SLANG POETRY

LETS HAVE SOME FUN WITH SLANGS....



SLANG BANG ( simplified meanings of popular slangs in poetic form)

If you….

Drop like a hot potato
Throw in the towel
Slam off …
Or pull the pin…

Then you are done !
You want to ABANDON !!!


If You….

Go on the wagon…
Sit out….
Or give something a go by….

Then you want to contain….
YES…you want to Abstain …..


If You…..

VAMOOSE….
Take powder….
Hightail….
Or make yourself scarce……….

Then You want to run….go beyond….

YOU WANT TO ABSCOND……

CROSSWORD CLUING

SOLVING CROSS WORD CLUES IS A RIGHT BRAIN CREATIVITY EXERCISE

Take an example:

The clue says : "metal press to de crease".....(4 lettered)

The surface meaning can be......it is a kind of machine to reduce something.....or that the metal press reduces/decreases....

But if you think in a non linear fashion.....it is a 'press' to de crease....or to remove the crease.....and the word 'metal' is the straight meaning of the word......

...so the word is IRON.....which is also called a press.

Another example :

Clue says....A cabin for this cat !....(3 lettered)

This one is quite simple......UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.........and the cat here is TOM........
......so the answer is TOM

Third clue:UNDERSTAND CD SIREN DIFFERENTLY ... (7 lettered)

This is nearly cryptic.....

'differently' here is an indication that 'c d siren' has to be rearranged.....
....and 'understand' is the straight meaning of the word

.....the answer is DISCERN.....which means...to understand
....and it is rearranged 'c d siren' !

We can see how crossword solving takes into account your linear knowledge (Left Brain dominated knowledge) as well as your imaginative brilliance (Right Brain oriented)

So if someone says "PAN'S COMPANION IS VERY ADDICTIVE"
What he means is "POT"

.....and THREE TREES IN SPAIN WITHOUT DIRECTIONS......
means "TRE"

(E&S are directions removed from the word TREES....and TRE is three in Spain !)

WHY CROSS WORDS....?

Hi:


Words are great things........and a song says ...."Its only words.....and words are all I have...."

and the Holy scriptures say that ...."First it was the word..."

....but words lead us no where...... if we literally get stuck up with them......we need to read 'in-between' the lines....!!!

......And what I would say is :

" CROSS WORDS AND ENTER THE LAND OF UNDERSTANDING !"

....It is CROSSWORD PUZZLES.... and other RIGHT BRAIN CREATIVITY EXERCISES....that can make us cross the sea of sorrow (...read words !).....

In this blog.... we shall have a lot of fun ....

• Cryptic cluing for crosswords
• Graffiti
• Slang-Bang
• ...and a lot of other crazy things....... please keep visiting !