Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
(enjoying words with special points of view, sometimes humorous, and which are not found in a "regular" dictionary)
ab lib
A spontaneous remark improvised on the spur of the moment after being rehearsed in advance.
accident
A situation in which the presence of mind is good, but the absence of the body is much better.
acupuncture (lexicomedy)
A jab well done.
adamant
Adam's aunt.
adult
1. Someone who has attained maturity or legal age.
2. Having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, plant; or a fully grown, mature organism.
3. Fully developed and mature.
4. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.
5. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies; adult bookstores.
6. Etymology: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere "to grow up, to mature".
7. Someone who has stopped growing at both ends and is now expanding in the midsections (bottom and front).
2. Having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, plant; or a fully grown, mature organism.
3. Fully developed and mature.
4. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.
5. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies; adult bookstores.
6. Etymology: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere "to grow up, to mature".
7. Someone who has stopped growing at both ends and is now expanding in the midsections (bottom and front).
advice (quotes)
1. Something which is "more blessed to give than to receive".
2. Something which old men give to young men when they can no longer provide them with a bad example.
2. Something which old men give to young men when they can no longer provide them with a bad example.
afternoon nap
Matinee idle.
air conditioners
Machines that make it feel so very hot outside.
alarms
What an octopus is, all arms.
alcohol
A liquid that is good for preserving almost everything except secrets and self-control.
alcoholism
Bourbonic plague.
alimony (lexicomedy)
The bounty of mutiny.
angry dolphins
Cross porpoises.
aperitifs (lexicomedy)
Two robbers working together.
atrophy
An award given to those who do not exercise.
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