Dictionary with a Touch of Humor

(enjoying words with special points of view, sometimes humorous, and which are not found in a "regular" dictionary)


Tuscaloosa
The last thing an elephant wants to hear from an Italian dentist.
TV commercials (lexicomedy)
Ads infinitum.
TV game shows
Where contestants go on a winning shriek.
useless
A reference to things that we should use less.
vision*
The art of seeing things invisible.
Weight Watchers meeting
Prattle of the bulge.
window-shopping
Eye browse.
workaholic
Lexicomedy: Someone who gets drunk every time anyone talks about work.

At a grave in a cemetery, two women are visiting. One woman says, "I understand he was a workaholic." The other woman responds, "He was . . . but, he drank at home, too."

—"Wizard of Id" comic strip, October 24, 2007.
wurdz, wurds, werdz, werds, wordz
Words for those who don't care how they spell "words" or for those who don't know how to spell the word "words".
yawn
Often an honest opinion openly expressed.

Dictionary information. Dictionary sources of information:

Dictionaries and Lexicons, Part One;
Dictionaries and Lexicons, Part Two.


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