Some of these come from my cousin Judi.

When it comes to sugar, we have both sugar-free and sugarless. So why do we say fat-free, but never fatless, and speechless but never speech-free? Further observations of -free vs. -less: Soy-free, not soyless Dairy-free, not dairyless Gluten-free, not glutenless GMO-free, not GMO-less Salt-free, not saltless But then we have: Flourless, not flour-free bottomless, not bottom-free feckless, but not feck-free brainless, but not (often) brain-free Topless, but not top-free Humorless, but not humor-free Fearless, but not fear-free

Isn’t it ironic that “phonetic” is not phonetic – it’s spelled with a “ph”, and “monosyllabic” is not monosyllabic, it’s polysyllabic?

I don’t know if this is telling in the sexual harassment scandal, but “Herman Cain” is an anagram for “He can ram in.”

Here are some expressions that start good but end badly:

“Laugh your head off”

“Laughed so hard I cried”

“Eat until you burst”

“A good man is hard to find”

“Love is a battlefield”

“All’s fair in love and war”

“Love hurts”

“Nice guys finish last”

“Happiness is a warm gun”

“The good, the bad and the ugly”

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Beneath this flower lie some other words about words….