Den anden mening
10. september 2007Den amerikanske avis Washington Post afholder hvert år en konkurrence hvor læserne inviteres til at afgive deres bud på alternative betydnninger af forskellige ord.
Her er et par af vinderne:
1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have .
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
answer the door in your nightie.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavoured mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanour assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.
13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish
expressions.
14. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist.
Grineren. En variation over dette tema kan findes i Jeff Foxworthy's
René Frederiksen | 10. september 2007Grineren.
En variation over dette tema kan findes i Jeff Foxworthy’s “Redneck Dictionary - Words you thought you knew the meaning of”
Ex. Nuisance: Pertaining to the duration of an objects existence. “Old Tom’s gun ain’t been nuisance 1962″