- Why can’t you make another word using all the letters in “anagram”?
- Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
- Why do over look and oversee mean opposite things?
- Why do people use the word “irregardless”?
- Why do some people type “cool” as “kewl”?
- Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
- Why do we say something’s out of order when its broken but we never say in of order when it works?
- Why does “cleave” mean both split apart and stick together?
- Why does “slow down” and “slow up “ mean the same thing?
- Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
- Why does X stand for kiss and O stand for a hug?
- Why doesn’t “onomatopoeia” sound like what it is?
- Why don’t we say “why” instead of “how come”?
* onomatopoeia...the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle).
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