WELCOME TO LATIN FOR LAUGHS
When it comes to Latin, most Americans think of "Toga Parties", while those boring but better-educated Anglo-Saxons living across the pond get straight to the point: "Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? - Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?"
WARNING: This little loopy linguistical lens is recommended for giggle-oriented gladiators, lighthearted Latin-lovers, and the odd ribald Roman Empire enthusiast or three.
Laughable Latin Table of Contents
- WHEN IN ROMAN DO AS THE ROMANS DO:
- VENI, VIDI, VELCRO - I CAME, I SAW, I STUCK AROUND!
- "Omnis oratio moribus consonet." - Your vocabulary is in perfect harmony with your horrid habits.
- HANDY LATIN PHRASES FOR THE OFFICE
- "Nimiast miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem." - How unbearably tiresome it is to be too handsome!
- WIT & WISDOM WHEN IT COMES TO WARDROBE:
- HANDY LATIN PHRASES FOR PARENTS
- QUALES ILLIC HOMUNCULI! WHAT WEIRD LITTLE MUNCHKINS! - (Image Credit: nhuthuypro@flickr.com)
- HANDY LATIN PHRASES FOR PITCHING WOO
- "Voces fallacis amicae." - Perfidious pillow-talk!
- LINKS FOR LATIN-LOVERS
- VENI, VIDI, VISA -- I CAME, I SAW, I WENT SHOPPING! (Image Credit: Lottie Frank@flickr.com)
- CURIOUS CHARACTER WITH A LATIN NAME
- RARE BIRD = RARA AVIS
- COWABUNGA CATCH-PHRASES!
- CHRISTMAS CLANGER - HOW ABOUT A LATIN LAUGH LINE?
- IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS IN LATIN?
- Natale Hilare et Annum Faustum, Bozo!
- Quomodo Invidiousulus nomine Grinchus natalem Christi Abrogaverit (How The Grinch Stole Christmas) - Image Courtesy of Kevin@fli
- BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR THOSE WHO HATE ABLATIVE ABSOLUTES.
- PITHY POCKET BOOKS FOR THE PLEASURE-CHALLENGED
- GIGGLING GUESTS ARE INVITED TO LEAVE THEIR RIPSNORTING REMARKS
WHEN IN ROMAN DO AS THE ROMANS DO:
How do you get your hair to do that?
Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?
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Image Credit: bcanada92@flickr.com
VENI, VIDI, VELCRO - I CAME, I SAW, I STUCK AROUND!
"Omnis oratio moribus consonet." - Your vocabulary is in perfect harmony with your horrid habits.
HANDY LATIN PHRASES FOR THE OFFICE
In a world of chaos, calamity, and crisis, there's always room for a few pithy Latin phrases to keep morale up in the corporate zoo and impress your work mates."What are you laughing at Jackass?*!"
- Quid rides equus asinus?*!
"There goes my bleeper!"
- Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
"Seen one, seen'em all."
- Uno viso, omnia visa sunt.
"Seize the tape!"
- Carpe Ductum!
"What? Me worry?"
- Quid? Me anxius sum?
"I came. I saw. I broke wind."
- Veni. Vedi. Flatui.
"What goes around, comes around."
- Id quot circumiret, circumveniat.
"I've got to see a man about a dog."
- Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
"Accountants don't know how to dress fashionably."
- De gustibus non est disputandum.
"Seize the check!"
- Carpe per diem!
"When all else fails, play dead."
- Quando omni flunkus moritati.
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Pithy persona non grata remarks:
"Just do it!"
Modo fac!
"Not in my backyard!"
Ne ponatur in mea vicinitate!
"Bah! Humbug!"
Phy! Fabulae!
"Go ahead. Make my day!"
- Age. Fac ut gaudeam!
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere!
"I can't hear you, I have a banana in my ear."
- Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
"May barbarians invade your personal space!"
- Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant.
"Shut up and go away!"
