S is for semicolon (sort of). After receiving X-Ray images of his body parts, Jake held up an image of his large intestine and said, “See me colon!”
Actually according to Grammarly, a semicolon (;) has many uses. It is most commonly used for joining two independent clauses (a group of words that could stand alone as a sentence) without using the word “and.” Example: The New York Yankees are an exceptional team; they’ve won more than two dozen championships.
T is for taxes. What did the lumberjack say to the IRS accountant? All my axes live in taxes.
Taxes are money collected by a government for a specific purpose, but according to TheBalance.com, the following states that do not tax workers’ incomes as of 2020: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.
U is for under the influence.
While the philosopher delivered a influential speech from the second floor auditorium, Sharon listened from the first floor.
“Why don’t you come up?” Jack said from the second floor.
“That’s okay,” Jack said. “I don’t mind being under the influence.”
Actually, Dictionary.com says that a person is under the influence of alcohol if he/she is “less than drunk but with one’s nervous system impaired.”
V is for Venus’s flytrap.
A bunch of flies were buzzing around in the sky.
“You know,” one said, “I’d love to fly to the moon.”
“Cool,” said another. “Me, I’d love to fly to Mars.”
“Oh yeah,” said a third. “I’d love to fly to Venus.”
The other flies yelled in horror, “Say what?”
According to Mental Floss, a Venus’s flytrap (also Venus flytrap) plant usually eats bugs, ants and flies and other small insects. The plants secrete sweet-smelling nectar that entices its prey.
W is for welcome (sort of). The man was wary of catching a virus during flu season, but he still wanted visitors – sort of. He placed a sign outside his yard: “Sick, stay away. Well, come.”
In the English language, when someone says, “Thank you,” the most common response is, “You’re welcome.” But Chicago Now says there are at least 10 other phrases to use, including, “It’s a pleasure,” “Don’t mention it,” or “Not a problem.”
X is for Xerox. When riding through a gravel pit, watch out for Xerox.
According to Xerox Nostalgia, Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as the Haloid Photographic Company. The company invented printing images from dry-powder toner and coined “xerography” from two Greek words meaning “dry writing.” The company added Xerox to its name in 1958. Xerox became so popular with photocopying, some folks use the words, "Xerox" and "copy" as the same. The company strongly objects to such usage.
Y is for yahoo (sort of).
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah, who?”
Though now most commonly known as a brand name for an Internet service provider, the word yahoo originated in Jonathan Swift’s book’s Gulliver’s Travels, according to Merriam-Webster.com. The Yahoos were a race of brutish creatures that encountered Gulliver on his final voyage.
The word is also used to describe delight or triumph.
Z is for zoom lens (sort of). Janet is the kind of person who loans money fast. In other words, she zoom lends.
Seriously, according to the Free Dictionary, a zoom lens is a camera lens systems that allows the length of the length to be changed without changing the sharpness of the image.
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