Real meanings of English words
By youless
@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
January 4, 2008 2:22am CST
ADULT:
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
BEAUTY PARLOR:
A place where women curl up and dye.
CANNIBAL:
Someone who is fed up with people.
CHICKENS:
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.
COMMITTEE:
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
DUST:
Mud with the juice squeezed out.
EGOTIST:
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.
GOSSIP:
A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage.
HANDKERCHIEF:
Cold Storage.
INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
MOSQUITO:
An insect that makes you like flies better.
RAISIN:
Grape with a sunburn.
SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.
SKELETON:
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.
TOOTHACHE:
The pain that drives you to extraction.
TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.
YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.
WRINKLES:
Something other people have. You have character lines.
6 responses
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Jan 08
Hey dear youless. This discussion reminds me the teaching style teachers do in the school when they are explaining one word in English. Thanks for those words listed above which benefited me a lot. Happy posting.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Jan 08
Hehehe. It is still my day off today, so my posts increase a lot, but not tomorrow and after. Hope to be close to yours. lol.
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@sophie_dfuss (2365)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
Hi youless 
These words are funny but it really happens in our lives. 
These words are funny but it really happens in our lives. 1 person likes this
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
5 Jan 08
haha these are funnny. thanks for sharing!
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@ersmommy1 (12587)
• United States
4 Jan 08
These are great! Where did you find these gems? It's amazing what you can do when you are sleep deprived.It's 2:30 am here. Thanks for the giggle.
@Remando (175)
•
18 Apr 08
Those are great! Especially love: EGOTIST: someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.
I really know quite a few people like that! I do love those sorts of definitions, and also the word origin books (being a creative writer I always seem to get books about books for Christmas!) and find their meanings, say, 100 years' ago fascinating! But it's great to have a humourous look!
Thanks!
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