Take a minute for some paraprosdokians, neologisms and other stuff
Most every reader has some curiosity about words-what a new word means or what the origin of a common word or saying might be. Despite the ascendency of technology in how we communicate, there are still a large number of people who enjoy words and playing around with how they can be used-doing word games.
A logophile (lover of words) sent me, in one of those "internet joke postings" that flood our emails, an old list of the winning entries in a contest, hosted by the "Washington Post," to create neologisms. That got me thinking about other word games I've been involved with over the years...
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