Vocabularies Cartoons and Comics

'I heard he was a thesaurus editor.'

"Call it spring cleaning - I threw out all my dictionaries."

'His vocabulary is tiny, but effective.'

'He's a man of few works. He likes to talk, he just has a limited vocabulary.'

'I've been trying to think of a word for two weeks.'

'I can't find the words to express my anger with you.' - 'She needs a dictionary.'

Girl to boy: 'My vocabulary is bigger than your vocabulary!'

'I've lost my thesaurus, I can't describe how I feel about it.'

"I've just been called a 'materno-fascist.' "

'OBSOLETE: Any really expensive Heating & Air Conditioning system you bought last year.'

'Stick them up...'

'My teacher said the school has tough new standards and I need to improve my vocabulary. What's 'vocabulary'?'

Wordplay: Choice.

"'Yes,' she mumbled?... Sighed?... Muttered?... Snarled?... Hissed?... Growled?..."

"What's another word for 'thesaurus'?"

"I bought a dictionary so I'll never be at a loss for words."

"What rhymes with 'repulsive'?"

'Sometimes, from time to time, occasionally I wish I'd never bought that ruddy thesaurus!'

'Roget it's fantastic, superb, extraordinary...where on earth did you get the idea?'

"Let the name calling begin..."

Captain Eddie's New Boat: 'It bothahd me that no one knows what it means until I realized it makes me look a lot smahtah than I really am!... Did I just insult myself?'

The Ekert Saga: 'Tell us about the anti-Ekert, Captain Eddie.'

"Of course, that's only a first draft."

"I didn't know umpteen was a real word."