Open to any page in a thesaurus or dictionary and pick the first word you look at that lends itself to being changed. Change one letter or add one letter and tweak the definition to go along with the changes made to the word. The object is for this to be humorous!!!
My “words o’ day" are...
Poultry > Pooltry: a puddle of ducks
Sentiment
My “words o’ day" are...
Poultry > Pooltry: a puddle of ducks
Sentiment
> Centiment: being paid to be unreasonable
> Rentiment: periodically paying others to be unreasonable
> Dentiment: the negative emotional impact of being mentally side-swiped/rear-ended
Validate > Valimate: one half of a legally matched pair
Unctuous > Functuous: the hypocritical two-faced insincerity one exhibits at formal social occasions when complimenting others on their outfits
> Rentiment: periodically paying others to be unreasonable
> Dentiment: the negative emotional impact of being mentally side-swiped/rear-ended
Validate > Valimate: one half of a legally matched pair
Unctuous > Functuous: the hypocritical two-faced insincerity one exhibits at formal social occasions when complimenting others on their outfits
And last but not least (totally my favorite!) -
Hurricane > Purricane: a veritable storm of good vibrations from your cat
1 comment:
I am envious of you abilities with words. A newsletter that I get has something like these in them every so often. I enjoy reading them, but do not have the ability to generate them on my own.
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