A list of 90 words by ry.
- mug's gamewas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- potter's fieldwas added by ry and appears on 7 lists
- Jew’s harpwas added by jasonwordperson and appears on just this list
- cat’s cradlewas added by jasonwordperson and appears on 2 lists
- no-man's landwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- donkey's yearswas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- collector's itemwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- pauper's gravewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- butcher's billwas added by ry and appears on just this list
- plumber's crackwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- crow's nestwas added by ry and appears on 14 lists
- harm's waywas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- arm's reachwas added by ry and appears on just this list
- ladies' manwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- Russell's teapotwas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- Buckley's chancewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- death's doorwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- dead man's handwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- dead man's switchwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- for pity's sakewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- for Pete's sakewas added by ry and appears on just this list
- Baily's beadswas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- Aristotle's lanternwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- Euler's numberwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- Avogadro's numberwas added by ry and appears on just this list
- Legionnaires' diseasewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- lion's sharewas added by ry and appears on 8 lists
- busman's holidaywas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- fool's paradisewas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- beginner's luckwas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- witch's brewwas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- my brother's keeperwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- mama's boywas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- doctor's orderswas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- teacher's petwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- man's best friendwas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- buyer's remorsewas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- chinaman's chancewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- coon's agewas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- child's playwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- money's worthwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- farmer's marketwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- heart's desirewas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- grocer's apostrophewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- king's shillingwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- razor's edgewas added by hernesheir and appears on 2 lists
- Soldier's Joywas added by hernesheir and appears on just this list
- states' rightswas added by hernesheir and appears on 5 lists
- bee's kneeswas added by hernesheir and appears on 25 lists
- farmer's daughterwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- Wigner's friendwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- Queen's Englishwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- bird's eye viewwas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- prisoner's dilemmawas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- Occam's razorwas added by ry and appears on 9 lists
- like water off a duck's backwas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- tighter than a duck's asswas added by ry and appears on just this list
- soft as a baby's bottomwas added by ry and appears on just this list
- drunker than a monkey's unclewas added by ry and appears on just this list
- all the king's horses and all the king's menwas added by ry and appears on just this list
- colder than a witch's titwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- idle hands are the devil's playthingswas added by ry and appears on just this list
- in an octopus's gardenwas added by ry and appears on just this list
- I'll be a monkey's unclewas added by ry and appears on just this list
- Buridan's asswas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- Hobson's choicewas added by ry and appears on 10 lists
- rat's asswas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- emperor's new clotheswas added by ry and appears on just this list
- hairsbreadthwas added by ry and appears on 10 lists
- St. Elmo's Firewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- dog's breakfastwas added by ry and appears on 10 lists
- fool's errandwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- a hair's differencewas added by ry and appears on just this list
- baker's dozenwas added by ry and appears on 11 lists
- a dog's lifewas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- cat's meowwas added by ry and appears on 11 lists
- God's bodkinwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- tinker's damnwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- hell's bellswas added by ry and appears on 9 lists
- a monkey's unclewas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- white man's burdenwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- Janet's methodwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- Murphy's lawwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- Lorenzo's oilwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- lover's quarrelwas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- Schrödinger's catwas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- winner's circlewas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- christ's sakewas added by ry and appears on just this list
- god's countrywas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- mind's eyewas added by ry and appears on 17 lists
- king's ransomwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- bum's rushwas added by ry and appears on 14 lists
alexz commented on the list possessive-phrases
I think you mean possessive phrase's
;)
January 29, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list possessive-phrases
Ha!
Also, have you met x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name yet?
January 29, 2013
ry commented on the list possessive-phrases
Oh that is excellent. Another every potential list is an existing list situation! Except, that one disqualifies proper nouns...nor shall I fail to ransack it. thanks!
January 30, 2013
ry commented on the list possessive-phrases
I added Legionnaires' disease because it's lexically pretty unique—a possessive medical eponym named for a group rather than an individual—and found that there are a bajillion possessive-eponymic diseases named for their describers/discoverers (which may be a reason that sionnach disallowed names on x's y.... Anyway, if anyone wants to add them here, go ahead, but there are a lot.
Edit: there is also a ton of scientific laws, natural phenomena, and logical paradoxes named in this way. The listers at Wikipedia have done this job already.
January 30, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the list possessive-phrases
I think you'll find hernesheir's medical-eponyms list is ripe for plunder.
January 30, 2013