Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

How about these two typos clipped from the classified newspaper sections over the years?: car ad-- "cream of the crap" Misc. items ad--"full size slut machines" !!!!!!!!!!!

Also, are you familiar with Richard Levy's "Neologisms" column that runs weekly in the Washington Post? He gives a common situation and asks the readers to come up with a clever word that describes it. I came up with a winner years ago. The situation: Your car is making a strange noise, so you finally take it to the auto repair shop to have it checked. Of course, while you're there, your car sounds perfect.

The winning word was "amnoisia."

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