Slang Sleuth Gifts

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

'I got my grant to study why the word 'COOL' persists generation after generation'

"My granddaughter's first words to me were 'OK, Boomer.' I have no idea what that even means."

"Evidence suggests she was working on the puzzle, got up to make tea, husband enters and puts last piece in..."

Joan Hickson

Contemporary English Lesson: The Cat was Sat on the Mat.

Angel wears t-shirt with logo: YOLO.

East End Maps.

"Grammar-police, sir, we have some questions about your online posts and the inappropriate use of apostrophes."

"I'm a brilliant stalker and love photography, so I thought: why not?"

Thesaurus Publishing: In a Meeting, Gathering, Conference, Forum, Discussion.

"Nice job, but there in the middle, I think you spelled Akhenaten wrong."

"It's the Grammar Police! Have you been using 'your' when you should be using 'you're' again?"

"Let me through... I’m an armchair detective!"

Optician and the PI.

Man reading a book in the library. Notices a man next to him reading all book about spying.

"Lately my joints are stiff." "You're rollin' 'em too tight. Try vaping."

"The butler did it!"

"It's got my current Wordle winning streak on it."

I just spend all day inventing the conjunction! And?

'But Holmes, how did you know what the victim had for his last meal?'

"It's a puzzling case, Watson. For all I know, the culprit could be staring me right in the face."

A Welcome mat words mixed up at the Dyslexic Clinic

'Let's go over it again: the cat is out cold, and the only clue is a little wet castle...'

'And always remember that it is the gritty colon itself, not the half-baked semi-colon, that wields the power to confound even the most erudite minds.'

"That's more like it!"

Playing dead is easy, but when they ask me to speak, I have to imagine them in their underwear.

To help for having job my lost a translator as

The dog chased the cat. Who can tell me what the subject is? It's grammar, isn't it?!

Not much, just chillin' with my Peeps. (This cartoon was originally published on 2013-03-28).

'When I ask what our inventory is 'What ever' is not an acceptable answer.'

'At a guess I'd say there were Santa's little helpers.'

Teen Owl

Sherlock Holmes.

"Do I capitalize the first letter in each word of, 'my idiot husband?'"