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“It’s not fair!” said Tom darkly.

Tom Swifties

Acorn: An oak in a nutshell.

Definitions

Fettuccine Alfredo: Macaroni and cheese for adults.

Cooking Definitions Food/Drink

Misnomer: The right name for the wrong word.

Communication Definitions Language

The only reason she made it to the top was because her clothes didn't.

Appearance Body Clothing Success

He’s a wolf in cheap clothing.

Malaprops

“That’s more or less correct,” Tom said roughly.

Tom Swifties

She is so fat… she broke the family tree.

Appearance Body Exaggerations Fat

Derange: Where de buffalo roam.

Definitions

Charity begins at home… at about 6:30, when they call you and interrupt your dinner.

Characteristics

Camp: A place in the country where a mother sends her children for her vacation.

Definitions Places

Sympathy: What one usually gives to a friend or relative when he doesn’t want to lend him money.

Definitions Emotions

College: A four-year period when parents are permitted access to the telephone.

Definitions Education School

Nepotism: A form of favoritism – relatively speaking.

Definitions Family

“I’m sure we can fool them into thinking this is pollen,” said Tom beguilingly.

Tom Swifties

Better not open that Panacea's box.

Mixed metaphors

The only man who can fool all the women all the time is a fashion designer.

Appearance Clothing People Women

The coffee has burned my face! I'm going to be distorted!

Appearance Malaprops

Oh, for I minute there, I thought I was illuminating.

Malaprops

Umbrella: A shelter for one and a shower for two.

Definitions Things

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Beliefs Definitions Honesty Lies