Cleave
cle·ve \kleev\
verb
1. To adhere closely; stick; cling
2. To remain faithful.
3. To split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
4. To make by or as if by cutting.
5. To penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.).
6. To cut off; sever.
7. To part or split, especially along a natural line of division.
8. To penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting.
↓ Transcript
WOI - 0040: CLEAVE
[ Panel 1 ]
:: A gaggle of elderly women sit around a youthful and innocent girl, giving her advice on her first date, as they prepare her for what is to come. ::
ELDERLY WOMAN 1: I may be old fashioned, but I say CLEAVE your heart for him and he will, in return, REMAIN FAITHFUL to you as well!
ELDERLY WOMAN 2: That is no way to win a man’s heart! All you need to do is CLEAVE THAT BOSOM of your TOGETHER, and he’ll know you’re something special!
ELDERLY WOMAN 3: You best be careful with tactics like that. He may try to CLEAVE his way INTO your undergarments!
ELDERLY WOMAN 4: A man like that is NOT a man for you, dear. If he attempts to dishonor you in such a way, it would be best to CLEAVE the relationship immediately.
ELDERLY WOMAN 5: Screw the relationship… CLEAVE that manhood of his RIGHT OFF it’s roots!
[ Panel 1 ]
:: A gaggle of elderly women sit around a youthful and innocent girl, giving her advice on her first date, as they prepare her for what is to come. ::
ELDERLY WOMAN 1: I may be old fashioned, but I say CLEAVE your heart for him and he will, in return, REMAIN FAITHFUL to you as well!
ELDERLY WOMAN 2: That is no way to win a man’s heart! All you need to do is CLEAVE THAT BOSOM of your TOGETHER, and he’ll know you’re something special!
ELDERLY WOMAN 3: You best be careful with tactics like that. He may try to CLEAVE his way INTO your undergarments!
ELDERLY WOMAN 4: A man like that is NOT a man for you, dear. If he attempts to dishonor you in such a way, it would be best to CLEAVE the relationship immediately.
ELDERLY WOMAN 5: Screw the relationship… CLEAVE that manhood of his RIGHT OFF it’s roots!
AKK! That last person to speak should have used “its” (think his hers its) not it’s (contraction of it is).
You know, I wasn’t sure on that and went back and forth for a while till i said screw it I’ll leave it. Thanks for pointing it out. I made the change. :]
I knew there was a reason why you used the word so much on today’s strip. hahaAnd it is pretty interesting that one meaning of cleave means “to adhere closely”.
Haha, yeah i tend to avoid using THAT many words.. but it was ok for a word that had that many meanings. :]
Oh my god, that is freaking awesome how you did so many meanings in one comic!Now I want to work on a song that uses all of those meanings. King Crimson did it on Elephant Talk where nearly all the words were in alphabetical order and were different types of speech.
Haha, no idea, this one sorta just wrote itself. :]
It’s amazing that one word can be so self-contradictory in its meaning…
Self-contradictory words are actually so common in English that there’s a word for them – multiple words, actually: ‘contronym’, ‘antagonym’, and ‘autoantonym’. There’s a list of them here: http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/welcome.htm.
This is true. Probably my favorite types of words are words like these.
OMG that dog is awesome!
lol
oh dear,well if i was in such a circumstance i would not go that far as to do so described but action close to that must be attended
heh, that they must.
Also a Dungeons & Dragons feat.
Is it?
Indeed, it is. It’s a combat feat in 3rd Edition that allows a free attack on an opponent within melee range whenever a melee kill is made.
oh man, what a versatile word. I want to find more words like this, for that very reason.