The Pointmeister put on his glasses and rolled up his sleeves and dug into his dictionary and came up with a few more words for your edification,
- Accord - a lot of firewood
- Arctic - common misspelling of artic
- Astute - a small statue
- Britches - nasty wealthy women
- Brouhaha - giggles from drinking too much beer
- Budget - Neanderthal term for "get me a beer"
- Cereal - continuing story about corn flakes
- Commentators - ordinary potatoes
- Donate - past tense of donut
- Ennui - where you find a tear drop
- Java Script - a cup of coffee and a morning newspaper
- Pastry - a tree from which the sap is made into paste, related to the rubber tree
- Piazza - catcher for the Mets
- Placebo - a toy gazebo for dolls
- Popsicle - a large tricycle for adult males
- Pugilist - a roster of prize fighters
- Puppets - tiny pop-ups on a computer
- Quarterback - change from a dollar bill for a purchase of 75 cents
- Rhubarb - Ru Paul's sister who dresses up as a man
- Utilitarian - person who works for the electric company or the gas company
~ The next edition of Fractured Etymology will return. There's always room for Jello and some new words!
No. 126
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