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'Pun my word

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  • Started 9 months ago by Evan Owen
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  1. pat haskett
    Member

    Irish womans libber: Erin go Braless.

    Posted 1 month ago #
  2. Bob
    Member

    Evan threw down a challenge to come up with some "Laughable Latin":-

    Hi Bob –

    How about a round of “Laughable Latin?”

    Vici, veni, V.D. — I came, I saw, I cankered.
    Peccavi — I have Sind. (British military dispatch from what is now Pakistan)
    In loco parentis — Mum and Dad are crazy.

    Well he should have known better, shouldn't he?

    Here goes:-

    Ab extra = Belly fat.
    Ad nauseam = Disgusting advertisements.
    A posteriori = An egotistical ass.
    Bona Fide = The dog’s bone.
    Campus martius = A Gay parade.
    De bono et malo = Eating the bone made me ill.
    Doctus cum libro = Free healthcare.
    Ex parte = A sexual orgy.
    Fiat lux = An Italian car’s headlight.
    Horribile dictu = Not a euphonious accent.
    Ibid = I’ll give you $5 for it.
    In camera = I haven’t developed the film yet.
    In loco parentis = My parents are on the train.
    Justitia omnibus = The fleeing murderer was killed by a bus.
    Lapsus linguae = The way a cat or a dog drinks.
    Magnum bonum = I like this private detective.
    Nemo malus felix = The cat ate the goldfish.
    Orbiter dictum = Radio communication from a spaceship.
    Pollice verso = The cop’s car turned over.
    QED = Quite easily done.
    Quid novi = Crisp new British banknotes.
    Rus in urbe = Marina’s in town.
    SPQR = Small profits, quick rewards.
    Sic transit gloria mundi = The van has broken down, I get Monday off work.
    Testis unus, testis nullus = Hitler & Göbbels.
    Vice versa = Lewd poetry.

    Posted 3 weeks ago #
  3. Evan Owen
    Member

    Laughable Latin, cont.

    ab imo pectore = my pecs have sunk to my abs.
    ab ovo usque ad mala = eggs and whiskey are a bad combo
    absit invidio = Abe, have a chair and watch this movie
    angulus terrarum = horrible fisherman
    annus horribilis = haemorrhoids
    ante bellum = Mom’s sis is a beaut!
    ars est calare artem = my backside is colourfully tatoo’d.
    bona vacantia = erectile dysfunction
    camera obscura = left the lens cap on
    casus omissus = wife’s satchel
    cogito ergo sum = I’m a codger, but I still feel some urges.
    in hoc signo vinces = Vince has signed the loan

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

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