Words words words

NoCoPilot wrote:

Why hasn't anyone marketed a bicycle under the name "Cyclo-Pedia"?

They have come closer than you know.

In Nam, we often used these for transportation when on liberty in places like  Saigon or Da Nang:


These were motorized and called Cyclos.


There were also man-powered versions called Pedicabs:


These were often called Cyclo-Pedicabs, which is awfully close to Cyclo-Pedias.

An illuminated manuscript has pictures in the text:


An illiterate manuscript has text in the pictures:

Q: What do you call someone who plays the violin at a cross burning?


A: A Nero-Nazi

Don't you think a hyperbolic chamber is just a little over-the-top?

To eat a big meal = gurgitate?

Well I'll be darned.

When you go somewhere within your own country for vacation, you are said to be "vacationing in-country."

If you're in Europe, and vacation somewhere else in the EU, are you remaining "in-continent"?

Howard can correct me if I'm wrong, but if you were in-country in Vietnam, you weren't on vacation.

Right you are, Richard; not a vacation.

But - if I may get a bit pedantic - we should define "in-country." I spent most of two and a half years there and I never used the term "in-country"  to refer to the entire country of Viet Nam. We earlier visitors often used the phrase "Indian country" to refer to quite unpleasant areas of the country; it was sometimes abbreviated to "In country".
It wasn't until some time after I had returned that I began hearing the term "in-country" commonly used to refer to the country of Viet Nam on news broadcasts (about the time that Viet Nam turned into Vietnam, probably).

How come dinner isn't called "startfast"?

Late-night snacks.

My head LITERALLY explodes the way some people misuse the English language.

There must be something wrong with the last package of batteries I bought.  They're listed as "long life," but when I open the package they just sit there.

Why do they call it "Taking a shit"? You don't TAKE anything. It should be called "giving a shit."

Emordnilap

9dency, when it's just occasional

Why is it that if someone can "rattle off something" it's very quick,

but if he "rattles on" it takes FOREVER?

"Warring fractions" or just "math debaters"?

I've said it before, (here, actually), being blunt and being to the point should not mean the exact damn thing.

How come "deterred" doesn't mean the opposite of "interred"?

But they very well could be used as opposites.
As in:
"Mr. Jones, this preventative surgery will definitely deter an untimely interment"

Or something.

Do cannibals use cannabis?

Is the gluteus gluten-free?

Stolen from a Facebook meme:

Jail and prison are synonyms.
But jailer and prisoner are antonyms.

English is the only language where you drive in parkways and park in driveways
It's also the only language where you recite in a play and play in a recital.

This just happened.
Come and go...same meaning?

Here's the text conversation:

"Come to your door."  
(2 min. later)
"Seriously, Lisa, go to your front door."