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Where did it go? THWAP.

with 4 comments

A message from the United Lawn Dart Workers Association.

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Wordsploded by Mark

December 19th, 2008 at 4:49 am

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Posted in Not using it right, Joe, Unintended meanings, Vocabularious

Bank of America – Day One

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First topic: Numbers! They’re like letters that you can count.

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December 11th, 2008 at 7:20 am

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Posted in Spelltastic, Vocabularious

Food Drive

with 2 comments

Bucky wants subject-verb agreement.

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November 19th, 2008 at 7:23 am

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Posted in Pluralternate universe, Vocabularious

Garbage truck

with 3 comments

I prefer the community chest.

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Wordsploded by Mark

November 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am

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Posted in Unintended meanings, Vocabularious

Apples

with 4 comments

Tell me more about how I can to support my local growers for my very much apple enjoyment!

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November 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

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Posted in Vocabularious

Ceramic Tiles

with 2 comments

Except for signage.

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October 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 am

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Posted in Vocabularious

Close

with 7 comments

Sort of like Starbucks?

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October 19th, 2008 at 7:13 am

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Posted in Capital punishment, Spelltastic, Vocabularious

Bathroom

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Why you’d want to relieve yourself in a place that looks like the set of one of those Saw movies is beyond me. Why oh why are all the knobs missing?

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Wordsploded by Mark

October 16th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

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Posted in Vocabularious

Mute

with 4 comments

Would that SL Buggs had himself made a “mute” point and spared us the gritting of our teeth.

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Wordsploded by Mark

October 9th, 2008 at 7:49 am

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Posted in Unintended meanings, Vocabularious

Yonge Subway

with 2 comments

It must have been a slow news day in Toronto. Over to you, Tom, in the anti-climactic news department.

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Wordsploded by Mark

October 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

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Posted in Vocabularious