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These Poor Souls Just Can’t With the Words

Do you know that thing where you just can’t think of a specific word? And you just kinda describe it or guess around it or whatever?

There’s a word for that, I’m sure. Ironically, I can’t think of it, so I’m trying to describe it or guess around it.

But that’s not nearly as embarrassing as what a lot of these folks are dealing with. Some of the people on the internet are fighting so hard to get the words out that you almost fear that they may lose the battle, like these examples via Reddit.

10. Hot food, comin’ through!

If I won nineteen thousand dollars, what I was gonna have for dinner that night might be the furthest thing from my mind.

Flaming Yawn from BoneAppleTea

9. Bond, flames bond

The man who knew too little.

Yee-haw! Nothing like a good old fashioned "Bond Fire"! from BoneAppleTea

8. Can I have some more due please?

Will there be nothing further, sir?

"further of due" from BoneAppleTea

7. Poetry attempts

If that doesn’t win their heart over, I genuinely don’t know what will.

bread from ihadastroke

6. Know Joe

We did it Joe…

Drunk friends are quality comedians from ihadastroke

5. Pea wall things

It’s kind of impressive to get something so common this wrong.

Pee wall things from wildbeef

4. Gourmet, and gonna stay that way

I don’t know whether to be excited or scared.

my mom’s back at it again from ihadastroke

3. Just in case

Bro that’s basically just tortilla.

Case idea from BoneAppleTea

2. “An eventful night”

When you got the spins so hard that the spins got you.

Asking how my friend was feeling after she had an eventful night from ihadastroke

1. So cool

Why, because it’s cold?

Shivery does exist from BoneAppleTea

If you DO come across that words I was trying to think of, put in a good word for me.

What’s a time recently when you did really bad with words?

Tell us in the comments.

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People Who Forgot Words and Came up With Hilarious Alternatives

Was that a brain freeze? What the hell just happened?

Do you ever have those moments where you just can’t remember what something is called? And you don’t think you’d be able to come up with the word (or words) even if your life depended on it?

It hits all of us differently, but I think we can safely say that it definitely hits all of us sometimes. I guess it’s just our brain telling us that we need to take a break. Or a nap. Or a two-week vacation.

Whatever the case, I think we can agree that it is always FUNNY when this happens.

So let’s check out some funny tweets from folks who had to come up with new words because they just couldn’t seem to summon up the right ones.

Enjoy!

1. Finger necklace.

I love the second one, too!

2. It all worked out.

Maybe it should be renamed?

3. Flat beef.

Yeah…that’s what I meant.

4. You’re gasping.

In a good way!

5. That is very cute.

And it makes sense to me.

6. Ouch! Double whammy!

Well, he was just doing his best.

7. An umbrella?

Yes! One of those!

8. I’d like a REALLY wet salad.

And by that, I mean soup.

9. You had baby brain.

We’ll forgive you.

10. At least it sounded good.

They were impressed. Maybe…

11. I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry for sleep.

Sing this to yourself in the tune of “Burnin’ for You.”

12. I like it!

And I’m gonna start using it!

Does this ever happen to you?

Where you can’t remember a pretty common word or phrase?

If so, please share your funny stories with us in the comments.

Thanks!

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Hilarious Times When People Forgot Common Words and Just Made Something Up

Talking can be hard and stuff…

And even if you think you have a great grasp on your native tongue, every once in a while you really have a hiccup and can’t remember a correct word or phrase.

It happens to the best of us! You think Bill Shakespeare never made any mistakes? Trust me, even that guy totally blew it once in a while. There’s even a lost version of Hamlet where he really biffed a lot of the language (that’s a lie, by the way).

Enjoy these posts from people who just couldn’t seem to find the right word…we think you’ll have some good laughs.

1. You did your best…

Don’t beat yourself up about it!

2. Do you know how to ride an animal car?

I sure don’t.

3. Restart the dispenser.

Has a nice ring to it.

4. I love this!

And I will use it from now on!

5. Isn’t that cute?

The hat for the pot.

6. Pretty accurate, actually.

And it’s a cool visual!

7. OH MY GOD.

That’s amazing.

8. Foot fingers.

Gotta be careful with those.

9. Unsleep me.

Or whatever it’s called…

Photo Credit: someecards

10. The liquid zoo.

It’s a lot of fun!

Photo Credit: someecards

11. That’s one way to put it.

Makes sense, I guess.

Photo Credit: someecards

12. Make that salad VERY WET.

Oh, right…soup…

Has anything like this ever happened to you?

Talk to us in the comments and tell us about what words or phrases you forgot!

We promise we won’t make fun of you…too much…

Please and thank you!

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This is Where the Saying “Take It With a Grain of Salt” Comes From

When someone tells you to take something with a “grain of salt,” you should be skeptical about what you’ve heard, because your source may be unreliable.

A grain of salt is tiny. It is also a reflection of not putting too much belief in something that has already proven itself worthy of reservation.

But where does the association between salt and skepticism come from? We’ll tell you what we know, but you take this information with a grain of… well, you know.

Photo credit: Pixabay

The phrase itself goes all the way back to 77 A.D. It’s earliest recorded use comes from Roman naturalist and philosopher Pliny the Elder, who created an antidote to poison in his Naturalis Historia—it called for figs, walnuts, rue (an herb), and a “grain of salt.”

It didn’t appear to have a symbolic meaning until a few hundred years later.

In the 17th-century, Anglican Bible commentator John Trapp included it his A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments as a metaphor concerning his own writing.

Just what its meaning was to Trapp, however, is still unclear.

Photo credit: Pixabay

Over the years, the phrase continued to make its way through the English language in literal and figurative speech, but wasn’t used in its current incarnation until just after the Second World War.

It was then that became widely used by Americans and the British, who slightly altered the phrase to a “pinch” of salt.

In 1948, English author F.R. Cowell first included it with this particular meaning in his book, Cicero & the Roman Republic. According to Cowell, Cicero and those around him “took more than the proverbial pinch of salt before swallowing everything written by these earlier authors.”

Photo credit: Pixabay

Do you use this idiom or know of others with equally fascinating origins?

Let us know in the comments below!

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This is Where the Saying “Take It With a Grain of Salt” Comes From

When someone tells you to take something with a “grain of salt,” you should be skeptical about what you’ve heard, because your source may be unreliable.

A grain of salt is tiny. It is also a reflection of not putting too much belief in something that has already proven itself worthy of reservation.

But where does the association between salt and skepticism come from? We’ll tell you what we know, but you take this information with a grain of… well, you know.

Photo credit: Pixabay

The phrase itself goes all the way back to 77 A.D. It’s earliest recorded use comes from Roman naturalist and philosopher Pliny the Elder, who created an antidote to poison in his Naturalis Historia—it called for figs, walnuts, rue (an herb), and a “grain of salt.”

It didn’t appear to have a symbolic meaning until a few hundred years later.

In the 17th-century, Anglican Bible commentator John Trapp included it his A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments as a metaphor concerning his own writing.

Just what its meaning was to Trapp, however, is still unclear.

Photo credit: Pixabay

Over the years, the phrase continued to make its way through the English language in literal and figurative speech, but wasn’t used in its current incarnation until just after the Second World War.

It was then that became widely used by Americans and the British, who slightly altered the phrase to a “pinch” of salt.

In 1948, English author F.R. Cowell first included it with this particular meaning in his book, Cicero & the Roman Republic. According to Cowell, Cicero and those around him “took more than the proverbial pinch of salt before swallowing everything written by these earlier authors.”

Photo credit: Pixabay

Do you use this idiom or know of others with equally fascinating origins?

Let us know in the comments below!

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