Language Aficionados Gifts

Fred interpreted the word compact as a verb, not as an adjective.

"Well that answers that question!"

Politically Correct cuckoo clock

'Excuse me, is anyone using this stool?'

'Now that we've learned to talk, we can have FOCUS GROUPS!'

'They say the early bird gets the worm, but something's rotten in Denmark with this scenario.'

Brothers Grimm

A Foul Ball

Man visiting cemetery sees headstone with inscription: I'm Trying My Patience.

"That'll teach you to order in French."

Hart Warming

Wordplay: Deflation.

Military Inteligense.

"He has a wonderful command of the language, doesn't he?"

"I'll kill you if you keep repeating 'I feel like a fish in water'!"

Bottles labelled 'dote' and 'antidote'

The Oath Utterers

"I got Wordle in two this morning! I don't even know what 'ennui' means." "Everyone despised Larry."

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

Campaign for Plain English

Man packing suitcase with French vocabulary

"We've decided that it will be better for his later development if we speak to him only in legalese."

'I've been called some mean things as a baby boomer, but 'Pig in the Python' really hurts.'

"Oh, look- French! Let's try it."

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

Wordplay: In The Bag.

Changing Minds

'Amscray,fuzzbrain - no carnivores allowed

'Thank goodness you were wrong mom, dad says a period is what comes at the end of a sentence.'

'Whoooa,MAN,check out this STORM! It's PELTING down!'

"I know! I know! I K-n-o-w!. . . Um, what was the question?"

'Stick them up...'

Henry the amazing talking dog.