Lexophile.....a word to describe those that have a love of words.....
Goldfinger said
07:53 PM Aug 13, 2015
The following examples are submissions in this years' Lexophile competition with the winning submission posted at the very end...
< 'Lexophile is a word to describe those that have a love for words, such as 'you can tune a piano,but you can't tuna fish'
or to write with a broken pencil is pointless'....etc.
Some of this years entries:
When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye....
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
The batteries were given out free of charge.
...A Will is a dead giveaway.
..When you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a Mall.
Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.
..Police were summoned to a daycare centre where a three year old was resisting a rest.
The bloke who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
..He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
..A boiled egg is hard to beat.
When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
A dentist and a manicurist married. Unfortunately they fought tooth and nail.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.
The winner: ...Those that get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end....
<Can you think of any specific Australian Lexophiles?......>.....Hoo Roo
-- Edited by Goldfinger on Thursday 13th of August 2015 07:54:44 PM
Felicia said
06:36 PM Aug 14, 2015
Think it's great but no way can I think of one.
Lynda
Muzzlehatch said
07:01 PM Aug 14, 2015
"Time flies like the wind
Fruit flies like apples."
This is more about puns and synonyms than anything to do with the broad brush of English vocab?
Goldfinger said
11:15 AM Aug 15, 2015
Good ones MH...kinda reminds me of a play on words when I was a country Bank Manager in another life........
Our most wealthy customer, head of the local squattocracy..... <multi multi multi Millionare etc> also happened to be the most totally obnoxious/boring/snobby/full of himself type, and insisted/delighted on all my Staff simply calling him 'NT' which were his first two initials....
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I would cringe when I heard them all <dis>respectfully yell out, <when he would eventually decide to leave>....'SEE YOU NT' ...and he would invariably reply..'.see you all'....amid peels of laughter after he was outside......I used to warn them ..one day...someone is going to alert him to what you are actually all calling him, and as you are aware he is totally devoid of any sense of humour....I will be the one to wear his considerable displeasure......it was sooo tempting for me to say it as well...and I would force myself to practice saying 'Good Bye NT' when he left my office..he has now passed...wonder if he insisted on St Peter addressing him as 'NT'....?.and if St Peter's response was similar?......Hoo Roo
Muzzlehatch said
11:03 AM Aug 21, 2015
I just found a very entertaining show on BBC Radio 4 called "Wordaholics" - great fun.
The following examples are submissions in this years' Lexophile competition with the winning submission posted at the very end...
< 'Lexophile is a word to describe those that have a love for words, such as 'you can tune a piano,but you can't tuna fish'
or to write with a broken pencil is pointless'....etc.
Some of this years entries:
When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye....
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
The batteries were given out free of charge.
...A Will is a dead giveaway.
..When you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a Mall.
Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.
..Police were summoned to a daycare centre where a three year old was resisting a rest.
The bloke who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
..He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
..A boiled egg is hard to beat.
When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
A dentist and a manicurist married. Unfortunately they fought tooth and nail.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.
The winner: ...Those that get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end....
<Can you think of any specific Australian Lexophiles?......>.....Hoo Roo
-- Edited by Goldfinger on Thursday 13th of August 2015 07:54:44 PM
Lynda
"Time flies like the wind
Fruit flies like apples."
This is more about puns and synonyms than anything to do with the broad brush of English vocab?
Our most wealthy customer, head of the local squattocracy..... <multi multi multi Millionare etc> also happened to be the most totally obnoxious/boring/snobby/full of himself type, and insisted/delighted on all my Staff simply calling him 'NT' which were his first two initials....
'
I would cringe when I heard them all <dis>respectfully yell out, <when he would eventually decide to leave>....'SEE YOU NT' ...and he would invariably reply..'.see you all'....amid peels of laughter after he was outside......I used to warn them ..one day...someone is going to alert him to what you are actually all calling him, and as you are aware he is totally devoid of any sense of humour....I will be the one to wear his considerable displeasure......it was sooo tempting for me to say it as well...and I would force myself to practice saying 'Good Bye NT' when he left my office..he has now passed...wonder if he insisted on St Peter addressing him as 'NT'....?.and if St Peter's response was similar?......Hoo Roo