Old words, New Definitions

Idiomatic. Ugandan washing machine.

Impeccable. Bird-proof.

Innuendo. Italian suppository.

Jigsaw. Chafing that affects the cast of Riverdance.

Bigamist. Larger than usual fog.

Feckless. Unsuccessful Irish romeo.

Homophone

Jef :wink:

E.T’s raison d’etre.

How 'bout some corrections that really should happen…

Driveway: a place you drive your car.
Parkway: a place you park your car.

I wouldn’t want Gary to think that I didn’t think this thread was a great idea. It’s just that I cannot think of anything to put down. I’m sure you recall how challenged I was by the “-tic” thread, and that was much simpler. :laughing:

Haggard: A device to protect against unattractive women

Disappear: Insult a lord.

Esplanade: Attempting an explanation while drunk.

Bratwurst: Macaulay Culkin.

Idea: a store that sells cheap Swedish identification cards (some assembly required).

Definition - Itchy ear infection

Slan,
D. :wink:

Uranus …

Gay: homosexual.

If you read closely enough in older poetry and story books, you hear about all kinds of gay children, puppies, and flowers. Sometimes people’s clothes are even gay.

I have a 13-year old’s sense of homour, though so it probably doesn’t amuse anybody but me (and Amar, of course).

There’s a song about a Gay Goshawk.

Slan,
D.

:laughing: The olde poetrie and storie bookes you are refering to ain’t that olde! I have nothing against the current use of the word “gay” except that it has, because of the sometimes odd double meanings you can get, made it so that I often can’t use that word in the old way and I can’t always find a good replacement.

And a 1934 movie about a Gay Divorcee (starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers).

What is Gay Taleeze (Talese)? Somethign like that, I’ve heard on TV before.

A Las Vegas hairdresser..???

Slan,
D.

Try teaching a bunch of sixth graders “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” By the time you get to “make the Yuletide gay” you can’t hear the tune for the snorts and guffaws! :laughing:

Redwolf

I haven’t read anything by him, but he is a writer and I think a journalist as well.
http://www.gaytalese.com/

I don’t know anybody in Las Vegas, but I do know that heterosexual hairdressers do exist. I know one–her name is Sarah.

Oh. Duh. I should have known that.

Why do people still name their children “Gay?”

Even when it used to mean “happy,” people didn’t name their kids “Happy” that often…

I used to know a man named Gayle.

[u]A Boy Named Sue[/u]