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You know what is an Anagram rite !!
Anagrams are words or phrases made by mixing up the letters of other words or phrases !!
e.g. THE EYES is an anagram of THEY SEE.

You also know what is a Palindrome !!
Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same in both directions !!
e.g. EYE,or RACECAR, or MADAM I'M ADAM.

Tongue Twisters are great fun. Try saying these three times fast :
"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick".
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
"She sells seashells by the sea shore".
"Freshly-fried flying fish".

But do you know what do these mean ??

Spoonerisms are words or phrases in which letters or syllables get swapped. This often happens accidentally in slips of the tongue (or tips of the slung as Spoonerisms are often affectionately called !
Tease my ears (Ease my tears)
A lack of pies (A pack of lies)
It's roaring with pain (It's pouring with rain)
Wave the sails (Save the whales)

Ever noticed that it's simply impossible to find seriously funny oxymorons online? The only choice is to ask one of those paid volunteers at the library – the ones in the long-sleeved T-shirts – for an original copy of some obviously obscure documents that were found missing amongst some paperwork almost exactly one hundred years ago.Notice anything strange about the paragraph above? It makes some sort of sense, yet it's riddled with contradictions (in red). These are Oxymorons.

Everybody knows one or two Pangrams (sentences that use every letter of the alphabet). You've probably seen some of these before:
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.

Rebus Puzzles (My personal favourites !!)
These are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings to solve from the pictogram.

The hilarious world of Malapropisms, verbal slips and gaffes, Bushisms, Colemanballs, and, of course, Mrs. Malaprop.
We all know that when someone misuses a word, the result can induce hysterics, unless of course it is we who have made the blunder, in which case embarrassment it the more likely effect. When an incorrect word is used like this, a malapropism is born. Here is a handful of genuine malapropisms gathered from across the Internet:
He had to use a fire distinguisher.
Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination.
Isn't that an expensive pendulum round that man's neck?
Good punctuation means not to be late.
He's a wolf in cheap clothing.
Michelangelo painted the Sixteenth Chapel.
My sister has extra-century perception. "Don't" is a contraption.

Mnemonics are devices to help us remember (aide memoire or memory aide). They come in many varieties and flavours, and can aid memorisation of many types of information.

Tom Swifties are a special kind of pun :
"I need a pencil sharpener," said Tom bluntly.
"Oops! There goes my hat!" said Tom off the top of his head.
"I can no longer hear anything," said Tom deftly.
"I have a split personality," said Tom, being frank.
"This must be an aerobics class," Tom worked out.

Where do words come from? How and when were they invented? Why are there so many different languages? Why do many languages share the same or similar words for the same things?The answers to all these questions lie in the study of Etymology. This concerns the roots of words and how the sounds and spellings, as well as the meanings, have evolved over time.


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