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Imagination: What puts men in asylums unless they are crazy enough to put it down on paper or canvas.

Definitions

He could sell socks to a rooster.

Communication Expressions

Synonym: A word you use when you can’t spell the other word.

Definitions Language

“This steamroller is amazing,” said Tom flatteringly.

Tom Swifties

I'm shooting from the seat of my pants.

Mixed metaphors

“I can eat one hundred and forty-four,” Tom boasted grossly.

Tom Swifties

”..,” said Tom blankly.

Tom Swifties

I’m gonna dig in my feet on this one.

Mixed metaphors

“I’m just an ordinary soldier,” Tom admitted privately.

Tom Swifties

Gossip: Something negative that is developed and then enlarged.

Definitions

A carpenter was the low rung on a totem pole.

Mixed metaphors

The United Nations is a good idea, but it’s a pity they have to have so many foreigners in it.

Government People

… prostate with grief

Malaprops

Farmer: A handy man with a sense of humus.

Definitions Wordplay

Group Therapy: A drama-in-the-round staged for the entertainment of a professional therapist, who commands the players to put on a new show each week and charges them for the privilege.

Definitions

“The exit is right there,” Tom pointed out.

Tom Swifties

Borrower: A person who always wants to be left a loan.

Definitions

Booby Trap: A brassiere.

Definitions

She is so fat… the police told her to break it up.

Appearance Exaggerations Fat

We are born naked, wet, and hungry; then things get worse.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws

Fishing: A delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Activities Definitions