Sunday, August 31, 2014

Fun Stuff

Funny English Words
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The English language is full of weird, strange and unusual words that are either rarely used or have gone completely out of fashion.

Anencephalous - Absence of a brain.
Borborygmus - Stomach rumbling.
Brouhaha - An uproar or noisy response.
Canoodle - Hugging and kissing.
Cantankerous - Bad tempered or grumpy.
Crudivore - Someone who eats raw food.
Discombobulate - To confuse someone.
Doozy - Something really good.
Fartlek - A training system for runners.
Flummox - To perplex or bewilder.
Gobbledygook - Meaningless or nonsensical language.
Kerfuffle - A mild scandal, commotion or fuss.
Klutz - A clumsy or foolish person.
Lickety-split - As quickly as possible.
Lollygag - To dawdle or spend time aimlessly.
Mollycoddle - To treat someone leniently.
Pratfall - A fall on the buttocks or an embarrassing action.
Rambunctious - Uncontrollably excitable or exuberant.
Shenanigan - Silly behaviour.
Skullduggery - Deception or trickery


Palindromes

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Palindromes are words, phrases or even numbers that can be read the same way, no matter the direction

Eye
Pop
Noon
Level
Radar
Kayak
Rotator
Evil olive.
Mirror rim.
Stack cats.
Doom mood.
Rise to vote sir.
Step on no pets.
Never odd or even.
A nut for a jar of tuna.
No lemon, no melon.
Some men interpret nine memos.
Gateman sees name, garageman sees nametag

Tongue Twisters

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She sells seashells on the seashore.

Flash message. Flash message.

Mix a box of mixed biscuits with a boxed biscuit mixer.

A proper copper coffee pot.

I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. Esau, he saw me.

Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.

Lovely lemon liniment.

Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick.

Good blood, bad blood.

Three free throws.The instinct of an extinct insect stinks.
Comical economists. Comical economists.
Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

One-One was a racehorse.
Two-Two was one, too.
When One-One won one race,
Two-Two won one, too.

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