Saturday, October 29, 2011

Lateral Definitions

TOOTHACHE - The pain that drives you to extraction. 

BEAUTY PARLOUR - A place where women curl up and dye. 

CHICKENS - The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. 

COMMITTEE - A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. 

DUST - Mud with the juice squeezed out. 

EGOTIST - Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation. 

HANDKERCHIEF - Cold storage. 

INFLATION - Cutting money in half without damaging the paper. 

TOMORROW - One of the greatest labor-saving devices of today. 

YAWN - An honest opinion openly expressed.

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