Handy Latin phrases

Remember all those cocktail parties when a witty bon mot would have broken that awkward silence?

Keep some of these handy Latin phrases in your back pocket. You’ll be the life of the party.

  • Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.
    It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.
  • Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
    God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
  • 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?
  • Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
    Let’s all wear mood rings!
  • Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
    I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

You can find more handy latin phrases on these Funny Pages.

And for the comics out there, try this instant rimshot here.

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