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Favorite Tongue Twister:

"Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?"

Favorite Linguistic Lyrics:

AtoZ:

Words with Two Z's:

blizzard buzz buzzard buzzcut buzzsaw dazzle dizzy drizzle fizz

fizzle Fozzy frazzle frizzle fuzz fuzztone gizzard grizzly huzzah

intermezzo jazz jazzy jizz Lizzy mezzanine mezzo muzzle nozzle

nuzzer nuzzle Ozzy piazza pizza pizzaz pizzicato puzzle quizzical

razzamataz razzle-dazzle tizzy twizzler wazzup wuzzy zazen Zsa-Zsa zig-zag ZZ-Top

androgyny anybody anyway asymmetry asynchronously aye-aye busybody bye-bye byway cloyingly coyly cyclicly cynically dilly-dally entymology enzymology everybody

gynocology gypsy hanky-panky higgledy-piggledy hokey-pokey hoity-toity hunky-dory hurdy-gurdy hydrodynamic hydro-electricity hyperactively hyperactivity hypoallergenically hypothetically hysterically joyously lycanthropy

mystery mystically mythology namby-pamby odyssey okey-dokey parapsychology physically playboy polyamory polyandry polyethylene polygamously polygamy polyphony polyrhythmic polystyrene

psychically psychology psychologically shyly skyway spryly symmetry synchonously synchrony synergy synonym systematically syzygy topsy-turvy willynilly wishy-washy wryly

yackity-yak yappy yay yayas yearly yellowy yesterday yesteryear yippiyiyo yippiyay yo-yo yoyodyne yucky yummy yuppify yuppy

Words with Two X's:

BTW, they're all "made up" words. Coincidence?

Aoxomoxoa Ex-Lax

Exxon Fixx

Tex-mex Xerox

awkward downtown downward kowtow lawnmower lowdown pow-wow snowplow swallow wagonwheel wah-wah

walkway Walla Walla wallflower wallow wainwright washerwoman wasp-wiasted watchtower waterwheel wayward wee-wee

wellwisher werewolf wheelbarrow wheelwright wherewithall whirlwind whipperwill whitewall whitewater whitewash widow

wigwam will-o'-the-wisp willow willpower window windpower windward winnowy wishy-washy withdraw withdrawl

withdrawn withdrew woodworker workwoman worldwide wormwood worrywart worthwhile wow

Words with Two V's:

continuum muumuu

Triduum Uunet

vacuum

Words with TH, But Not Like That:

anthill bithead boathouse butthead cathouse coathanger

foothill goatherder goathead lighthouse masthead meathead

meathook nuthatch nuthouse outhouse parenthood posthole

posthuman posthumous pothole pothead rathole shithead

shithole shithouse sweathog warthog

boo-boo boo-hoo

foolproof footloose

footstool moonroof

poo-poo pooper-scooper

woo-hoo

Words with Two K's:

bookkeeper bookmark Bukowski cakewalk kayak khaki kickboxer

kick kiosk kike kink kinky Klondike Koko

kooky konk Kotik knack knapsack knickerbocker knicknack

knock knock-kneed knockout milkshake nekkid skank skink

skulk skunk skunkworks tommyknockers workmanlike

Words with Two J's:

jejune Jojo

jojoba jujitsu

juju jujubes

Extra Special Bonus: Words with Two (Consecutive) A's:

aardvark aardwolf

Alderaan bazaar

Hagen-Daas Parkaah

Compound Conjuctions, Prepositions and Qualifiers:

aforementioned although altogether anybody anyhow anyone anyway anywhere before behind beneath between

betwixt erstwhile evermore everybody everyone everywhere forever forthright forthwith furthermore henceforth hereafter

herein heretofore herewith hitherto however inasmuch into meanwhile moreover nevermore nevertheless nobody

noone notwithstanding nowhere somesuch thereafter therefore therein thereupon underneath unto untoward whatever

whatnot whenever whereabouts wherefore wherever wherein wherewithall whichever withal within without

Reserved Words:

Note: not all of these are "real" words. Nevertheless, they remain reserved.

asm, auto, break, case, catch, char, class, const, continue, default, delete, do, double, else, enum, extern, float, for, friend, goto, if, inline, int, long, new, operator, overload, private, protected, public, register, return, short, signed, sizeof, static, struct, switch, this, template, try, typedef, union, unsigned, void, volatile, while.

