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Comment posted on Cosmetics by politricks5

What about the prefix “Auto”? Doesn’t it mean ‘about oneself’?? Like Autobiography, and Autoimmune?

And perhaps Automobile means mobile by itself? Such as with Autograph?

Then Automaton? Maton?

Autoerotic makes me wonder where masturbate comes from *snicker*.. why not Master-bate? why Mastur?

Why not Miss, or Lady? Missbate, or Ladybate?

See, etiquette is a weird thing:
Men under 10yrs: Master
Men between 10-18: No Prefix
Men over 18: Mr.
(as in addressing a letter, or invitation)

But I also read that it’s acceptable etiquette to SPIT in public as long as it lands on Grass. That can’t be possible!!

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Hara-Kiri
edd zackery (that’s Japanese for ‘exactly’)
Hara-Kiri
How about the word “Phenomenon”? From where did that come?
It sounds Vietnamese.
And for dessert I shall have the Phen omenon.

Also, my friends don’t believe me, but aren’t jujubees used for making Kosher honey?
GTW Game IX Answer
****HOMEWORK: Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey****
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. However, how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square-based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem…how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a ‘Monkey’ with 16 round indentations.

However, if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make ‘Brass Monkeys.’ Few land lubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, ‘Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
Dressed to the Nines
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Dear Hotforwords,
Why is regardless and irregardless the same word?

And why do we give 3 cheers in celebration?
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray

What’s Hip Hip??
Drink the Kool-Aid
Hey Marina,
You may already know, but just as memo, I’ve been experiencing a “Problem Establishing Database” error message when trying to load some of your pages on the site. That error message isn’t verbatim, but just wanted to keep you apprised. okie dokie?

And secondly, is it true that the word Horny originated as such: As early as the mid-18th century, an erection was known as a horn or the horn, simply because it looked a bit like one. James Joyce even used the term in his Ulysses. From there, any man having the horn was called horny, and this is first recorded in 1889. It was surely in use long before then, as the horn probably was. It often takes some time for lewd slang to make it into the written record.

<—Horny, pun intended.