Teachers like to recommend books that involve students emotionally. However, books that "make students cry" might not be the best recommendations. "She: What was the last book that…
"Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes" has been printed (usually untranslated) on many T-shirts. It's a modern Latin joke meaning: "If you can read this, you're…
Some people proclaim that Latin is a dead language, prompting a joke that has been printed on images: "If Latin is a dead language, does that mean zombies speak Latin?" "If Latin is…
The film The Paper Chase (1973) involved a Harvard-type law school. Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. (played by the actor John Houseman) said to his first-year law students: "The study of…
To "drop out" of school means to leave school. There are several skydiving school jokes. "What kind of school do you have to drop out to graduate? Sky-diving school" was printed…
"Smart girls open their minds, easy girls open their legs, (and) foolish girls open their hearts" is a saying that has been printed on posters and has been very popular on Twitter.…
"As/So goes the schools, as/so goes the community" is a common saying of unknown origin. "I believe that, as the schools go, so goes the community, and as the community goes, so goes…
A jocular conversation between students is: "So they really clothes (closed) school tomorrow.""They shirt (shut) it down.""That socks (sucks).""I was underwear…
"So what if I can't spell Armageddon? It's not the end of the world" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The joke was posted on Twitter on April…
Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterMichael Gordon@birdmanmikeySociology is just applied psychology, which is applied biology, which is applied chemistry, which is applied physics, which is applied…
"Sometimes I make words up to sound more smartaculous" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "Smartaculous" is a portmanteau from the words "smart"…
"Sometimes I use big words I don't understand so I can sound more photosynthesis" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Origin is unknown. "I always use big…
"Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose" is an old saying. 'Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn" -- showing that losing can be a learning experience -- is a saying that has…
"Sorry, I can't go to school/work tomorrow. I fractured my motivation" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I can't go to school tomorrow because I…
'Spelling is a lossed art" is a jocular saying (a pun on the misspelled word "lost") that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and posters. "Spelling is a…
"Forte" is a word, but "fortay" is not. "Spelling is not my fortay" was posted on Twitter by James Fish on November 2, 2009. "Spelling is not my fortay" was…
"Forte" is a word, but "fortay" is not. "Spelling is not my fortay" was posted on Twitter by James Fish on November 2, 2009. "Spelling is not my fortay" was…
"Forte" is a word, but "fortay" is not. "Spelling is not my fortay" was posted on Twitter by James Fish on November 2, 2009. "Spelling is not my fortay" was…
What is "street smart"? On the American television comedy series My Name Is Earl ("Nature's Game Show" episode that aired on November 20, 2008), Joy and Darnell argued…
Many people take our large student loans to afford to go to college. "College is the new indentured servitude" was posted on Twitter by Steven★★★☆☆Sanders on August 18, 2008.…