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Words and Phrases That Tickle Your Fancy

Rudolph Quin

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Ah, the beauty of language. Let us share together in an orgy of the written word, those terms and idioms that are delightful to utter. Those words that taste good to say and those phrases that are aesthetically pleasing to the ear. Tell them to me.

Some of my favorites:

ellipsis
betwixt
kumquat

"You're a nasty piece of business."

"You read me like something with words written on it."

"Stop saying words!"

"I don't get mad, I get stabby."

If someone looks like they need to be stabbed, I call them "stab-ilicious." And on occasion I use the word "knife" as a verb. Ex: "Dude, that guy totally looks like he's gonna jump out and knife me."

Okay. Now you go. ^_^
 
George Carlin had oodles to say on absurdities in the English language. The airlines were a favorite target of his.
 
"The glass is half full/empty."

"I say, chug the rest down and throw the glass at someone."
 
Raziel99 said:
"The glass is half full/empty."

"I say, chug the rest down and throw the glass at someone."

I have another favorite saying about that one
"You say the glass is half full, he says it's half empty, I say who the hell has been drinking out of my glass."
 
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