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HotForWords Forums » Tag: mondegreen - Recent Topics http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ A place to discuss all kinds of stuff! en Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:06:56 +0000 Evan Owen on "'Pun my word" http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/pun-my-word#post-5918 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:51:18 +0000 Evan Owen 5918@http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/ 'PUN MY WORD This forum is for HFW fans who delight in wordplay: puns, bilingual puns, doble-entendres, folk etymology, tall tales about words, daffynitions, humorously creative new meanings for old words, funny new words to describe our changing times and technology. Posts can be as corny as "The Mountain Man's Guide to Computer Terminology" ("Log on": part of the phrase "throw another log on the fire, it's getting chilly!"), or as subtly sophisticated as Fractured French ("Chargé d’affaires = The cost of infidelity") We could try games such as "guess the pun," e.g. Q: "What's the slogan of the Sierra Club's campaign to extend Second Amendment rights to grizzlies?" A: "Support the right to arm bears." Also, I realized that my "Fractured Philology" posts ("eufemmism: something nice women say") needed their own spot when it was pointed out that the people who think SHIT is an acronym ("Ship High In Transit") might take them seriously. Which brings me to an important point: THIS IS NOT A FORUM FOR SERIOUS SCHOLARSHIP, UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A LUDICROUS OR FRIVOLOUS TWIST. ANYONE CAUGHT TARNISHING THIS FORUM'S REPUTATION BY POSTING RESPECTABLY STUDIOUS COMMENTS WILL BE FLAMED ON SIGHT! <img src="http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_mrgreen.gif" title=":mrgreen:" class="bb_smilies" /> This is for the protection of all participants, so that we can indulge our flights of fancy without worry that anyone will take us seriously. Acknowledgement goes to Bob Morris for inspiring this forum with his "Poulet vous francais?" comeback to the question, "Why do we say [pardon my French] when we use fowl language?" Thanks also to Chemikal for his idea of "Elliptic English" ("prudent - prune extract toothpaste") and his motto/slogan, "Let’s mess with the words shall we?" To conclude with a quote from 0ceans1ze "Well, my coffee break is over = Café au lait"