Fiction Made-Up Words
Wavelorn
(adj.) Stranded in public after cheerfully returning a wave that was meant for the person behind you, with your hand still up and nowhere dignified to put it.
Home Tags
funny
Everything filed under funny.
Articles
Fiction Useless Inventions
The Shoelace Referee
A clip-on whistle that shows you a yellow card for a loose shoelace, which sounds pointless until you meet the one person who truly needs it.
Fiction Animal News — Fiction
Pond Frogs Postpone Evening Chorus Citing Sore Throats
The frogs of Millbrook Pond have called off tonight's chorus, and one small tree frog has flatly refused to go along with it.
Fiction Animal News — Fiction
Ants Complete Bridge Three Days Ahead of Schedule
The crossing was built out of the workforce itself, opened to traffic before it was finished, and will be dismantled by walking away.
Fiction Made-Up Words
Namefog
(n.) The total blank that arrives at the exact moment you begin to introduce two people, one of whom you have known for eleven years.
Fiction Animal News — Fiction
Sheep Issue Statement on Being Counted
The flock has confirmed it is aware of the practice, considers the figures broadly accurate, and would like the jumping to stop.
Fiction Made-Up Words
Freezerhope
(n.) The faith that the unlabelled container at the back of the freezer contains something good, sustained by never opening it.
Fiction Animal News — Fiction
Penguins Announce Standing Rota
Under the new arrangement, everybody takes a turn on the outside of the huddle, and nobody is to mention how long anyone else has been in the middle.
Fiction Made-Up Words
Bagpride
(n.) The quiet private triumph of getting the entire shop into one bag, felt by somebody who will never be able to tell anyone about it.
Fiction Animal News — Fiction
Fox Returns Single Shoe, Offers No Explanation
The boot was taken from the doorstep in June. It came back to the same doorstep in September, cleaned and facing the house.