Puns and Such

Puns
1. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
2. Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy.
3. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
4. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
5. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
6. For a while, Houdini used a lot of trap doors in his act, but he was just going through a stage.
7. A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.
8. They tried to keep a locksmith in prison, but the nut bolted.
9. When chemists die, we barium.
10. What do you call a melon that's not allowed to get married? Can't elope




Words
1. delectation\dee-lek-TAY-shun\ , noun:
- Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment

2. flout\FLOWT\ , transitive verb:
- To treat with contempt and disregard; to show contempt for.

3. reticent\RET-ih-suhnt\ , adjective:
- Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

4. dalliance\DAL-ee-uhns, DAL-yuhns\ , noun:
- Frivolous spending of time; dawdling.

5. travail\truh-VAYL; TRAV-ayl\ , noun:
- Painful or arduous work; severe toil or exertion.

6. lineament\LIN-ee-uh-muhnt\ , noun:
- A distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face.

7. ineluctable\in-ih-LUCK-tuh-buhl\ , adjective:
- Impossible to avoid or evade; inevitable.

8. protean\PRO-tee-un; pro-TEE-un\ , adjective:
- Displaying considerable variety or diversity.

9. dulcet\DUHL-sit\ , adjective:
- Pleasing to the ear; melodious; harmonious.

10. ineffable\in-EF-uh-buhl\ , adjective:
- Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.



AUGUST 28, 2009
-A young boy save his whole family from a fire in his house in Riverdale, Illinois.