Virgins: phrases that do not yet appear anywhere on the world wide web, according to Google (sorry, vast majority of people who found this post by typing in the word “virgin”)

Word Playtocracy

A small change in spelling can create a brand new homophone…

Bicycle becomes Bicicle: Two icicles

Window becomes Windough: The goal of lottery players

Anteater becomes Aunteater: Yikes!

Because becomes Beecause: An issue that bees care deeply about

Words Don’t Lie! Romney and Obama Revealed!

Hi Citizens,

Before those of you who are eligible cast your indirect vote for US President (I hope all of you have come to know your state electors well, since your vote just technically authorizes them to vote on your behalf) it’s important to really know the candidates. Yes, you can look at position papers, voting history and party platforms, but it’s much more revealing (and fun) to see what their very names tell us.

Let’s start with President Obama:

I Can’t Believe They’re Not Words!

Miscredit:

How is it possible that “miscredit” is not a word? If someone is incorrectly credited with something, we should be able to say that she is miscredited. For example, Thomas Crapper is commonly miscredited with the invention of the modern toilet, and thus the word “crap” derives from Mr. Crapper’s name. In fact, the word crap pre-dates Mr. Crapper; it is of Middle English origin. Mr. Crapper did, however, advance flush toilets quite a bit with his invention of (and if any of my middle school students have stumbled upon my blog I’ll never hear the end of it) the ballcock, which is still in use in today’s toilets.