I peruse the Awful Library Books blog. It’s even funnier at two in the morning! But it’s pretty funny at any time of the day, actually.
Favorites from Amelia’s Kitchen
Oxford DNB Biography of the Day- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
- OED Word of the Day
- light head, n.2 and adj. 1 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day: light head, n.2 An injudicious or easily persuaded person; a silly or gullible person.
- per fas et nefas, adv. 2 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day: per fas et nefas, adv. By right or wrong; by fair or unfair means; by any means (good or bad).
- downpressor, n. 3 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day: downpressor, n. In Jamaican English (esp. in Rastafarian usage): a person who oppresses another person or group; an oppressor.
- alieniloquy, n. 4 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day: alieniloquy, n. An instance of straying from the subject one is supposed to be talking about; rambling or evasive talk.
- bobsled, v. 5 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day: bobsled, v. To travel or race in a bobsled.
- rhubarb, n. and adj. 6 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day on National Poetry Day: rhubarb, n. slang. Nonsense; worthless stuff - as in this 1989 quotation from Simon Armitage, the current British Poet Laureate: "Poetry was rhubarb. Books were for eggheads".
- lightning bird, n. 7 October 2022, 0:00OED Word of the Day: lightning bird, n. (A name for) any of various birds or flying insects whose behaviour is suggestive of lightning in some way.
- light head, n.2 and adj. 1 October 2022, 0:00
The Rambling Apostrophist 
Heh heh, yeah – all except the one on family violence. I think that the people who put that one out should have sensitivity training! ><
You should page back through some of the older entries in the blog. There are months’ worth — and some are really hysterically funny, and there are a few that are just jaw-droppingly appalling!
Yeah, I meant to go back & do that, I hope for more funnies than appallings though…