Blogtations

Why do the words "chauffeur" and "chaperon" sound so romantic and lovely with their whooshy 'sh' sounds? In actuality they are a steaming pile of parental nightmare chit.

~Pajamas and Coffee

The five most wonderful words in the English language are, "Are you ready to order?"

~Obi-Mom Kenobi

Engineers really get a bad rep. Everybody makes us out to be pretty darn lame, but I don't think there is a single profession out there with more dirty jokes worked into the lingo...For example, take the term "partial penetration butt weld." Can anybody read that without having a flashback to junior high?

~Interstitial Life

One of the best things about working as an aide in a second grade classroom is being with kids who are, for the most part, too young to be corrupt. When they say something inappropriate, it comes from a pure and innocent place. So, when the teacher asked for an example of a word with the "short i" sound, and a student raised his hand and said, "Tit"...shouldn't he get partial credit?

~Momo Fali

While I can't do math, I know all the lyrics to roughly a million songs. It seems like God decided that all the brain space that normally gets devoted to math would be used to store the words to songs like "Safety Dance."

~The Nerd in the Corner

Choosing words is a bit like trying on shoes. They are mood-dependent, fun when colorful, flexible to a point, and ideal if they fit.

~Little Purple Cow Photography

Words are like toothpaste. Easy to get out and hard to return.

~Classy Chaos

Today's annoyance is the word "organic." ... The reason I am annoyed is because a girl I work with was talking about food and said, "Oh. I only eat organic fruits and veggies." To which I replied, "Yeah, me too. Those man-made fruits are HELL on teeth."

~Kentucky Girl

Why is the fear of long words called "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia"?
Is that not just cruel??

~Rancid Raves

I was very precocious as a child. I was 45 in an 8-year-old body. I used big words that confused my peers. I liked to say "oxymoron" to make people think I was calling them an idiot.

~Imaginary Binky