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failaughy | adjective | / feilɒːfɪ /

describes someone who has a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh. Someone who seeks for an attention by making a joke, but the joke is totally failed. Otherwise, friend or people around will laugh at him/her, at the lack hilarity of a joke, not because of his/her funny joke. Original word: JAYUS.

Example: A thief told the police a failaughy witnesseth. "Hey, how many sheep you have stolen?" "One" "But these are three sheep" "Oh, the

The Basement

Carefully, with measured steps lest she made creaking noise, she descended the staircase down to the basement. Her Grandpa had forbid her from going to the basement with the reason it is his workshop, but she wanted to check the reason why that sometimes she could heard people's cries.

My other Terrifying Two-Line Tales:-

1. The Shadow

2. Help Me!

3. Into the Abyss

For the first time ever, the 'Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year' is not a word... but an emoji! How weird is that??    And the award goes for one particular emoji: the 'Face with Tears of Joy'!  As you can see, it's very happy for this:

The Oxford Dictionaries' blog says that this emoji was chosen as "the 'word' that best reflected the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of 2015"  (more info here)
I feel that the Oxford Dictionaries guys are being kind of sarcastic here. Looking around us, I can'

Good evening, everyone. 

This is my blog #50. A small anniversary for me and my fingers. So I want to dedicate it to one question - "Why do you need courage"? 

Before we find the best answer on this question let's ask additional questions: 

- Do you need courage to fight for your freedom?

- Do you need courage to survive in a modern society?

- Do you need courage to have arguments about your salary with your boss?

- Do you need courage to wear a mini - skirt?

- Do you need courage to upload your photo

Have you also noticed a new trend of this hectic era? Why to spend time outside in the nature? People lost their minds and prefer hanging around at the malls on the weekends. You can see the teenagers, families with the kids, or single ladies. I doubt, if there exists a word for this special human kind (maybe shopaholic but I find it a bit different). My word might be rude because it is a mixture of the words Mall and Idiot, however I really despise this habbit, so that's why I spiced it up by m

suddencognition ∣noun∣/sʌdnkɔg’niʃən/

You use this word to describe a case: when you suddenly realize something after you have tried to get it for a long time. For example, you've learned English since you were little, but not until recently did you begin to know how to use English 'tenses' correctly. Another example: when you suddenly realized what life you really need to live. 

Example sentence: It's wonderful to have the feeling of suddencognition. 

Have you ever tried to think of a word for something, and then realized no perfect word existed? This happened to me today! I realized that I am not currently reading a book that I am really into. When I am reading a book that I am really excited about, I have a special feeling or glow, even when I'm not reading it. One man described it as being in book love. Does that make sense to you? I'm not in book love right now, so something feels missing.

This thought made me think of those great lists of

Are you sure you can express yourself clearly, so that everybody would understand your points? Don't you think time to time you tend to underestimate the power of own words, that may be a bit confusing to other readers? I guess, these might be for some of you pretty annoying questions but lately I realized it is very important to make sense and to express the things properly. So.. here I go with my blog dedicated to this topic. 

To write a sentence, no matter if it is blogging, a love letter or

I have just come from my office, and that travelling in public bus (in my city) is really horrible.  This one hour travelling gives me fatigue double than the tiredness of the entire day work.  So as also happened today.  The bus was jam packed, all the people were sweating (even we have winter, but it is not cold).  I was having pushups and down in the bus by the moving passengers and the conductor.  My dress keeps its tidiness the entire day of work, but after I got down the bus, it all goes w

The World Health Organization (WHO) just announced that eating processed meat or even red meat could cause cancer. 

Appalling or unbelievable? Or, it's not such a concern for you, and you'll just ignore it and keep eating whatever you want to eat  - especially if you are from an area where food shortage is such a problem. 

It seems we eat some such meat every day, should it be ham, sausage, or bacon. What if we're warned not to eat any of them? Should all the products be removed from the shelf? An

Terrible Night

She was asleep, she opened her eyes and saw a man, the man calmly passed her and went into another room, she was so scared, but went into that room...,the window was open, and the curtains were moving with the wind, it was a thief.

Without parachute

I jumped without parachute. Again.

The snowman

I just finished building a snowman when I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I turned and I saw the snowman telling me: "Hello human, nice to meet you" and smiling devilish...

Home alone

I was watching a scary movie when I heard a whisper: "Are you enjoying the movie?". I remembered that I was alone.

The zombie

I woke up very hungry and when I went to the kitchen I saw only human meat and dead bodies around. I forgot I was a zombie.

Beyond the mirror

It was a mysterious, cold midnight and she was standing in front of her mirror, watching herself and wondering, who of them is real, if that one silhouette in the mirror or her physical existence in front of it. Suddenly, this person in the mirror turned around and gave her gesture to follow her, which she found exciting and tempting, so she took her chance and disappeared within one second completely from this world.

Strange

Logged into EC, staring at screen with fully opened eyes, heart stop pumping, mind stuck. O.M.G ghost ate my all images again..

*I tried to post images in EC many time, but when I log on later... I don’t find those images... I am surprise how other member post their images while i fail in posting images from start to up till no... I am surprised where are going my images*

People do fear something, should it be dangerous animals, the ghost, blood, darkness, loneliness, or disasters.   

In fact, we've learned to be fearful of such things. A bullfighter once said that fear was his best friend. That makes sense, though, since you have to be very careful when you're trying to conquer the bull in a bullfight. 

That's to say, being fearful or afraid of something is human. You're not alone in feeling that - just admit it. Try to face the fear and protect you from being hur

It was a dark night and around half past 2 am I got down from the bus with my friends to have some food. I was a bit sleepy but suddenly found a bus was just heading to  my direction!

  Once, late in the night, I was walking in the park to catch some fresh air before going to bed, there was nobody around…then, suddenly I noticed that SOMETHING was following me – when I walked faster, it speeded up, when I slowed down, it slowed down…fear gripped my faint heart.

 When I walked up to the park lamp post IT disappeared, then I ralised that it was my own shadow cast by the park lantern.

A python in the toilet bowl

Emily woke up to the alarm and rushed to the bathroom, but, hardly had she lifted the toilet lid when she saw a python flicking its tongue in the toilet bowl...

Switch Board

Elsa entered into the room at night time for searching her notes, but as she moved toward the switch Board for turn on the light, she felt someone Hand there. She yelped and start crying. Her Brother start laughing at her.. that was her brother, who terrified her...:@@@

Well, I have some ideas but I can not choose one of them, so I wrote them all here. You can choose one of them and read. Here they are...

VENDETTA

Me, asleep, she, awake, walk, kitchen, knife, shiny, trenchant, walk, room, me, awake, she, smile, me, shocked, throat, bleeding, me, awake, panting, nightmares, she, asleep, me, walk, kitchen, knife, shiny, trenchant…

(I learned this way of writing -just using words- from Dick Skeen…)

IDEAL

Finally they were in his house. He said:" I like blond, Russian