Wordie: Oyster: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 2 months ago

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:22:43 +0000

And that definition is why I've never been able to eat one of the other kinds.

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:07:59 +0000

"Oyster - a gob of thick phlegm, spit by a consumptive man."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:54:22 +0000

Adorable things. See also religion.

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:11:39 +0000

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. (Attributed to Andrew Carnegie).

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:41:56 +0000

A person who sprinkles his conversations with Yiddishisms. --Mensa word list winner 2006