Here's a clever bit of logomachy making its way around the e-mail circuit.
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed and dry cleaners depressed? Laundry workers could decrease, eventually becoming depressed and depleted!
Even more, bedmakers will be debunked, baseball players will be debased, landscapers will be deflowered, bulldozer operators will be degraded, organ donors will be delivered, software engineers will be detested, the BVD company will be debriefed, and even musical composers will eventually decompose.
On a more positive note though, perhaps we can hope politicians will be devoted.
Jeff, you are really clever! Loved your list of de-words.
How about un-words. Perhaps they'd all be unspoken...
gin
Hi Gin,
Although I may be clever, I cannot take credit for the
'de-' words item. I received it from someone else, who received it from someone else, who ...
I felt it was clever too, and wanted to share it with AWAD folks. I'm Glad you liked it.
Hmmm, un words...
Recovered assault victims are unabashed (I can make this terrible joke because I am one), auctioneers are unbidden, bookbinders are unbounded, electrical engineers are uncivil, and old virgins are uneasy!
And, perhaps, "End-of-the-Worlders" will be deceased, air conditioning workers will be deducted, and studs will be desired!
And no doubt a successful weight-watcher is an example to us all. Sorry! I am really only posting this (#20) to see if perchance it converts me to a "newbie"!
Oh no, not twenty-five! I presume that "spamming" the forums is not an acceptable procedure, so I will try to provide some reasonably constructive input in order to achieve my (immediate) goal.
lusy
I saw these someplace and copied down a few I felt were choice...but I can't give proper credit....We used them at the Literacy Library to try and explain the hundreds of ways we refer to death in our language...Psheesh!
Old bowlers never die, they just end up in the gutter.
Old bridge players never die, they just lose their finesse.
Old cleaning people never die, they just kick the bucket.
Old computer programmers never die, they just byte the dust.
Old exorcists never die, they just give up the ghost.
Old frogs never die, they just croak.
Old hippies never die, they just go up in smoke.
Old librarians never die, they just check out.
Old yachtsmen never die, they just keel over....
etc...etc...
Tu
Jeff, you should check out the Washington Post crossword, "They're Fired," from the Sunday, January 23, 2000 paper. The theme is similar to your message. In fact, 73-Across is clued as "He's debased" -- wanna guess the answer?
Hi GZini,
My guess would be PICKEDOFF.
It's ballplayer, similar to your original post.
re; old X never die, they ..
There are also series about a more intimate subject (which is usually just called it-- and because of the it, the are ambiguous.
Scuba divers do it deeper.
Truckers do it on the road.
Engineers do it with precision.
Programmers do it in endless loops.(and several others)
Groupies do in it in concert. (also violinist, etc)
any others you want to contribute?
Old hunters never die, they just wear out thier barrels.
When old truckers wear out, they just get another Peterbilt.
Old golfers never die, they just lose their uh, oh, what WAS that one?
Old miners get the shaft.
Old wordsmiths never die, they just lose their periods and later have trouble with their colons.
Old wordsmiths never die, they just lose their periods "lose their periods"? A blessed event is pending???
<< giggle >> Though you and I are not exactly on the best of terms, arosebyanyname, I have to say that that last post of yours is hilarious.
The New York Yankees never die; they still are Ruthlessly unBerrable even when they're disMantled.
Geoff - they just lose their periods reminds me of this great line in Grease: "I feel like a broken typewriter. I just skipped a period." You made me grin! what a great post....
