Usually, a word begins with a literal, concrete meaning. (Like concrete, for example.) Then, eventually, it starts being used metaphorically. (Hey again, concrete!) But with these words, that's not the case. These words began as metaphors and then went backwards. Stay tuned. Download the...
A Palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards. View all palindrome words here. Pig Latin Dad in Pig Latin is said as "adday or addway". Unigram d | a | d Bigram da | ad Trigram dad Word Gram second letter a third letter is dSynonyms...
A Palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards. View all palindrome words here. Pig Latin Ewe in Pig Latin is said as "eweay or eweway". Unigram e | w | e Bigram ew | we Trigram ewe Word Gram second letter w third letter is eUse...
Rhyming words are words that sound the same even if they are spelled differently. “Dog” and “fog,”“tree” and “free” and “back” and “knack” are examples of this. Rhyming words can most commonly be found in poems. Rhyming is a great way to help people remember words easier....
Speak and feel like a local with these 30 slang words in Tagalog that are commonly used by hip Filipino millennials.
“Chichi” is Spanish slang for breast (typically the word is used in its plural form, “chichis” to refer to breasts); so “a little chi chi out” refers to the modest baring of the breast. “Chocho” (more commonly spelled “chocha”) is Spanish slang for vagina; thus “not my...
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the inventiveness of English-speakers and the richness of the language itself. There are literally hundreds, possibly thousands, of words and phrases that all mean the same thing, that you’ve had a wee bit too much to drink. The list is alphabetical and you click on a letter below to ...
But it’s truly the closer that puts the icing on the cake for me, probably because it’s the most surprising part of the entire record; the 5 minute Ambient tangent that unwinds on delicately repeating piano strokes and chirping birdsong of “aisatsana”, or Anastasia spelled backwards (...
I also find "bustanji," the Arabic word for "gardener," to be highly funny, as well as "shababeek," which means "windows." I always laugh when I hear Villa Park, because when pronounced backwards it's "crap alive." John / September 27, 2005 11:13 AM Neee! Just to provide pla...