HOMOPHONES
POSSESSIVE PHRASES
THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET
I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS
ADVERTISING
200

A medieval farm worker, or to browse the internet.

serf / surf 

200

This version of a movie restores scenes or changes edits according to the filmmaker's original vision, rather than the version initially released by the studio.

director's cut 

200

Directly confront someone & you're going this-to-this with them.

toe-to-toe

200

The name of this ancient garment from a single piece of cloth is related to the Latin word for "to cover"

toga 

200

In the 1940s, it was "America runs on Bulova time"; more recently, it was "America runs on" this coffee & baked goods chain.

Dunkin'

400

To smell really bad, or to inflict, usually havoc.

reek / wreak 

400

This expression about who decides what card game gets played can also mean "Bartender, you pick my drink"

dealer's choice 

400

This lingual "disease" of making inappropriate statements has 2 body parts.

foot in mouth

400

In the 17th century the belted plaid developed into this garment

a kilt

400

In 1997 this company began daring its customers to "Think Different"

Apple

600

A cereal grass, or sardonic, like some humor.

rye / wry

600

Not always actual medical instruction, this phrase can mean anything you're urged to do, or a gin & citrus cocktail

doctor's orders 

600

A soldier's small trunk.

footlocker 

600

On Sept. 8, 1504 this Michelangelo statue was completed, in all his glory

David 

600

In commercials with Dr. Rick, Progressive says it can save you money when you bundle but it can't save you from doing this

becoming your parents 

800

Containing little fat, or a legal claim on a property.

lean / lien 

800

Hamlet tells Horatio, "Methinks I see my (dead) father... in" this, the faculty of imagination

my mind's eye

800

A curved part of the foot is a crucial part of this term for your chief rival.

archenemy 

800

Basically a belt plus a front flap, it was a simple garment for men in ancient Egypt; Tarzan makes one from deerskin

loincloth

800

In 2014 this product's iconic Umbrella Girl turned 100 & was voted into Advertising Week's Walk of Fame

Morton Salt 

1000

Intuitive understanding, or to prompt into action, as a crowd to riot.

insight / incite 
1000

Muesli for a mastiff, or a largely British expression for a chaotic mess

a dog's breakfast 

1000

A babyface is a good-guy pro wrestler; this is the term for the bad guy.

the heel 

1000

Worn by men & women, the chiton was a long tunic dating back to this ancient Greek period, also a word for "outmoded"

archaic 

1000

Long before Lyft & Uber, this transportation line urged you to "Leave the driving to us"

Greyhound