Ecdysiast Puns

Words that readers of this subreddit may like -

• ecdysiast: A person who disrobes to provide entertainment for others.
• idiolect: A person's individual speech pattern.
• malaphor: An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
• amnicolist: someone who lives by a river.
• lustrum: A period of 5 years.

These words are taken from vocabulary app - Vocab Assistant

This was a fun little trip down the etymological rabbit hole! I got curious about the (obviously Greek) roots of "Ecdysiast", and discovered that it's an H.L. Mencken neologism, taken from "ecdysis," the technical term for the process by which some animals shed their skin, scales, exoskeletons, etc.

"Ecdysis" itself is taken from the Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”).

So zoologists took a Greek term meaning "removing clothes" and used it to refer to "skin shedding," then Mencken took the term for "skin shedding" and used it to mean "removing clothes."

Given Mencken's legendary verbal acumen, it's possible the inversion is intentional, but I find it delightful all the same.

*Have a ton of my stories just sitting on Wordpress and decided to share a few. Ignore grammar and spelling errors as these are rough drafts. Thank you for reading!

All alone again in this dimly lit bar. My friends have all scattered to dance and have a good time. I sit at the booth with only myself and my thoughts and that is the only way I would have it. I have never been like the others I am far to shy and afraid of actual human contact. Then she walks in my god why did it have to be her?

For years she has been the girl I have dreamed of but never had enough courage to tell. I tell myself I would only destroy her. Nothing good ever stays with me. Still I think of her all of the time she is forever on my mind. Why am I so afraid to be brave?

I sit and watch for a time. Wondering if she knows that I am watching her. She has to. My eyes must be burning a hole right through her. Nervously I shuffle my lighter in my hand trying to pretend that I am cool and not paying attention to anything.

She dances magically under the low light. It is almost as if she glides like something so beautiful it shouldn't be allowed to exist. Somehow when God chose his angels he must have forgotten her. That can be the only explanation.

Nervously I order another beer trying not to pay attention. I know that she will never be mine nothing that good could ever be for me. Still I can't pull my gaze away from her. It is the deepest of torments and the greatest bliss all rolled together.

She is still dancing and I am still sitting like a fool. My lighter gliding from knuckle to knuckle as I try to not be obvious. How every eye in the bar isn't in her direction I do not know. Sirens may have wrecked Greek ships but she could have taken the entire civilization with the wave of her hand.

I am not stupid and I know that beauty only means so much. She has her quirks just like everyone else does but somehow hers remain wonderful to me. I could never see myself being mad at her or treating her badly. No instead she would always be on my mind and her name always on the tip of my tongue.

She is one of the kindest people I have ever known. Never putting herself first or looking down on others. Like how we all learned to be in grade school but everyone forgets. Not her. It is as if the message was meant just for her. Maybe a message from god to his forgotten angel. Just thinking about this I start to crack a smile. My facade of being cool is fading quick.

*Chris

Some interesting words -

• stravage: To wander aimlessly.
• crepuscular: Of or relating to twilight.
• onychophagia: The practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
• ecdysiast: A person who disrobes to provide entertainment for others.
• aleatory: depending on a roll of the dice; related to chance.

These interesting words are taken from Vocab Assistant which is a vocabulary building chatbot.

Words that readers of this subreddit may like -

• nonpareil: Having no equal.
• ecdysiast: A person who disrobes to provide entertainment for others.
• fremdscham: shame felt for actions done by someone else.
• borborygmi: The rumbling sound your stomach makes.
• menticide: the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person's values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas.

These words are taken from vocabulary app - Vocab Assistant

I'm going for the "taster" in a couple of weeks, but I was curious of any lady predditors had gone.

Some interesting words -

• ecdysiast: A person who disrobes to provide entertainment for others.
• migraineur: An individual who experiences migraines.
• erythrean: red in color; of or relating to the sea that in ancient geography comprised the Arabian sea, the Red sea, and the Persian gulf.
• henotheism: The worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods.
• apotropaic: Intended to ward off evil.

These interesting words are taken from Vocab Assistant which is a vocabulary building chatbot.

[ek-diz-ee-ast, -ist]

noun 1. stripper

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

They’re on standbi

Buenosdillas

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!