Some Weird Turns-of-the-Phrase:

1. "Turn of the phrase" 2. "Out of sorts" 3. "Devil-may-care" 4. "Up your alley" 5. "Flash in the pan" 6. "Pork-pie hat" 7. "Under your hat" 8. "Under your belt" 9. "Jury-rig" 0. "A fine how-do-you-do"

Some Weird Phrase Dualities:

1. "Punch drunk" & "Slap happy" 2. "Fix your wagon" & "Clean your clock" 3. "Funny car" & "Monster truck"

Some Nice Sets of Synonyms:

1. ballyhoo, brouhaha, hubbub, hullabaloo 2. helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, hodge-podge 3. zinger, humdinger, lollapaloooza, knockout 4. abracadabra, hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo 5. pizzaz, razzamataz, razzle-dazzle 6. zero, zip, zilch 7. knick-knack, tchochki, checha-becha 8. doohickey, doodad, thingamijig, widget, whatchamacallit 9. gonzo, banzai, gangbusters

Names of Foods Named After Other Foods:

antipasta bananna pepper cheesefood product cherry tomato

coconut milk corned beef eggplant goat cheese

grapefruit headcheese kidney beans McRibs

peanuts peanut butter pepper corn plum tomoato

soy milk tofurkey turducken turkey bacon

Names of Animals Named After Other Animals:

anteater bull terrier catfish chicken hawk crabs cuttlefish dogfish dragonfly

duckbill platypus elephant seal fisher flying fox ground hog hedge hog horse fly jellyfish

kangaroo rat kingfisher koala bear lion fish naked mole rat panda bear pit bull prarrie dog

rhinoceros beetle sea cow sea horse sea lion sea monkey sheepdog sparrow hawk spider monkey

tigerfish tiger shark turkey vulture whale shark

Double Words:

abracadabra audio-video ba-da-bing ba-da-boom be-bop boogie-woogie chit-chat claptrap Coca-cola dilly-dally ding-dong flim-flam flip-flop

hanky-panky hee-haw heebbie-jeebies helter-skelter higgledy-piggledy hip-hop hobnob hocus-pocus hodge-podge hoi-polloi hoity-toity

hokey-pokey hoochie-coochie hubbub hurdy-Gurdy jingle-jangle King Kong knick-knack mickey-fickey Mojo Jojo mumbo-jumbo namby-pamby niminy-piminy

Nutter-butter Oingo-Boingo ping-pong pooper-scooper razzle-dazzle riff-raff see-saw ship-shape Sing Sing sing-song super-duper teeter-totter

Tex-mex tick-tock tutti-fruity Walla Walla wakka wakka willy-nilly wishy-washy zig-zag

Little Doubles: (Good for small talk)

Baja beebee Boho boo-boo Boo-hoo bye-bye cha-cha cukoo dada Deedee dodo Dojo

domo doo-doo Fifi Fiji fru-fru ga-ga go-go goo-goo haha heehee HiFi hobo

Hoho HoJo homo Jai-lai Jojo JoRo Juju la-la lulu MoFo mojo Mama

muumuu NoHo No-no oh-oh Papa pee-pee PeeWee pogo PoMo poo-poo pow-wow Slo-Mo

SoHo so-so squeegee uh-uh Voodoo Wah-wah wee-wee yaya yo-yo Zsa-Zsa

Redundant Acronyms:

ATM machine HIV virus NIC card PIC code PIN number SCUBA gear VIN number

Nested and Recursive Acronyms:

AIM  -  AOL Instant Message BASS  -  BASS Anglers Sportsman Society GNU  -  GNU's Not Unix OMS  -  Opcode MIDI System or Open MIDI System PINE  -  PINE Is Not Elm SAX  -  Simple API for XML XMI  -  XML Metadata Interchange

Long Acronyms:

ALBATROSS  --  Antarctic Large-Scale Box Analysis and the Role of the Scotia Sea NASCAR  --  National Association of Stock Car Automobile Racing NASCIO  --  National Association of State Chief Information Officers NYVRMLSIG  --  New York Virtual Realtiy Markup Language Special Interest Group PCMCIA  --  People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms ROTFLMAO  --  Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off SCMODS  --  State County Municipal Offender Data Systems THAC0  --  To Hit Armor Class Zero WYSIWYG  --  What You See Is What You Get

Names of Geographical Places that Begin with "The":

1. The Bronx 2. The Hague 3. The Netherlands 4. The United States 5. The Ukraine 6. The Presidio