Mish-mash from Pensitivity101 last week, so your suggestions please!
1. What is a cannery?
A little, yellow, cartoon bird named Tweety, who t’ouht he taw a puddy tat.
2. What is a rookery?
Any online scam, where you have to prepay with iTunes gift cards
3. What is hooky?
Any person – especially a teenager – who gets a five-finger discount, by walking out of a store without paying for merchandise.
4. What is pinochle?
The non-brand-name, generic version of Nutella.™ ©
5. What is a ricochet?
An Irishman with vertigo/balance problems.
6. What is hubbub?
It’s a big yellow clamp that the traffic warden attaches to your wheel, if you park illegally.
7. What is a podcast?
See ‘Wingnut,’ below.
8. What is a wingnut?
A maple key/seed. With climate change, we may soon have winds so strong that Abu Dhabi will have a maple syrup industry.
9. What is a switchback?
A knife with a spring-loaded blade that pops out when you push a button. Get the point??
10. What is a cacophony?
A nonet. A small musical group of nine people, including a vibraphone and spoons.

