We absolutely love B.C. Comics, written by Johnny Hart and Copyright © 2005 Creators Syndicate, Inc. Mr. Hart puts a smile on one's face with his meanings of words and phrases. This page is dedicate to Mr. Hart's Wiley's Dictionary and Book of Phrases from B.C. Comics.

• a lasting impression
  what a sumo wrestler leaves in his mattress
• accordion
  an open and shut case
• agnostic
  a guy who, when you sneeze, shrugs and says "whatever"
• alimentary canal
  the part of the body that gives us food for thought
• artifacts
  things you don't know about "Arty"
• asunder
  the correct position for riding a donkey
• baby boomer
  a kid who just polished off six jars of strained beans
• band-aid
  a fundraiser for an orchestra
• big loser
  the winner of a diet contest
• bombsite
  the stage in a comedy club
• booby trap
  a brassiere
• borderline obese
  won't fit through the turnstile at the immigration booth
• bountiful
  what Captain Bligh declared after learning one more breadfruit tree would sink his ship
• breakneck speed
  the amount of time that elapses between a whiplash accident and the arrival of the first lawyer
• cable copter
  an aerial tracking device that provides 15 hours of fame to any crook trying to make a getaway in a white van
• canopy
  required prior to employment consideration
• catalyst
  a directory of the names of every cow in the herd
• cantaloupe
  when the ladder won't reach the window
• castanet
  your last recourse when you've run out of bait
• cell phone
  how amoebas communicate
• centaur
  a senator who has been horsing around
• Chinese checkers
  airport security at Peking
• chopsticks
  eating utensils for picky eaters
• clipboard
  directors of the Enron Corporation
• clothesline - NEW
  the border between "in vogue" and "indecent"
• coat of arms
  what octopuses wear to formals
• conflict of interest
  a dental school with a hockey team
• conflict of interest
  when the undertaker is also your life insurance salesman
• coup d'etat
  the forcible takeover of a government by someone in a 2-door car
• cowboy
  a bull
• cremation
  an alternative choice for those who like to think outside the box
• cross buck
  a six-pointer that lost the scent of his mate
• curdle
  when a cuddle goes sour
• deadline
  what you're left holding when you call your girlfriend the day after her birthday
• decrease
  what de dry cleaners put in de pants
• defeat
  what you blame if you lose de soccer match
• deluge
  de reason de luge got cancelled
• dogmatic
  an automatic dog
• drag race
  a two-man event in which the victor receives a gift certicate to Victoria's Secret
• eating disorder
  drinking white wine with a hotdog
• eavesdrop
  what happens when you don't put your eaves up properly
• efficiency expert
  everybody
• erode
  the path your instant message takes through cyberspace
• escalator music
  elevator music for claustrophobes
• euthanasia
  not much for a youth in Asia to look forward to
• extinct
  a skunk that's lost its scent
• file clerk
  one skilled in the art of concealment
• firing squad
  the penultimate implementation of downsizing
• fireplace
  where a cord of wood meets its match
• fixed income
  one who thrives solely on political bribes
• fluid swing
  what golfers develop after 2 hours in the grill room
• freak accident
  a geek falling down a flight of stairs
• free agent
  the most flagrant oxymoron in sports
• free radical
  an ex-con who protests presidential pardons
• frigging
  the rigging on a frigate
• fruitcake
  the gift that keeps on giving
• fumigator
  a large, very angry reptile
• galeforce
  what Gale do to get her size 14 body into a size 10
• garden
  Papa Bear's job description
• generation gap
  when your high school uniform will no longer button
• get out of jail free
  about the only thing you can't do with a cell phone these days
• golf
  the one four-letter word least uttered during a round of it
• half-cocked
  a rooster that wakes you up at 2 a.m. instead of 4 a.m.
• hamster
  the animal least likely to be found in a synagogue
• harboring a criminal
  protecting someone who stole a boat
• hear-say
  basic job description for intrepreters
• hearse
  what a wacky undertaker has embroidered on his wife's towels
• hollyhock
  what Holly does to pay off her gambling debts
• hologram
  a cracker with no substance
• honkeydory
  a dinghy full of white guys
• hostel
  the way hotel owners act when you can't pay your bill
• hummer
  a car that can't sing