MacAdamia
Motel in-room snack bar nut? Or toxin
frackin’ Fido’s gut?*
* Macadamias are severely toxic to dogs.
MacBeth
Toney Tony-winning part? Or tough transgender's nom-de-tart?
McCormick
Baltimorons' spice vendeur? Or 'mick'?
Or 'M(a)c'? (I'm not quite sure.)
McDuck
Grasping geezer? Loon de loot? Or Ebenezer, cast as
coot.*
* A canvasback
or gallinule or bufflehead – but no one’s fool
MacEdonia
Where Phillip* plants his totem pole? Or
country tasked with crowd control.**
* The Man of Macedonia, of course
** Cf recent refugee crisis at
Greek border
McFries
Slipp'ry slope towards childhood lard? Or
I've misspelled 'McFlies'? (Canard!)
MacGuffin
Hitchcock movie plot technique? Or letters from my 'muffin' leak?*.
* An ‘a,’ a ‘c’ and a ‘G’ dropped from ‘MacGuffin’
leave ‘muffin.’
MacHu (Picchu)
Abandon'd Incan real estate? Or
Irish sneeze? (Gesundheit, mate!)
McIntosh
Apple breed? Or leakproof coat? Or
Gael immersed in nonsense quote.*
* Mc in 'tosh'
Mick Jagger
UK knighthood candidate?* Or packhorse
manager’s work state.
* I.e.,
Sir Mick
** In
England the owner or manager of a pack of horses was called a jagger.
MacKinac
Island in a Huron Lac? Or relatives of Mac called ‘Ac.’?
McLean
Virginia home to CIA? Or new McDonald's
meal? (No way!)
McMansion
The nouveau-riches’ “garage
mahal"?
Or (sans 'i') Erse M.,* C.,** et
al.***
* Marilyn, the rocker ** Charles, the nutter
*** Other members of the
so-called “Manson family.”
MacNutt
A dude dubbed Boob (Rube's* handiwork)? Or
laptop user's Apple quirk.
* I. e., Goldberg
McCoy
A Star Fleet officer called "Bones"? Or how a Jew from Galway moans?
MacPherson (Strut)
Suspension system in fine cars? Or
move on "Dancin' With Scots Stars"?
McQueen
Prissy to Leigh's Scarlett O'?* Or Irish guy in gay floor show.
* I. e, Butterfly
McRib
Fast food made of barbie’d pork? Or baby's
bunk from Leith or Cork?*
* Mac
Crib?
McSweeney's
Innovative publishing? Or
"What-if-Todd-were-Irish?" thing?
("Soap") MacTavish
"Call of Duty" go-to guy? Or
suds for Irish drip 'n' dry.
MacUlar (Degeneration)
Age-related loss of sight? Or
Quarter Pounder burger blight?
McVeigh
Homely home-grown terror bird?* Or Irish “Oy! Vey!” spelt absurd?
*
Oklahoma bomber Timothy
MaxWell (House)
Caffeine good to final drop? Or where Mac keeps his mops to sop.*
* I.e., Mac's well house.
MaXimilien
Major "Reign of Terror"ist”* Or beaucoup
bucks within one's fist.**
* I.e., Robespierre ** I.e., maxi million
MacY's:
Sponsor of a big parade? Or Irish inn where young men stay'd.?*
* An Irish YMCA?
MCZSGT:
Sgt. "Jim"'s* own CAPTCHA word? Or
prayer in church Sarge overheard?
* That’s Sgt. N. (“Jim”) Smithe-Magee (the
N stands for ‘(k)Nack)
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