Fun words

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:06 am

I just added a link on the Bilingual forum's dictionary sticky to something about A.S. Hornby (part of a promotion of the OALD7), and noticed one of the OALD7's new words was silver surfer - 'an older person who enjoys surfing the internet'. Is this word new to you? I assume it was coined after the second Fantastic Four movie came out. Even if it's old hat to some, I'm sure most will agree that it's a fun phrase.

Anyway, if you spot something that you think will tickle people here on Dave's, feel free to post it here!

woodcutter · Post by **woodcutter** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:27 am

Some of these are good

http://www.rinkworks.com/words/funwords.shtml

This site will also tell you why language enthusiasts use the phrase "etaoin shrdlu", and other such stuff....

woodcutter · Post by **woodcutter** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:35 am

These "Backronyms" are sometimes quite funny as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym