[Brian Allgar]

But being a waster isn't as bad as those people who steal or lose all our money, Ann. You know the ones I mean - basters.

[John Whitworth]

bastard

o'bastard: Irish bastard
basterd: dyslexic bastard
batard: French bastard

[D.J.H. Bryant]

armhole

a) karmhole: where good deeds go as you're being punished
b) almhole: the opening in a church collection box
c) armole: a slightly raised dark spot on the arm


eyewitness

a) eyewhitness: someone who only saw a little bit
b) eyewitless: someone who has no idea what they saw
c) eewitness: a Scot who saw something


awestruck

a) lawestruck: legally castrated, esp. by divorce
b) ewestruck: run down by an angry mob of sheep
c) awestuck: overwhelmed to the point of paralysis


No, this is no fun at all.

Devlin

[Roger Slater]

language

• Slanguage: Speech consisting mostly of informal, non-standard usage.
• Lunguage: Speech delivered at the top of one's lungs.
• Laguage: Speech in movies that is out of synch with the video.

[Roger Slater]

BASTARD

• Basstard: A fish of unknown parentage.
• Basturd: A turd of unknown origin.
• BStard: Someone whose speech amounts to a lot of basturds.

[Roger Slater]

Here are the contest results from long ago when the Washington Post first did it.

[Roger Slater]

DEFINITION

• Deafinition: The meaning of a sign in BSL.
• Refinition: Giving new meaning to an old word.
• Efinition: The meaning of a curse word.

[basil ransome-davies]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

bastard

o'bastard: Irish bastard
basterd: dyslexic bastard
batard: French bastard

Stop it, John, or I'll die laughing.

[John Whitworth]

It just sort of came to me, Bazza. Inspiration is 99% of the poet's trade though we try to pretend otherwise and speak of hard work, blood, sweat and tears etc etc.

[basil ransome-davies]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

It just sort of came to me, Bazza. Inspiration is 99% of the poet's trade though we try to pretend otherwise and speak of hard work, blood, sweat and tears etc etc.

Lucky you. Sometimes I wish I were a poet & did not have to wrestle with prose.