Good find, but the seat-height?!?
Monocycle, eh? That’s, like, to correct the vision in one eye, right?
It must be a joke.
That’s a “monocle.” A “monocycle” is a one-wheeled vehicle; “unicycle” refers to a one-wheeled vehicle as well, but especially to one that is pedal-driven.
I love Dictionary.com. And eBay.
The card is too short.
I think the lady was being ironic - deliberate use of a malpropism for humorous effect.
Also, in the unicycle world, the distincion is often made that a monocycle is where the rider sits inside the wheel, but on a unicycle the rider sits outside the wheel.
So those things that they rode in the opening ceremony for the Olympics were monocycles.
Is there a word for “deliberate use of an exaggerated mispronunciation for humorous effect”?
in the latest issue of The Economist (a british review) there is an article about rice in japan and they use “monocycle” when they obviously think of a “unicycle”. For sure they are not experts of the trade … but it shows that non-specialists could use one word instead of another…
Bushism?
Nah, I said “…for humorous effect…”, not “…for foreign policy…”.
A fine line, I’ll grant you that, but still.
I resemble that remark!
Hey, I know that jester from ages ago!