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A lummox is a clumsy or stupid person. Lummox may also refer to: Lummox, a 1923 novel by Fannie Hurst; Lummox, a 1930 film adaptation of the novel; Lummox, the title character of the 1954 novel The Star Beast by Robert Heinlein; Lummox, a fictional humanoid species in The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991–1996)
This is a list of notable deadpan comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire.Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter.
The word oaf, a clumsy or stupid person, is derived from the historic English word for a changeling, auf. This, in turn, is believed to have originated from the Middle English alven and elven, and ultimately from the Old Norse word for an elf, alfr. [48] [49]
The riddle probably exploited, for misdirection, the fact that "humpty dumpty" was also eighteenth-century reduplicative slang for a short and clumsy person. [12] The riddle may depend upon the assumption that a clumsy person falling off a wall might not be irreparably damaged, whereas an egg would be.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [28] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...
Monsieur Hulot (French pronunciation: [məsjø ylo]) is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s through the early '70s, namely Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime (1967) and Trafic (1971).
Uilskuiken (literally: "owlet") is a word for a naively dumb person. zak: Zak (literally: "sack") is a word for the scrotum and is a common insult. It is comparable to the English word "jerk" when used applied to a person. Zakkenwasser (scrotum washer) is a variant with the same meaning. Additionally, it is used in many common expressions, such ...