English Language
The punctuation that can make a word like “help” an interjection.
What is an exclamation point?
They come in rip, hack, & buzz varieties.
What are saws?
What little Tommy Tucker did for his supper.
What is sing?
Dangle, clip-on or piercing for example.
What are earrings?
Direction you want to be when meeting a skunk.
What is upwind?
Grammatical rule which controls the spellings of “field” & “receive”.
What is “I before E except after C”?
Medical name for a tongue depressor or household term for an icing spreader.
What is a spatula?
In “The Queen of Hearts”, he stole the tarts.
Who is the Knave (of hearts)?
These “buttons” button up your tuxedo shirt.
What are studs?
Your early training.
What is your upbringing?
“For”, “or”, “nor”, for example, are all this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
A small anchor with multiple flukes for crooks & climbers, a tool for the trade.
What is a grappling hook (a grapnel)?
What Little Bo Peep’s sheep will do if left alone.
What is come home?
Latin for a royal Persian headdress, it’s Miss American’s crowning glory.
What is a tiara?
Describes an effective pep talk or effective bra.
What is uplifting?
Term for what suffixes & prefixes are attached to.
What is the root word?
Proper name of “ball” end of some hammers, opposite the flat striking face.
What is a peen?
The 3 things growing in “Mary, Mary Quite Contrary’s” garden.
What are cockleshells and silver bells and pretty maids all in a row?
A gem carved in relief, or the kind of appearance Alread Hitchcock made in his movies.
What is a cameo?
The 20th letter of the Greek alphabet.
What is upsilon?
Of the 5 vowels, the ones always capitalized when standing alone in a sentence.
What is I and O?
Tool with 2 legs or jaws which can be adjusted to measure skull diameter, for instance.
What are calipers?
In “This little pig went to market”, its what the only pig that ate pigged out on.
What is roast beef?
An ornament held by a pin or clasp & worn at the neck.
What is a brooch?
In Hollywood for example, if he’s going to a preview, you’ve already seen it at a private screening.
What is one-upmanship?