LEXOPHILIA . . .


"Lexophilia" describes those that have a love for words, such as "you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish", "To write with a broken pencil is pointless."


An annual competition is held by the New York Times to see who can create the best original lexophilia.



This year's submissions:

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore.

I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.

I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

When chemists die, they barium.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.


Those who get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end.

Some pretty clever stuff there. I love language, but I never want to work that hard.

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Originally posted by HRK:
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When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
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Johnny Carson as “The Great Carnac”, decades ago. Still funny!

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

The word also describes all of my sister "Lexi's" boyfriends.

Oh, and have you seen the new monitors mounted above the urinals in The Pittsburgh Pirate's stadium? You know, PNC Park.

Don't forget the optometrist who fell into a lens grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself.