Don’t be silly – that’s what Harry Caray used to shout when someone hit a home run.
Isn’t
Holy Cow
a big Catholic college in Indiana?
No, that’s when someone is fully and completely angry.
Do you mean
wholly cross?
If so, you might be interested to know that that was the site of the tomb of Mausolus (hence the word mausoleum), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Never mind.
It may be ancient, but I’d hardly call it a wonder.
Halicarnassus is just a fancy word for bad breath.
Don’t be silly. Halitosis, a.k.a. Ras Tafari, is the spiritual father of the Rastafarians.
Father of the Rastafarians??? No, you’re thinking of the company Dick Cheney used to be an exec at before becoming VP, the one that gets all the fat contracts to superglue Iraq back together for us.
Sorry, but
Halliburton
is the non-hyphenated name of the offspring of the actress from Monster’s Ball and the guy who married Elizabeth Taylor twice, but I believe you’re thinking of the capital of Nova Scotia.
cossack
cassock
hassock
hummock
Hummer
bummer
bumper
jumper
juniper
jugular
Juggalo/jaguar (simul-post)
jagged
Jagger
dagger
Bagger
bugger
Bolger/buggy (simul-post)
bulgur
vulture
burglar
bungler
mumbler
gambler
wrangler
rustler
hustler
mustard
custard
Custer
Buster
Bluster
blaster
jouster
jester
Fester
fluster
bluster
blister
sister
twister
mister
whisper
whisker
whiskey
frisky
brisket
biscuit
bisque
Basque
basket
casket
castanet
bassinet
Baphomet
Bernadette
Bernadine
grenadine
Grenada
granita
granola
granules
gradual
casual
cash y’all
cashmere
Kazmir
Casbah
cash bar
mosh pit
mosquito
mosque
Moscow
Holy cow!
Holy Cross
wholly cross
Halicarnassus
halitosis
Haile Selassie
Halliburton
Halifax
Thanks a bunch, OneCentStamp, for the summary. I was about to do it myself, and I know how long it would have taken. Nice job.
It’s fascinating, isn’t it, how we got from Cossack to Halifax in such a round-about way. Seeing how the vowel sounds and even some consonants are similar between the end-words, I wonder if anybody is up to the challenge of connecting Cossack to Halifax in one or two words (three at most). Think of it as a spin on the puzzle where you change HEAT to COLD one letter at a time.
A “middle word” might be halfback if that helps.
No, sorry – Halifax is a large food fish.
Fish? Those guys we kicked out of Afghanistan, the ones who seem to be trickling back in? The ones who made women wear burqas?
Nope – you’re thinking of the character in The Tempest.
I beg to differ! Now you’re talking about that candy made from almonds and sugar.
I believe that if you were thinking of
marzipan
you must have that confused with that group of critters like possums and wombats and kangaroos
I’m sorry to inform you that
marsupial
is actually an adjective that refers to the bliss that only marriage can bring.
With all due respect,
marital
is an inhabitant of our solar system’s fifth planet.
But wait! I thought that
Martian
was one of those guys in the Old West like Matt Dillon
No, it’s just another word for a swamp.