Weird Words
SCUBA
When you’re scuba diving, you’re using “self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.”
SPAM
Shoulder of Pork and Ham
Beating a Dead Horse
to bring up an issue that has already been resolved
LASER
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
M & M
Mars & Murrie’s, the last names of the candy’s founders
Mountain Out of a Molehill
One who escalates small things and turns them into big problems.
RADAR
RAdio Detection And Ranging
CANOLA Oil
Canola stands for Canada oil, low acid. There is no canola plant; the oil comes from rapeseed
Elvis Has Left The Building
Something is all over
pelurious (pel-ur-ee-us)
furry; Hairy
PAKISTAN
The name Pakistan is said to be derived from the Urdu and Persian word pak, meaning “pure.” But when the name was first coined in 1933, the independence activist Choudhry Rahmat Ali also suggested that it worked as an acronym of the five northern regions of British India: Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and, giving it its final few letters, Baluchistan
TIME Magazine
The International Magazine of Events
Close but no cigar
Coming close to a successful outcome only to fall short at the end.
palillogy (pa-lil-o-gee)
repetition of a word or phrase
CARE Package
Care packages were originally known as "CARE packages," and they were sent from the US to loved ones via the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe following the Second World War. The group eventually changed its name to Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, as they began to broaden out their charitable reach.
Yahoo!
Yet Another Hierarchical Official Oracle
Playing Possom
Pretending to be dead, or to be deceitful about something.