The proper word

Words

Dictionary definition

"OGRE. noun. An imaginary fairy tale giant that feeds on human beings.

"There you have it. IMAGINARY. You aren't real. What do you say now?

"What an utter disregard for the meaning of words!"

Camera

"You see. The prefix mega- means 'large.' And this camera I sold you has twelve LARGE pixels. I never lied to you!"

Language

Understand

"We caught these specimens at different sites on the planet. We analyzed the utterances of one of them to decipher their language. But when we used to communicate with the other, it didn't understand us."

"That's humans alright."

SPEAKS A LANGUAGE
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT

Etymology

"I've got nothing against you people. I respect you a lot. But you shouldn't use the word ecclesiastical. Ecclesiastical comes from ecclesia, which was an assembly of Athenian citizens. You are not an assembly of Athenian citizens. Words have meaning."

Euphemisms

"I call things by their proper names. For example, if I see a fag, I won't call him 'gay.' I'll call him a fag. And if I see a pregnant fifteen-year-old, I won't call her a 'victim of society.' I'll call her what she is. And if she gets offended, she shouldn't be so easy."

"You're just a jerk."

"The term is 'politically incorrect'!

The tallest

Sears Tower
442 meters
Chicago, 1973

Petronas Towers
452 meters
Kuala Lumpur, 1998

Taipei 101
509 meters
Taipei, 2004

Burj Khalifa
828 meters
Dubai, 2010

"Well?"

"Still no new languages among the workers, sir."

"We must keep pushing until we find the minimum required height."

Verbal key

The verbal key but is used to delete what was just said.

Usage examples:

I am not racist but

I don't really like gossip but

I have the utmost respect for your lifestyle choices but

Criminal

"There's nothing you can do! I injected myself with the blood serum of a diplomat! Now I've got immunity! HA HA HA HA HA!"

"You are under arrest for crimes against property, biology, semantics and common sense."

"Damn."

Sexist

"Intellectual activities are for men! Women are too emotional!"

"Booo!"

"Get out!"

"Geez! They get tougher every day."

"Leave them to me."

"Men are so cerebral, so cold... We women, on the other hand, are much closer to the heart's warmth!"

"Bravo!"

"Preach on!"

Loaded language

"Yeti. A species unknown to science? Perhaps a hominid that survived until our time? Or a mere legend?"

"Yeti. A testimony to the diversity of human culture and the power of oral tradition? Or just an animal?"

Prank

No one will get this in a year's time.

"Ha ha! I will make everyone try and pronounce this."

GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND

Semantics

What do you mean you don't know James Randi?

"This is not what I had in mind."

"Look, I just showed you that I can read thoughts, didn't I? Now stop making excuses and cough up that million already."

Sexist language

"... and if I am elected, I guarantee you this: My administration will listen to the women!"

"Hey! You're using the women as a sentence's object!"

"You're objectifying us!"

"You male chauvinist pig!"