http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: for all my phrase loving friends en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:01:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25703 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:44:14 +0000 graylox 25703@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>you are so right , Maizey, if all weapons were words ... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25697 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:26:57 +0000 maizeydaze 25697@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>graylox, <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/curiosity-killed-the-cat.html">curiosity killed the cat</a>! <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/40700.html">As good luck would have it</a>, I've never known any words that could kill. ;) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25694 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:13:04 +0000 graylox 25694@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You want to kill me, won't you ??? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25692 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:00:04 +0000 maizeydaze 25692@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I thought I'd <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/jump-on-the-bandwagon.html">jump on the bandwagon</a> and <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/get-down-to-brass-tacks.html">get down to brass tacks</a> on the topic of the origins of phrases and sayings. It's <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/as-easy-as-pie.html">easy as pie</a> to find several sources that deal with <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&#38;oi=dict&#38;q=http://www.answers.com/etymology%26r%3D67&#38;usg=AFQjCNEdUWBHKrHgOqBVd7zZFXrIMcwHRw">etymology</a>. Sometimes it's difficult to determine if the origin of a word or phrase is the <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/real%20mccoy.html">real McCoy</a> or if those writing their interpretations are going off <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk//meanings/half-cocked.html">half-cocked</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48468">The Internet Public Library</a> has a comprehensive list of guides on the subject.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/">Online Etymology Dictionary</a> contains the history and evolution of more than 30000 words, including slang and technical terms.</p> <p>Then there's the <a href="http://www.google.com/Top/Reference/Dictionaries/Etymology/">Google Directory - Reference &gt; Dictionaries &gt; Etymology</a> for another large list of links.</p> <p>A short and amusing list of phrase origins can be found at <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/23/origin-of-familiar-phrases/">Neatorama</a>. This is an excerpt from one of my favorite sources of useless information, <a href="http://www.bathroomreader.com/">Uncle John's Bathroom Reader</a>. Spend a little time in the <a href="http://www.bathroomreader.com/pilot.asp?pg=throneroom">Throne Room</a> for a variety of interesting reading material. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25678 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:28:53 +0000 RunesageMagik 25678@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>goodgotd</strong>, wasn't that game outlawed because too many solitary drivers were trying to play while listening to NPR on the radio? Our looney legislature turns a blind eye to the rising number of cellphone and textmessaging accidents, but if a driver is involved in an accident while balancing a chess set on his lap, they'll throw the book at him. Go figure.</p> <p><strong>graylox</strong>, a day without "you know what" <em>(wink wink)</em> is like a day without sunshine. <em>Rats, there's never a youtube clip from Two and a Half Men around when you need one! WHAT clip you ask? YOU know what. :) </em> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25665 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:41:46 +0000 goodgotd 25665@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>where's the link to buzzword bingo? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25660 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:33:57 +0000 graylox 25660@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Rune</strong><br /> you post these links only to confuse such poor little Aliens like me ;(<br /> How shall I ever learn your language - so many dictionaries to search the right words in, searching takes all my time, when shall I write down what I have found ? You'll never get a "<em>you know what</em>" again. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25645 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:34:18 +0000 RunesageMagik 25645@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here's a great pop quiz site for homeschooling the little <strong><a href="http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/">rug rats</a></strong>. Also helps parents who <strong>don't</strong> want to be dummer<em>(sic)</em> than a 5th grader.</p> <p>Now, YOU can sound just like everyone else at an <strong><a href="http://www.writtenhumor.com/ebonics.html">American Idol</a></strong> try-out! <em>(admittedly kinda lame... doesn't litter a sentence with foul epithets or "see what I'm sayin" filler)</em></p> <p>OTOH, maybe you aspire to bloviate pretentiously like a sage? Simply put a shortcut to <strong><a href="http://phrontistery.info/index.html">Phrontistery</a></strong> on your desktop and start confounding everyone. </p> <p>Galloop surveys indicate 40.8% of the illiterate public fear that they'll stumble across an EVIL web site. How do you identify such sites? Words matter! Try the <strong><a href="http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator/">Gematriculator</a></strong>. It's more accurate than McAfee Site Advisor. ;-)</p> <p>Help stamp out <strong><a href="http://www.wordfiles.info/">malapropisms</a></strong>! <em>(This might have helped Berke Breathed's loveable penguin, <strong><a href="http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/pages/index.asp">Opus</a></strong>.)</em></p> <p>When you have a word on the tip of your tongue and just can't spit it out, don't just stand there stammering like a fool. Quick, turn to the <strong><a href="http://onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml">reverse dictionary</a></strong> before all your articulate friends begin to point and snicker. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3088#post-25641 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:54:58 +0000 funkymom 25641@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>here is an interesting list-<br /> ****<strong>adult language alert</strong>****</p> <p><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16108_bizarre-history-10-common-sayings.html">possible histories of 10 common phrases</a> </p>