A Way with Words

What Shall We Call the Turn Lane Slowpokes?

Posted by Grant Barrett on April 28, 2018 · 1 Comment

Rest in the Arms of Morpheus

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Pipe Dream

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Books for Language Lovers

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Fill-in-the-Blank Limerick Puzzle

Posted by grantbarrett on February 13, 2010 · Add Comment

Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a fill-in-the-blank limerick puzzle, including: “There was once a coed named Clapper / In psychology class quite a napper. / But her Freudian dreams / Were so classic it seems / That now she’s a __________________.” This is part of a complete episode.
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fast on

Posted by Grant Barrett on January 31, 2008 · Add Comment

fast on adj.— «If I know I’ve got to be up early, I normally can’t sleep too well, but that night I was, as they say round they these parts, “fast on.” I was “fast on” and having a dream.» —“Alarming tale that gave me a wake-up call” by Ian McMillan Yorkshire Post (Leeds, United Kingdom) Jan. 29, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued [...]
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