24 Entries Tagged “Literature”
Funny Insults
21. Domeless Wonderboy
From the book A Clockwork Orange, dome refers to one's head; to be domeless therefore is to be brainless and stupid, and a wonder that you manage to do anything at all, making you a wonderboy... a domeless wonderboy, that is. See also Literature.
Funny Toys
22. Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy
Playground game of the future as described in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. See also Literature.
Funny Animals
23. Sorrel Nag
I once called a friend a "sorrel nag," and he responded, "I'm not a sorrel nag, you're a bay mare." I had no reply to that. See also Literature.
Funny Euphemisms
24. The Euphemism
As in, the bathroom. See George in Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf: "Martha, will you show her where we keep the, uh, euphemism?" See also Literature, Movies.