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Lexophilia:
"Lexophilia" describes those that have a love for words (usually plays on words), such as "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish", or "To write with a broken pencil is pointless." An annual competition is held by the New York Times to see who can create the best original lexophile. Here are some past winners and runner-ups.
This year's winning submission is posted at the very end.
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
When chemists die, they barium.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
I changed my iPad's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool .
Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore
I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.
A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
A will is a dead giveaway.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He's all right now.
A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.
He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.
When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.
Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.
Those who get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end
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"libido sciendi"..... the passion to know.
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4/24/2018, 5:55 pm
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Re: Lexophilia:
I think several others were better than the last one.
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4/24/2018, 7:10 pm
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Re: Lexophilia:
Some of those were hilarious!
Especially liked...
"He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed." lol
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Re: Lexophilia:
If lexophilia occurs without your expressed consent is it sexual harassment ?
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Bellelettres
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Re: Lexophilia:
How do you decline Latin? Just say no.
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Re: Lexophilia:
I decline to worry about Latin.
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4/25/2018, 6:37 pm
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Bellelettres
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Re: Lexophilia:
That's probably the best solution, Geezess.
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Re: Lexophilia:
My favorite so far is "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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