Category Archives: Thoughts
Banana varieties
Bananeurism – a banana that explodes. Bananorexic – a very gaunt person that eats only fruits and vegetables. Bananaerobic – the condition of someone that chokes on a banana. Bananalysis – inspection of bananas in the grocery store prior to selection. Banandrogenous – a woman with a banana in her pocket. Bananomaly – an odd …
Reduplications
There’s a super-duper fancy-schmancy part of English (and other languages) that is far underused. I’ll razzle-dazzle you with these helter-skelter (not necessarily willy-nilly) mumbo-jumbos. Okey-dokey, now I won’t dilly-dally. Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Using words like “herky-jerky” on an itsy-bitsy walkie-talkie may give you the heebie-jeebies. But I’ll bet all my funny money …
A.E.R. REDUNDANCY
A.E.R. REDUNDANCY: (Acronym Expansion Redundancy Redundancy) Cripes. We use acronyms to abbreviate. Right? Well it definitely is counterproductive to abbreviate the word and then go right ahead and say the word you just abbreviated isn’t it? Saying “VIN Number” is like saying “Vehicle Identification Number Number” And we wonder why foreigners have a hard time …
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