Well, January is coming to the end and this month we have guessed many interesting and funny words playing Jeopardy. Looking through them makes me laugh as I already "see" a few funny stories and verses I can write. So, I propose you to do the same. Please, write a funny story or a funny poem using some of these words. I will correct the stories, so they must be within 200-250 word limit.
Here is our vocabulary:
A GURNEY (American) is a weeled stretcher to put a person into an anbulance, for example.
A MORTARBOARD is an academic cap. The other word is a BERETTA.
A LIRIPIPE is a tassel on an academic cap or a hood.
A TZITZIT is a tassel decoratind a tallit (Jewish ceremonial wear).
TO SCREW UP (American) means to make a mistake, fail, mismanage or mishandle a situation.
A MIXOLOGIST (American) is a person skilled in mixing cocktails.
TO GIVE SMBD THE SILENT TREATMENT means a stubborn refusal to talk to someone, especially after a recent argument or disagreement.
A DRY RUN is a rehearsal of a performance or procedure before the real one.
MORONITY is the same as DEMENTIA, i.e., mental deficiency.
TO FLIP OVER means to make 180 degree turn or to be mad about someone/something, to like/love very much.
HYPNOBATIA is the same as SOMNABULISM. It means doing something while sleeping.
A KEG is a rather small (not more than 40 litres) metal barrel for keeping beer.
A ROLLING PIN is a kitchen stuff for flattering dough or telling a husband he is wrong! Hahaha!
A BOFFOLA is a very funny joke said in time or a line of the script written in place that makes you laugh.
TO SLEEP LIKE A LOG/TO BE DEAD TO THE WORLD means to sleep tight.
A DEIPNOSOPHIST is a person who is a master of dinner-table conversations, the life of the party.
A TRANSOM is a ventilator window above the ourside door.
TO AGGRANDIZE means:
1.to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2.to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
3.to make (something) appear greater
A MOUSE POTATO is a person who spends much time before the computer screen.
A COUCH POTATO is a person who spends much time on the couch watching TV.
I hope you will enjoy this challenge.
Looking forward to your replies!
Comments
Danny, here is my reply to your challenge!
If somebody wears a gold liripipe on his biretta, it is just a tribute to his doctorate degree, but nothing more for me. Our same mortarboards sit next to each other in the closet and I am sure that my biretta always asks her companion what its master is up to. And, I tell you, his master is always up to something! To be a good chemist is a true temptation! He always knows the right mix to make a man get drunk or to make a lady feel excited. He is a great mixologist and a great deipnosophist and all women around flip over him! But just come home, darling! And never say it was a dry run of your concert so, you had to have a keg of beer to relax and to be dead to the world! I don’t like to sleep with a corps in my bed! My silent treatment and my cold shoulder mean nothing for you. So, I will meet you at the door with my rolling pin your face will feel for sure and I will not call the ambulance. No gurneys any longer! I do know that trick! But I love you so much that I don’t want you to suffer! So, I will probably use my bow and arrows to be sure you will not suffer any more as I am a perfect shot, you know! So, what do you prefer: to have one more plastic surgery and wearing casts or to pass away without even realizing it? We live in a democratic country, you always have a choice, but if I were you, I would choose the last!
Hahahahaha!
Oh! Thank you very much.
Be sure, I will go ahead and never give up.
Thanks to you and teacher Danny again,
Dear Bijan, we encourage people to use their English and it is the only one way to master it. Just give it a try and post your story here. We will correct it and you will get some knowledge from it! Besides, everyone will be glad to hear your ideas. Just go ahead and never give up!
I would like to tell you a fact.
Today, I tried to write a story on the challenge, but I could not. my level is not strong for writing the story or a poem.
It was very difficult for me. I think the challenge is in advanced level that dear Rose could write about it very well.
I read dear Rose's writing again. Her writing is very strong. Thanks to dear Rose for her great writing. I hope dear Rose to help the students like you and teacher Tanya.
Thank you very much for giving me positive energy.
Best wishes,
Wow! I am very happy to see your invitation. Be sure. I will do this later.
In addition, if you correct my new blog post (Iran's brilliant civilization and president Trump), I will be very very happy.
Please, feel free to say no.
Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Dear Bijan, thanks for your comment! You can write eaither a story or a poem on this challenge. The only one condition is to use some of above mentioned words correctly.
Thank you for your blog. You always want to help the students.
Sometimes, I can see a teacher writes a funny poem by using the words.
Thanks and best wishes,
Dear Danny, after the story I have written also a funny ( I hope so ) poem by using the words what you told us to use.
There you go the link:
http://www.myenglishclub.com/profiles/blogs/a-poem-to-danny-s-chall...
Thanks a lot, dear Rose!
"feisty" is an adjective and has different meanings.
for example:
1. full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky:
axample: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
2. ill-tempered, pugnacious.
3. troublesome; difficult:
feisty legal problems.
I hope Danny will accept my explanation or even explain more.
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