- Tace atque abi.
Oh and by the way, "Have a nice day!" - Die dulce fruimini!
"Nimiast miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominem." - How unbearably tiresome it is to be too handsome!
WIT & WISDOM WHEN IT COMES TO WARDROBE:
"Simper ubi sub ubi."
(Always wear underwear)
HANDY LATIN PHRASES FOR PARENTS
Let's face it, raising the younger generation can be a bit of a handful. So here's an educational if not entertaining Latin learning opportunity for the whole family:"Honey, I'm home."
- Mellita, domi adsum.
"Really Rad, dude!"
- Radicitus, comes!
"What's happening?"
- Quid fit?
"What weird little munchkins!
- Quales illic homunculi!
"No way!"
- Nullo modo!
"Read my lips."
- Labra lege.
"Fat chance!"
- Fors fortis!
I don't want a toaster.
- Fornulum pani lolo.
"Pretty please with a cherry on top! "
- Te precor dulcissime supplex!
"I think we're on the same wavelength."
- Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse.
"If Caeser were alive, you'd be chained to an oar."
- Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
"In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags!"
- Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it.
- Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea pousi.
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Image Credit: skitty25@flickr.com
QUALES ILLIC HOMUNCULI! WHAT WEIRD LITTLE MUNCHKINS! - (Image Credit: nhuthuypro@flickr.com)
HANDY LATIN PHRASES FOR PITCHING WOO
Forget about wooing your significant other with a calorie-laden box of chocolates, a pot of petunias to which she is allergic, or a gilt-edged greeting card with a bunch of mundane mumbojumbo.Just blow a few of these "sweet nothings" in her ear, and watch the fireworks:
"Honey, I'm home."
Mellita, domi adsum.
"Silly moo!
- Inepta!
"Utter ninny!"
- Stultissime!
"Rampant she-devil!"
- Saeva scaeva!
"Those teeth of yours could chew up a flint-stone."
- Dentes vel silicem comesse possunt.
"You know, the Romans invented the art of love."
- Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt.
"Let's engage in some perfidious pillow-talk."
- Voces fallacis amicae.
"It's a sure thing that Woman is the daughter of Delay incarnate."
- Mulier profecto natast ex ipsa mora.
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Image Credit: dorocketpop@flickr.com
"Voces fallacis amicae." - Perfidious pillow-talk!
LINKS FOR LATIN-LOVERS
- PITHY PAPAL PRONOUNCEMENTS
- Or, "Believe me father, the Latin for hot pants is 'brevissimae bracae'.
- LATIN LAUGH LINES
- These little gems may leave you rolling in the aisle.
- HELPFUL LATIN PHRASES
- When you're in a pinch, it's helpful to learn a little Latin.
- LATIN MADE EASY
- How to impress your friends with easy-to-use Latin quotes and quips.
- GOOD LORD NOT MORE LATIN!
- A very long list of luscious Latin phrases for those with short attention spans.
- LATIN NAME GENERATOR
- Ever wondered what your name would have been if you'd lived during the Great Roman Empire?
- LATIN PHRASES (A-E)
- A little cheat sheet for those who don't have a little Latin dictionary (for words A to E).
- LATIN PHRASES (F-O)
- For those who who are bored with English ...what do you mean there's no Latin word for 'fuddy duddy'?
- LATIN PHRASES (P-Z)
- For those who need something more stimulating than conversing in Pig Latin.
- LATIN FOR LOLLYGAGGERS
- Lovely if not sometimes ludicrous latin mottos and musings (for those who like reading tomes alone).
- LAUGHABLE LATIN
- Who knew that "Iam est satis superque linguae Latinae-Fatuinae edamus" means "Enough already with the latin-schmatin, let's eat!"
- LITTLE PHRASES FOR LATIN-LOVERS
- If you don't own a sombrero, can't stomach salsa, and don't do the samaba...take heart...just learn a little Latin and be happy!
