I said I didn’t know exactly, but sometimes people lost arms or legs through accidents or didn’t have them for other reasons.

My son instantly said, “Gobber (from How to Train Your Dragon) lost his arm AND his leg and now he has to use tools in their places!”

I kind of collected my jaw and said, “That’s right, and that man is just like Gobber. There’s a special word we use for those kinds of tools. It’s ‘prosthetics’.”

“Prosthetics,” said my son, with satisfaction, and on we went without any further discussion about it.

But then we got on the bus, and there was a young black woman with her hair pulled back in a big floofy afro ponytail, and my son, who has seen the trailers for the new Annie movie, said, in delight, “She has hair like Annie’s!”

kicky-wicky (1602)

long plum (1613)

bald-pate friar (1656)

silent flute (1720)

gaying instrument (1811)

liver-disturber (1888) (yikes)

master of ceremonies (1890)

father confessor (1890)

quimstick (1896)

patootie (1927) (cutie patootie)

ambassador (1927)

kidney-buster (1935) (double yikes)

dingle-doodle (1935)

dingwallace (1951)

snorker (1963)

corned beef torpedo (1975)

*gives up all responsibilities*: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Scorpio

*drops on the spot*: Aquarius, Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo

We made a Chrome extension to add real, ridiculous Donald Trump quotes to every mention of his name.

OH. MY. GOD.