Get the jest?
A daily illustrated word puzzle where familiar expressions go delightfully wrong. Study the picture, spot the mix-up, and figure out what was really meant.
How to Play
Read the caption, study the picture, and type what was really meant.
You can submit up to three answers. The hint does not use an attempt. Solve on your first attempt without the hint for Perfect; any other solve is Needed Help. Three incorrect answers or Give Up & Reveal is Not Today.
Words Gone Wrong
Language has a funny way of getting tangled. Some expressions are mixed up, some are misheard, and others make a strange sort of sense.
Malapropisms
When one word gets mistaken for another that sounds similar, often with ridiculous results.
“She's taking flamingo lessons.”
Eggcorns
When a familiar expression gets misheard and reinvented into something that almost makes sense.
“For all intensive purposes.”
Mixed Metaphors
When two familiar expressions get tangled together into one picture that makes no sense at all.
“We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.”
Homophones
When two words sound exactly alike but mean entirely different things.
“He ate the whole eight.”
Other Wordplay
Twisted idioms, borrowed phrases, and other wonderfully wrong turns of speech.
“It's not rocket surgery.”
Different mix-ups. Same daily jest.
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Wanted
Got an idea?
Have a wonderfully wrong expression? Send it in. Published submissions receive credit—and the satisfaction of making someone laugh.