Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
(enjoying words with special points of view, sometimes humorous, and which are not found in a "regular" dictionary)
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.
ad lib
A spontaneous remark that is invented and presented on the spur of the moment without previous thoughts about it.
adamant
Adam's aunt.
1. Someone who has attained maturity or legal age: Because Susan was an adult and 21 years old, she could vole in the elections in her country.
2. The state of development of having attained full size, strength, and maturity: Organisms that con be considered to be adults are fully grown, like people, animals, and plants.
3. Etymology: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere "to grow up, to mature".
2. The state of development of having attained full size, strength, and maturity: Organisms that con be considered to be adults are fully grown, like people, animals, and plants.
3. Etymology: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere "to grow up, to mature".
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 (noun) (no pl)
In lexicomedy, a liquid that is good for preserving almost everything: Alcohol is a fluid that is good for keeping things safe, but alcohol is not good for keeping secrets or for self-control.
In lexicolmedy, bourbonic plague: At college, the consumption of distilled whiskey became a kind of endemic among the students, and some students joked about it as being a case of alcoholism
alimony (lexicomedy)
The bounty of mutiny or the bounty after the mutiny.
aperitifs (lexicomedy)
Two robbers working together.
atrophy
An award given to those who do not exercise.
barium
What is done when people are dead.
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