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 have three chances. Wrong guesses and the hint each cost one.
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.”
Other Wordplay
Mixed-up idioms, sound-alike words, and other wonderfully wrong turns of phrase.
“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.