Improving words (2)
Bipolar: Attracted to polar bears of both genders
Bishop: A store for bisexuals
Cistern: A non-transsexual bird
Console: To swindle a specific type of fish
Contest: The final exam at scammer school
Contraband: A Nicaraguan rebel music group from the eighties
Contract: A scam religious booklet
Current: Lease payments on a nasty dog
Debunk: To throw someone out of bed
Delay: To stuff an egg back into the chicken
Design: To remove an indication (SK)
Dim Sum: Calculator batteries running low
Drag race: An entire race of men who wear women's clothing
Exuberant: A small insect which formerly provided transport
Fasten: To speed something up
Grimace: A bleak playing card (SK)
Hosting: A police operation to entrap prostitutes
Increment: The opposite of excrement
Madagascar: A rage-fueled automobile
Pillage: The medication era (SK)
Polygon: You can't find your parrot
Protestant: A small insect who objects to things
Relay: What a chicken will do after you delay its egg
Spartan: A sunburn suitable for a boxing match
Template: That short-term employee is never on time
Thorax: I thought he carried a hammer
Vanish: Resembling a box-like vehicle (SK)
Oh, and is it any wonder that Thailand gets so many sex tourists when the country's name looks like it should be pronounced "Thigh-land", the capital is Bangkok, the main tourist island is called Phuket, and so many women's names end in "-porn"?
(Items marked SK were suggested by Shaw Kenawe in a comment on the original post.)
7 Comments:
These are terrific. I like a fresh approach to vocabulary!
FABULOUS!!!
You've outdone yourself, Infidel753. Very, very clever. I'm too tired after teaching ESOL classes and explaining homophones to them.
You do know what homophones are, don't you?
And no, they're not!
Thanks everyone!
You do know what homophones are, don't you? And no, they're not!
OK, but I am absolutely using that one if I ever post another of these lists :-) :-) :-)
One more comment: exuberant: A small insect which formerly provided transport -- masterful!
Thanks for the exuberant approval!
Yeah. Exuberant was the best. Can't do it myself, but I'm kind of a sucker for this sort of thing.
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