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PHONETOGRAPHY » Wordplay

CARBOHYDRATE MASSACRE

November 3rd, 2009

Chewing Pavement

Chewing Pavement

To be performed somewhere between the styles of Minor Threat and Earth A.D. era Misfits.

Gonna eat a whole pot of pasta!
Gonna eat a whole pot of pasta!
Gonna eat a whole pot of pasta!
CARBOHYDRATE MASSACRE!

Gonna eat a big loaf of bread!
Gonna eat a big loaf of bread!
Gonna eat a big loaf of bread!
CARBOHYDRATE MASSACRE!

(chorus)
If I don’t get my carbs,
then I won’t be full!
If I don’t eat them up real soon
then someone’s gonna
DIE DIE DIE DIE!

Gonna eat a whole bag of rice!
Gonna eat a whole bag of rice!
Gonna eat a whole bag of rice!
CARBOHYDRATE MASSACRE!

Gonna eat a pound of potatoes!
Gonna eat a pound of potatoes!
Gonna eat a pound of potatoes!
CARBOHYDRATE MASSACRE!

(chorus)

(bridge)
CARBOHYDRATES!
CARBOHYDRATES!
SOME CARBOHYDRATES!
Are gonna DIE DIE DIE DIE
DIE DIE DIE DIE!

(chorus)
DIE DIE DIE DIE! (x 7)
DIE!

Synonyms for “Intoxicated”

February 14th, 2009

The Glowing Bar Cube

Cube and Coronas

Drunk, hammered, sozzled, sauced, destroyed, trashed, wasted, smashed, blitzed, gunned, tripping, stoned, buzzed, high, toasted, baked, soaked, pissed, tipsy, blazed, over, flying, three sheets to the wind, red (also red-nosed, red-faced), blind, gone, done.

This is only scratching the surface. Do languages other than English have this many ways to describe a willful loss of one’s faculties?  What does it mean that English has so many?

(Feel free to add your own synonyms to the list!)