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Wonder Words

English is a marvelous and rich language. Yet native speakers seldom pause to consider

its weird vocabulary. Coming from different countries and cultures and meandering the

halls of history many English words now seem to have paradoxical definitions. These arewonder words because they make you wonder

When you eat more vegetables isn!t itfruitless"#id you ever wonder whyfuneralstarts with the word fun"

Would church music be considered organic"

$sn!t dogmaa bitch"

What are you vacating when you go on vacation"%hould someone with guests act hostile" &r take them hostage"

Wouldn!t it be more accurate to call afiremana waterman"

Can you en'oy a partyfully"

$n the navy is a portlyperson left(handed"$s a precautionsomething you get before a caution"

#o undertakersactually undertake when it comes to fees for service"Could we call an abstract painting an artificialartifice"

)t sundownwouldn!t you expect nightrise instead of nightfall"

Would you expect a high(rise offlatsto be very tall"

$sn!t kidnappingnormal in kindergartens")ren!t even small Catholic churches massive"

)re overjoyedpeople too happy"

$sn!t the center of registerthe gistof the word"Can lay people be upstandingciti*ens"

Why do they call marriage matrimonyinstead of patrimony"+ike the wheel wasn!t the la*y %usan a revolutionaryidea",ust before an artist!s model takes a break is she predisposed"

Would the ugly truth be called the lowdownlowdown"

-ow come lipstickdoesn!t do what it says"$f money doesn!t grow on trees then why do banks have branches"

$f a deaf person has to go to court is it still called a hearing"

$f you run errands aren!t you a go-getter"

Why don!t we say farrerinstead offarther or neartherinstead of nearer"$sn!t a good steak rarelywell done"

#idn!t rearingchildren once have something to do with spanking their butts"

Wouldn!t it be more correct to call a butterflya flowerfly"$f you pull the wings off afly does it become a walk"

$f somebody is armedto the teeth does he have a neck"

$f you cease to be then come alive are you deceased"-ow come you are still sittingafter you sat.

$sn!t it ama*ing that anyone can standsitting"

$nstead of a personality does a dog have a dogality"

-ow come someone can be cannyand uncannyat the same time"

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What!s the point offlattery"

$f a vegetarianeats vegetables what does a humanitarianeat"

Exactly what is so fast about quicksand")ren!t half-bakedideas rare"

-ow do you get off a non-stopflight"

When you casha check do you checkthe cash"What is so proper about property"

$sn!t anything underwateralso over water"

)re outstandingpay checks good or bad"

Why do they call dwellings stuck together apartments"Can you orientyourself out west"

Why are there interstatesin -awaii"

Why do caregiverand caretakermean the same thing"$f you are 'ust kidding isn!t that childish"

)t the drive(in theatres was there a lot of autoeroticism"

Why do we drive on parkwaysand park on driveways"

$sn!t it odd that sweetmeatis basically bread while sweetbreadis meat"Why do we hear music from speakersand dial talk shows on tuners"

Why is brassieresingular and pantiesplural"-ow come people reciteat a play and playat a recital"

Why do we ironour clothes and paperour walls"

Why are goods sent by ship called cargoand those sent by truck shipment"

Why does worthlessmean the opposite of priceless"Why are the bigheadedusually also small-minded"

$n court how come you can!t swearexcept under oath"

#oesn!t is seem the opposite of abilityshould be nobility"$f you get a scratchon your car can you make something from it"

$s it cheating to put silverware and glasses in a dishwasher"

$sn!t it odd that to tell time you look at the handson thefaceon the wrist"$f you are assassinatedinstead of 'ust murdered are you important"

%houldn!t guests leave a banuestfed up"

$n a stadium why do they call a place where you sit the stands"

Then there all those military wonder words.

Why is a bunch of foot soldiers called an armyinstead of a leggy"Was /eorge Washington a revoltinggeneral"

Why doesn!t the military call missileshittilesinstead"

$s afortressa fort without any guns sticking out"$s a casualtysomeone dressed in sweat shirt and 'eans"

#oes an army majorget demoted to a minor"

%houldn!t the army infantrybe called the army adultery"-ow come an army privatedoesn!t get any privacy"

%pecifically what is an army general"