I know of a language teacher who trades dirty words in a foreign language to students who learn enough clean words in that language. Keeps them interested!
A popular chant during baskeball games when I was in high school went along the lines of, “Resist them, resist them, make them relinquish the spheroid.” Sounds a bit more high-brow than “STEAL THE BALL!”
terrapin6000 Premium Member 7 months ago
Love the last panel perspective
Uncle Kenny 7 months ago
I mind the time I called someone a pusillanimous recreant. He didn’t know what it meant, but he got made anyway.
Concretionist 7 months ago
I know of a language teacher who trades dirty words in a foreign language to students who learn enough clean words in that language. Keeps them interested!
MichaelAxelFleming 7 months ago
I say “pedantic” just to be pedantic.
Bilan 7 months ago
I agree with what Frazz said. People that use the F word over and over are just lame.
Uncle Kenny 7 months ago
https://www.gocomics.Com/shoe/2023/12/14
MayCauseBurns 7 months ago
Neck ears.
cmerb 7 months ago
I called someone a " fuddyditty " one time and he was offended , so there ? I suppose I misspelled that , sorry : (
The Orange Mailman 7 months ago
We’ve got to get sesquipedalian in here somehow.
johnnydoc5 7 months ago
We’ve got an entire language at our disposal. Use it up!
sandpiper 7 months ago
Frazz nailed it. Subtle suggestions sometimes out perform long explanations.
poppacapsmokeblower 7 months ago
Frazz introduced me to “callipygian.” I still haven’t dared to say that to any woman … though I have thought it.
The Wolf In Your Midst 7 months ago
If you need to demonstrate to me how smart you are, I doubt you are. Quod erat demonstrandum.
prrdh 7 months ago
And as Mrs. Olsen is illustrating here, words of praise also work best if you save them for just the right time.
Ancient Wise Guy 7 months ago
Eschew obfuscation!
Mike Baldwin creator 7 months ago
Ain’t that the truth!
car2ner 7 months ago
ooh, look at today’s Shoe comic. Another vocabulary quip.
Stephen Gilberg 7 months ago
I like to combine them: “Obstreperous [bleep]!”
Otis Rufus Driftwood 7 months ago
Is Frazz helping this kid, or just helping him mess with his teacher?
Cactus-Pete 7 months ago
What’s a “dirty” word? It seems that Frazz’s vocabulary is also quite limited.
Lambutts 7 months ago
A popular chant during baskeball games when I was in high school went along the lines of, “Resist them, resist them, make them relinquish the spheroid.” Sounds a bit more high-brow than “STEAL THE BALL!”
Nick Danger 7 months ago
A big word can take the place of several smaller words, but its usefulness is limited to those who already know what the big word means.