Your mind must have been weakened by hunger when you said that, because
potage
refers to what explorers do when they’re traveling by canoe, come to an unnavigable stretch of water, and thus have to carry the vessel overland until the river becomes more conducive to paddling.
I’ll stamp out ignorance by saying that portage is what you pay for with the things you affix to envelopes; it might be “due.”
Nay, lad, postage means “really, really quickly”.
Not so fast there.
post haste
is that little message you leave at the bottom of a letter that you forgot to include in the main part of the letter but either don’t have an eraser to fix or it’s in ink and you can’t go back like with a computer or word processor and put it where it ought to go or you just now thought of it or it’s nasty
Er, no, Zeldar – post script is when your doctor writes up an order for medication, which you then take to the pharmacy.
Are you sure?
I always understoodprescriptionto mean persistent attempts to harrass or insult another.
This is not an indictment of you, your intellect or your character, but
persecution
is to initiate civil or criminal court action against someone.
Oh, if it were only true. But,
prosecution
is the thing where you sell yourself for money especially if you’re a stone fox and not some guttersnipe
Really? Because I thought that prostitutionmeant the codifying text that spells out the rights and responsibilities of the State and its citizens.
I understand how you could get confused. But constitution is that word they always use in newspapers when what they are talking about is a fire.
No,
conflagration
is a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion or dismay.
That’s a common fallacy. However, consternation is the wise use of our precious natural resources.
No, no, no,
Conservation
is when you can’t go to the toilet.
But really you must be talking aboutconstipationwhen the land between two cities becomes built over so they form one larger city.
No, conurbation is what Onan was supposedly doing when he “spilled his seed upon the ground”.
This thread is turning into a big circle jerk.
Masturbation
is a fancy word for chewin’ your food.
You know, to help you learn the right word, I arrange for you to attend a seminar or lecture series to learn that
mastication
is the act of enrolling as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
I can’t understand you. You should learn how to improve your speech by taking lessons in
matriculation
so you don’t slur your vowels and chop off your consonants.
Where do I sign up for proofreading 101? I’ll need that class and a tutor to boot.
That’s because you are confused as to the meaning of elocution, which everyone knows is how death in “the chair” is accomplished.