Divisions and Precisions

It's a nifty meme

Swiped from Elizabeth Bear:

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Creek.

2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
Grocery cart.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frying pan or skillet.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Couch. Sometimes sofa.

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
Gutter.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Porch, if it's elevated. Patio if not.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Pop.

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancakes.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Sub.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Bathing suit.

12. Shoes worn for sports?
Tennis shoes.

13. Putting a room in order?
Cleaning up.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly or lightning bug.

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
Doodlebug.

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
Teeter-totter.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
By picking up the triangular pieces by hand.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale.

19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner. Dinner is also a really big noontime meal, in which case the later meal would be supper.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement.

Posted by Lisa at December 3, 2003 11:52 PM