I love words and enjoy playing with them. I came across this game many years ago. It’s a great way to test your word creativity. The goal is to see different combinations in words. And, even more challenging, to connect the “new words” with the meaning of the first words. For example, if you rearrange the letters in […]
Gobbledygook, Gibberish & Jargon Awards
Just launched the second Online Gobbledygook, Gibberish and Jargon Awards (www.GobbledygookAwards.com). I encourage you to submit entries. The awards highlight the “best-of-the-worst” gobbledygook on the Web, specifically techno-babble, legalese, bureaucratese and other meaningless terms, vague generalities, and wordy, nonsensical writing. You can submit entries at www.GobbledygookAwards.com/EntryForm.html. All types of writing are eligible, including websites, articles, […]
Fun with English
Ran into these tidbits from British examination papers, evidently reported in “The Mexican Herald” on Oct. 14, 1912. Enjoy Louis XVI was gelatined during the French Revolution. An angle is a triangle with only two sides. Geometry teaches us how to bisex angels. Horsepower is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an […]
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