Word Equations
As heard on CarTalk, from washingtonpost.com: Word Equations. Some of these are pretty good; others, not so much. Have you heard any/come up with one? Share it in the comments.
[Update: Here's a whole site of them: morenewmath.com]
Ennui = Boredom + thesaurus
Subpoena = Invitation – RSVP
Surrealism + bowling = Anchor
Entitlement – experience = Teenager
Fun at 30-year reunion: (Football captain’s baldness + cheerleader’s obesity)/Yours
Constructive criticism = You suck + here’s why
B + $8K = DD
Big Mac = Special sauce + lettuce + cheese + pickles + onion + cardboard
Helpmate = Husband – recliner
Uncle Sam x 24/7 = Big Brother
Tofu = Protein – fun
Crocs = sandals – dignity
Religion = Cult + 150 years
French = Latin + useless silent letters
Diet program = Anvil – Feather + Anvil
Movie at theater = movie at home + big screen + 120 db + $10/person + sitter + people texting in front of you + not clicking on Pause when you go to the bathroom
50 = 30 + 25 lbs.
Window of opportunity < door of failure
2009 = 2004 – money + hope
Iranian = Straight – M. Ahmadinejad, Tehran
Reality TV = Reality – real life
Chipmunk = Squirrel – rat
National debt problem = Whole lot of zeros + their bosses
401(k) + (2009 – 2008) = 201(k)
Unfashionable = Trendy + 3 months
15 +/- 14 = Express lane
Prostatitis = The urge/the stream
Eccentric = Insane/kind of amusing
Eureka = Wrong + wrong + wrong + wrong + not wrong
? + ? + ? + ? + salt = hot dog
Greenspan + 90dB – 40W = Cramer
Tween applying makeup = Clown face – clown
Husband = Boyfriend + buying feminine items at the supermarket
Snail mail = E-mail + punctuation – instantly regrettable impulse
United Nations = (Lofty ideas – ability to act) + funny blue helmets
Success = Failure + press secretary
Household budget = Income – expenses – Oh, they’re having a sale on big-screen TVs!
Travesty of justice = Total ink awarded – ink going to me
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