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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on April 08, 2012, 09:41:26 AM
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Good title: Failing French
Good Ones:
Charming, e.g. PRINCE
Dead lines? OBIT [note 2 words]
A hundred bucks, maybe DEER [first thought was “herd”]
Theme: French expressions spelled incorrectly yielding different meanings
Deceptively realistic painting of The Donald? TRUMPLOEIL [I really did LOL]
Passenger who doesn’t bug the cabbie? LAISSEZFARE
Garden figure taking up arms? GNOMEDEGUERRE
Ocean trip with a skeleton crew? BONEVOYAGE
By the Way:
Pomaded ‘50’s subculturist GREASER [In my neighborhood it wasn’t a subculture. :) Would it be P.C. to describe a rapper so?]
Who knew…?
Solomon ASCHE was a pioneer of social psychology, a faux science IMO
ANGELINE was a character in a kid’s book written by Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar wrote a kid’s book with a character named ANGELINE
Some Nits to Pick:
“Silly me!” DOH [should be DUH; doh means the first note in the scale, though maybe in some dictionary or other it means “Silly me!”]
RATING: ;D ;D ;D Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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From mirriam-webster.com: Definition of D'OH
—used to express sudden recognition of a foolish blunder or an ironic turn of events
Homer Simpson says it all the time.
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Thanks, BJ. That explains it. I guess both Webster's Third and I are a bit musty. Homer Simpson has become part of our culture; and, while I have never seen him, I am certain if he uses it, it must be right.