Just in time for Valentine's Day

After last week’s list of angry homonyms, I thought it would be fun to do a 180 and come up with a list of happy homonyms. And this is a great week for it since Valentine’s Day is coming up soon. I hope you’re all busy making plans to surprise your significant others this week and find ways to show and tell them how special they are to you. It’s a time to be gay and merry, so if you’re struggling to come up with some ideas, here are a few:

1. go the traditional route with roses and chocolates -- the scent and taste of these is an aphrodisiac,
2. shake things up with a nighttime wade on the beach (if you have a beach nearby),
3. let your lover relax and lie around with you wait on them with breakfast in bed,
4. spend some time being close together, or
5. propose on bended knee with a simple “Will you marry me?”

Whatever you choose, I hope you all have an excellent day!

gay -- having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music.
gay -- of, pertaining to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior director toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple.

merry -- full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
marry -- to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.

rose -- any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs o the genus Rosa.
rose -- simple past tense of rise.


scent -- a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
sent -- simple past tense and part participle of send.
cent -- a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943.

wade -- to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading
weighed -- simple past tense of weigh.

lie -- to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline.
lie -- a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
lye -- a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.

wait -- to supply the wants of a person, as serving a meal or serving a customer in a store.
weight -- the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.

close (proximity) -- being in or having proximity in space or time: The barn is so close to the house that you can hear the animals. His birthday is in May, close to mine.
close (shut the door) -- to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.

close (shut) -- to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
clothes -- garments for the body; articles of dress; wearing apparel.

closer -- being in or having proximity in space or time: Come closer to me.
closer -- a person or thing that closes.


All definitions were obtained from www.dictionary.com.

Them's Fightin' Words

It happens -- someone says or does something that just gets you extremely pissed! Then you play some scenarios in your head about what you might do to this person. You may, for example, want to choke the crap out of them by wringing their neck. And after you’ve wrung their neck, you just might feel like breaking their face with your fist as you punch and beat them repeatedly! (Or so I’ve seen in numerous action movies...)

Which brings me to my list of homonyms for the week:

pissed -- angry or annoyed.
pissed -- drunk; intoxicated.

might -- simple past tense of may: They might be at the station.
might -- physical strength: He swung with all his might.
mite -- any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.

wring -- to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
ring -- a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of golf or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.

wrung -- past tense of wring.
rung -- one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.

break -- to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a bone.
brake -- a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.

punch -- a tursting blow, especially with the fist.
punch -- any mixed drink containing fruit juice and, usually, alcoholic liquor, generally hot and spiced.

beat -- to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
beet -- any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.


All definitions were obtained from www.dictionary.com.