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  • Old Words And New Meanings

    From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to All on Sunday, September 13, 2020 00:06:09
    OLD WORDS WITH NEW MEANINGS

    Arbitrator \ar'-bi-tray'-ter\ : A cook that leaves Arby's to work at
    McDonald's

    Avoidable \uh-voy'-duh-buhl' \ : What a bullfighter tries to do

    Baloney \buh-lo'-nee' \ : Where some hemlines fall

    Bernadette \burn'-a-det' \ : The act of torching a mortgage

    Burglarize \bur'-gler-ize' \ : What a crook sees with

    Control \kon'-trol\ : A short, ugly inmate

    Counterfeiters \kown'-ter-fit'-ers\ : Workers who put together kitchen cabinets

    Eclipse \ee-klips' \ : What a Cockney barber does for a living

    Eyedropper \i'-drop-ur\ : A clumsy ophthalmologist

    Heroes \hee-rhos' \ : What a guy in a boat does

    Left Bank \left' bangk' \ : What the robber did when his bag was full of
    loot

    Misty \mis-tee' \ : How golfers create divots

    Paradox \par'-u-doks' \ : Two physicians

    Parasites \par'-ih-sites' \: What you see from the top of the EiffelTower

    Pharmacist \farm'-uh-sist \ : A helper on the farm

    Polarize \po'-lur-ize' \ : What penguins see with

    Primate \pri'-mate' \ : Removing your spouse from in front of the TV

    Relief \ree-leef' \ : What trees do in the spring

    Selfish \sel'-fish' \ : What the owner of a seafood store does

    Subdued \sub-dood' \ : Like, a guy who, like, works on one of those,
    like, submarines, man

    Sudafed \sood'-a-fed' \ : Brought litigation against a government
    official
    --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33)