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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Tribute in Light: Healing Art 9/11 Memorial

(Last Vegas Guardian)

Photo: Wikimedia


Tribute in Light = Lit bright. Unite!
(by Jason Lofts)

'Dolus eventualis', the legal Latin on South Africa's lips

(Reuters)
Photo: Marc


Dolus eventualis = "Adieu sloven! Slut!"
(by Julian Lofts)

Obama Warns ISIS: 'If You Threaten America, You Will Find No Safe Haven'

(NBC News)
Photo: Il Fatto Quotidiano


"I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are," Obama said. "This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven." = The President vociferated how henceforward the USA intend to use pyrotechnic air weaponry systematically to annihilate you "evil orcs" (harmful Arab warriors) everywhere who intimidate human life.
(by Jason Lofts)

Friday, September 12, 2014

Oscar Pistorius guilty of manslaughter

(The Daily Telegraph)
Cartoon: Roy Blumenthal


Oscar Pistorius has been convicted of manslaughter = Be real! (Masipa announces High Court's so-soft verdict)
(by Tony Crafter)

Thursday, September 11, 2014

You Betcha! Sarah Palin's Whole Family Reportedly Involved in a Twenty-Person Brawl

(TV Guide)


You Betcha! Sarah Palin's Whole Family Reportedly Involved in a Twenty-Person Brawl = All threatened pitbulls behave improperly in a frosty rival showdown - once anyway!
(by Dharam)

Maggots found in baby food

(CNN)
Photo: Rodesidepictures


Maggots found in baby food = Damaging to body. Buffoons!
(by Rosie Perera)

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Apple Watch: 10 Things to Know

(Time)


The watch = What tech!
(by Julian Lofts)

Miley Cyrus Wore Pasties and Twerked at the Alexander Wang Party

(New York Magazine)
Photo: moaz222waer


Miley Cyrus at Alexander Wang party = A wan, arty, sexy girl came partly nude
(by Aronas Pinchas)

Miley Cyrus wore pasties and twerked at Alexander Wang party = Angry "para-adult" (ex-Disney teen) wears lewd wacky attire, romps
(by Jason Lofts)

Monday, September 8, 2014

Asteroid's threat on planet earth

(Khaleej Times)
Photo: NASA APPEL


Asteroid's threat on planet earth = That one hits, earns a top red alert!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Stars turn out for funeral of US comedian Joan Rivers in New York

(The Daily Telegraph)
Photo: Bill Davis


Stars turn out for funeral of US comedian Joan Rivers in New York = O! US nation mourns a fair, clever, first-rate, wondrous funny joker!
(by Maurice Goddard)

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Libyan jet crashes in Tobruk near parliament

(BBC)
Photo: Vital Vids


Libyan jet crashes in Tobruk near the parliament = Abhorrent hit. Army plane incinerates. Just bleak!
(by Jason Lofts)

Michael Palin: "The world is an absurd and silly place"

(The Guardian)
Photo: gingiber


"My view of the world, really," Michael Palin says, "is that if you screw your eyes up and look at the world, it is an absurd and extraordinarily silly place, with everyone taking themselves very seriously." = Yes, Monty Python's Flying Circus is a dark comedy. Ha, we love surreal, irreverent, antiroyalist, upbeat humor, silly dopy walks and lewd, foul, hairy, sexy "ladies" who elate or titillate shy naive viewers
(by Julian Lofts)

Saturday, September 6, 2014

They were the last word in glamour, but has the sun set on LA's swimming pools?

(The Guardian)
Photo: Julien Haler


They were the last word in glamour, but has the sun set on LA's swimming pools? = So water shortages mean pastime might be shut down. Thus only oil wells run.
(by Julian Lofts)

Tony Blair Philanthropist of the Year award defended by GQ

(The Independent)
Photo: Sheryl Pouls


Tony Blair has been voted a 'Philanthropist Of The Year' = "A noble envoy! That's rather handy. (I hope it's profitable)"
(by Tony Crafter)

Tony Blair is voted the GQ 'Philanthropist Of Year' = Prattle on! He's a bloody shit! Fight poverty in Iraq!
(by Jason Lofts)

Friday, September 5, 2014

What next for Islamic State, the would-be caliphate?

(The Guardian)
Photo: Stella G Soto


A caliphate is an Islamist state = Eclipse that ISIS, attain salaam!
(by Jason Lofts)

A banana a day can help keep strokes at bay

(The Daily Express)
Photo: Maureen Veras


A banana a day can help keep strokes at bay = A-OK as an apple, say, can break any bad teeth
(by Robert Jordan)

Comedienne Joan Rivers Dead At 81

(CBS Miami)
Photo: Steve Rhodes


Late comedienne Joan Rivers = Inter one jovial screen dame
(by Jason Lofts)

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Biden Warns: We Will Chase ISIS 'to the Gates of Hell'

(NBC News)
Photo: Michael Candelori


Biden Warns: We Will Chase ISIS 'to the Gates of Hell' = "Good will win the war" he hisses. Battle facileness?
(by Jason Lofts)

Newly found asteroid to pass close to Earth on Sunday

(CNN)
Photo: Philip Bond


Asteroid to pass very close to Earth = So, a threat to destroy lives or space?
(by Rosie Perera)

Wilson Raj Perumal: The man who fixed football

(CNN)
Photo: Tin Nhanh Bóng Đá


Wilson Raj Perumal is the man who fixed football = Oh, he'd plan loss for awful mob, win extra jail time
(by Rosie Perera)