Vocabulary Challenger Gifts

Twelve letters for "haste makes waste"? "Lickety splat"!

"My email is down... talk to me."

Tension filled the tent.

I'm not good with names but never forget a face. Of course, that's not very useful right now.

"Dad, can we have a bedtime narrative?"

'Well, this is a first †he's got repetitive motion syndrome from eating!'

"....And then chuck the whole lot in the dustbin and phone for a take-away."

"I found out why we study vocabulary. Last night, my mother told me to ruminate, and I spent three hours in my room."

Suddenly Paul realised that HE had been the odd one out all along.

Monosyllabic Crisis Center

"I want to set the world record for eating the most empanadas ever!"

"Dad, is there a word that contains all the vowels?"

"I'm a strict vegan with dietary limitations due to specific food allergies. What should I get?" "A taxi."

"It'll never be ready in time."

'I've got it written down...'

"I have no idea where we parked the car, or why we exist."

'What we were about to receive has gone the way of all flesh.'

"You can't just put on the uniform whenever you don't want to have a conversation, Barry."

"Sometimes, occasionally, from time to time, now and then, periodically I wish I'd never been given this Thesaurus."

'Why do it the easy way when you can do it the right way?'

'I have your MRI results. Half your brain is clogged with passwords and the other half is clogged with user names.'

'LOOK RENOLDSON, i've had JUST about enough of your moaning and groaning! IF you can't stand the heat, GET out of the oven!' / A chef scolding his apprentice inside an oven.

"There's a free pudding for whoever finds the Chef's glass eye."

"Thanks, I'll write that down."

"Why won’t you just admit you forgot where you parked the car?"

"When are you going to make the sort of bread my mother makes?"

"Why do you always have to be so judgemental?"

'I'd like to see him do that with your cooking...'

"So, Mrs. Miller, would you tell me briefly your methods for teaching reading, your overall philosophy of education, your views on testing, your ideas on discipline, your opinions about homework, the ways you could excite kids about science, and how you would upgrade math skills in our school should you be hired?"

'How come you keep forgetting when it's your round?'

I don't like the looks of this next level.

You spend way too much time and energy stewing over things, Al

Wordplay: Mind Games.

Ernie's the person who put the "quiz" in cuisine.

'These literary duels really are most frightfully dull.'