VENI, VIDI, VISA -- I CAME, I SAW, I WENT SHOPPING! (Image Credit: Lottie Frank@flickr.com)
CURIOUS CHARACTER WITH A LATIN NAME
Meet Geococcyx californianus, better known in English as "Road Runner", a cartoon character who is always engaged in an eternal battle of skill and speed with the rather luckless, pathetic, and plan-challenged "Wile E. Coyote"."Roadrunners" are members of the Cuckoo Bird family who hang out primarily in California (along with all the movie stars), not to mention other warm destinations in Mexico and Central America.
RARE BIRD = RARA AVIS
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Image Credit: Amanada Woodward@flickr.com
COWABUNGA CATCH-PHRASES!
How now, brown cow? =
Quone modo nunc, fulve bos?
Don't have a cow, man! =
Noli habere bovis, vir!
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Image Credit: Kazels@flickr.com
CHRISTMAS CLANGER - HOW ABOUT A LATIN LAUGH LINE?
The Santa Silly Season has arrived at last.So here's a lovely little bit of Latin to shout out as you're running around Hell's Half Acre trying to pick up your last minute gifts this year:
Quod ad tempus reservas ista lumina pulchella praemonitoria - ad Saturnalia? - What are you saving those pretty little turn signals for - Christmas?
Beati mites, quoniam istis in ordine stantibus anteponere nosmet ipsos possumus. - Blessed are the meek, because we can cut in front of them in lineups.
Licet mihi venerari pro deo quemlibet, etiam SpongoRoberto QuadratoBracatum et Santa! - I get to worship whomever I want, including SpongeBob SquarePants and Santa!
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS IN LATIN?
Why not pick up a copy of this century-old tale by Francis Pharcellus Church (Author), Virginia O'Hanlon (Author), Matthias Kringe (Illustrator) with Latin translation by Walter Sauer and Hermann Wiegand.
Natale Hilare et Annum Faustum, Bozo!
Quomodo Invidiousulus nomine Grinchus natalem Christi Abrogaverit (How The Grinch Stole Christmas) - Image Courtesy of Kevin@fli
BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR THOSE WHO HATE ABLATIVE ABSOLUTES.
PITHY POCKET BOOKS FOR THE PLEASURE-CHALLENGED
Carpe Diem: Put A Little Latin in Your Life
For those who want a few Latin laugh lines!
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/05/2009) 
Amo, Amas, Amat and More (Hudson Group Books)
Gives new meaning to conjugal visits!
Amazon Price: $11.70 (as of 07/05/2009)
Latin for All Occasions
You'll never be at a loss for lost words again!
Amazon Price: $10.63 (as of 07/05/2009)
Winnie Ille Pu Semper Ludet (The House at Pooh Corner)
What you get "know-it-alls" or those who have everything!
Amazon Price: (as of 07/05/2009)
Walter Canis Inflatus: Walter the Farting Dog, Latin-Language Edition (Latin Edition)
What you get for the college-bound kindergarten crowd!
Amazon Price: $11.96 (as of 07/05/2009)
GIGGLING GUESTS ARE INVITED TO LEAVE THEIR RIPSNORTING REMARKS
Whether you're a classical comedian, a Latin-Lover, or a Pig-Latin afficionado, feel free to leave an inviting inscription behind, (unless of course you enjoy the "status quo" - Latin for the mirky and mucky money market mess we're in!)
Brad Carroll wrote
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Posted December 26, 2008
youhavegottobekidding wrote...
This Lens really gave me a laugh some of those are really funny. And I could really see that you have put a lot of time and hard work to your Lens.
5 stars for your Very Informative Lens.
Posted August 04, 2008
gotiges wrote...
Great lens! I will be using this one - Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
I have a new language group if you are interested. Search for learn a language, or there is a link from my page learnpolishfree.
Regards
Simon
Posted June 27, 2008
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