Why does a "fat chance" and a "slim chance" mean the same th

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Is gruntled

Word play -- apply directly to the forehead.

That made me laugh a lot, which is not something that happens very often,

HAH... awesome... another one for my collection, maybe... sarcasm might not count...

I also like:
bag lady / bag man
dialed it in / phoned it in

The English language is complicated, even to someone like me who has spent her life speaking it.

simply put, one has to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

Why do Americans always say the month before the date, but still say 'the 4th of July'?

the French have a similar question about the English.

Basically, the original Americans were British and when they became American they changed the date and number formats as well as whatever else to separate themselves further from their former British life.

Also, all of the multiple terms for the same action and different words probably are from the many different origins of the new citizens bringing their native language over. Like the saying, you say potāto I say potáto...

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

That’s not quite how English works

pointing that point out is exactly the punny point of this placement of posts.

Back to the original point, "fat chance" is actually a byproduct of inflation.

^^^

It's just one of those weird English language things. Opposite meanings tend to be more easily interpreted verbally, as there's a change in pitch/tone/inflection (something?) when speaking that indicates that the implied meaning of the words spoken is actually the opposite of the literal definition.

Also, I can't believe this thread made it this far without a fatboy slim video, so, I'll do it w/ arguably their best piece of work that was featured in the soundtrack for the movie "Go!"