# Therapist=The Rapist- Other words like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320 "2011-07-25T22:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/163 "2017-10-23T05:17:34Z")
A spelling mnemonic from childhood: You connect, I cut -\> Connecticut ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/164 "2017-10-23T05:25:03Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Not really amusing, but the store “Petsmart” can be read as Pets _Mart_, as in a place to shop for your pet, or Pet _Smart_, as in\* you are smart if you shop here\*. Not that I ever check my Twitter feed, but I do follow Hawaii News Now. When the words are squished together, I always read it as Hawaii Snow Now, which kind of makes sense because it does snow on Mauna Kea and it’s news if the blizzard-like conditions close down the road to the summit. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/165 "2017-10-23T05:33:35Z")
BTW, one of the puzzles in the Times today consisted of sentences where you had to fill in three blanks - one for the full word, and one for each of the two words making it. It wasn’t quite like the case in the OP since one of the letters overlapped. I assume someone mentioned that British cryptics use this kind of clue all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/166 "2017-10-23T05:38:46Z")
The IRS Theirs . ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/167 "2017-10-23T11:01:17Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > The IRS > Theirs > . 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/168 "2018-06-09T14:39:15Z")
The decision was made by six tit- led men. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/169 "2018-06-11T14:59:29Z")
Please note that this is a 2011 thread. An apt button: [http://i3.cpcache.com/product/622248951/earth\_without\_art\_ornament\_round.jpg?height=460&width=460&qv=90](http://i3.cpcache.com/product/622248951/earth_without_art_ornament_round.jpg?height=460&width=460&qv=90) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/170 "2018-06-11T16:49:46Z")
Resent has taken on a funny double meaning in the era of e-mail. Every few months I see someone who has made an error send out a follow-up correction with this cryptic explanation: “I resent this correction.” Hyphens, people, hyphens! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/171 "2018-06-12T09:20:20Z")
A fitting one for a search engine used to find porn: Google = go ogle ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/172 "2018-06-12T10:10:45Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Resent has taken on a funny double meaning in the era of e-mail. Every few months I see someone who has made an error send out a follow-up correction with this cryptic explanation: > > “I resent this correction.” > > Hyphens, people, hyphens! I definitely hyphen both re-sent and re-sign in emails at work. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/173 "2018-06-12T10:12:13Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Not really amusing, but the store “Petsmart” can be read as Pets _Mart_, as in a place to shop for your pet, or Pet _Smart_, as in\* you are smart if you shop here\*. And Petcetera reminded people of Pete Cetera. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/174 "2018-06-12T11:27:09Z")
A week ago, John Oliver did a joke hash tag #notallfoxes. Supposed to read “Not all foxes” (not all foxes a terrible) and he noticed it could also be read “No tall foxes” and then did a joke about nasty tall foxes. Hash tags are basically a fount of such things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320.md?page=8)