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Writer Ken Levine wrote a piece on words and expressions we use in everyday speech that have since outlived their meaning but we still use anyway. Here are a few examples. The tube Phone “lines” “Dial “ a phone “Don’t touch that dial” Kodak Moments Pen Pals Records Please be kind “Rewind” “Hang [...] 1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks’trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes. 2. CARPERPETUATION (kar’pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining [...] This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is ‘UP‘. It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v]. It’s easy to understand UP , meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the [...] More on I before E via
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John Walkenbach has a post (and a link) on his Google+ page about Tom Swifities. Here are just a few of the ones I found funny: “I wish we had some flowers,” said Tom lackadaisically. “My aunt? I don’t know her from Adam”, said Tom adamantly. “I adore hamburgers” , he said with relish. [...] Last night we learned that FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver can’t count. via Thanks A&L
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