? which ones are lies? i.e. not really hyphenated - I just syllablized?

? which one is an actress' name? what is her surname?

? which ones are regarded as 'dirty' words?

HYPHEN-ATED WORDS?

© - Tom Hyland - 6/5/10

ack-ack gun / a-be-ce-dar-i-an -
blow-dry / blow-gun / blow-job -
cha-cha / choo-choo / chop-chop -

dik-dik / dog-and-pony-show / do-little -
eye-catcher / el-ee-mos-y-nar-y / epoch-making -
fade-out / fail-safe / fan-tan -

goo-goo / gaff-rig / ga-ma-hy-drox-y-bu-ty-rate -
hand-me-down / hand-feed / hand-jam / hand-job -
ice-out / ich-thy-oph-a-gous / i-co-si-tet-ra-he-dron -

jack-in-the-pulpit / jack-of-all-trades / jack-o’-lantern -
kiss-and-tell / kitty-cornered / knee-deep / knight-errant -
laissez-faire / la-la / lapis-lazuli / larger-than-life -

matter-of-fact / mau-mau / melanocyte-stimulating hormone -
namby-pamby / name-dropping / ne-plus-ultra -
oat-cell / oblique-slip fault / off-color -

page-turner / pair-oar / pall-mall / pay-as-you-go -
quarter-bound / quartz-iodine lamp / queen-cup -
raggle-taggle / rah-rah / rail-splitter -

saddle-sore / sa-miz-dat / seat-of-the-pants -
tam-o’-shantern / ta-ta / tax-free -
uh-huh / uh-oh / uh-uh / ul-u-late -

value-added / variable-geometry / varicella-zoster virus -
wa-wa / wah-wah / wig-wag -
x-coordinate / x-rated / x-ray tube -
yackety-yak / yackety sax / yadda-yadda-yadda -
za-za / z-axis / zig-zag / zero-zero -


© - TKH.