Verbs derived from animals
There is a small group of verbs that come from behaviours of various animals. some are obvious but others are quite obscure: to ape – to imitate foolishly “Will you boys stop aping around and get on with your work!” …
Category: Funny English
Contronyms
A contronym is one of the strangest vocabulary issues in the English language. One word can have two meanings, that’s common, but with a contronym the two meanings are opposite! (“Contra” means opposite, such as in “contradict” and “contravene”) The …
Unexpected 2nd meanings
Some common words in English actually have other meanings that you may not know. For example: August – of course, the month, but also “awesome” curry – besides the Indian cuisine, it also means: “to curry favor”, to seek to …
Compound Words
There are very many nouns, adjectives and verbs made up of two or more words, such as football, birthday, somebody, website etc. There are some other words that are made from phrases. Here is a short list of common English …
Viz Joke #6
“This thing is bigger than both of us,” is an expression meaning the situation is more important than how you or I feel.
Viz Joke #5
Yet another “thing” joke. Perhaps this one doesn’t need explanation…