Tigerisms Written May 6, 2002   At Richwood High School, we were as inventive as anyone with regard to the English language. On a page in the back of one of my notebooks, I jotted down colorful phrases as I heard them.  These appear to date from 1964 and 1965.   PRESUFFIXES Who Said It put it point-blankly x income and excome Carl Martin furtherlier x angrifying x easierly x stable-ility John Caudill downfallment x x MUTATIONS Who Said It nursey rhyme x pedastool Frank Zirbel getting picky-ante x beat to the punchbowl Dean Cochran one man warys one moman x take it or believe it  Mike Phelps the describition of a horse x don't forgent to call x jopudopy opallgopowoper (I have no idea) x TURNS OF PHRASE Who Said It You can give one person blood and another person not blood. x He's making $150 a week and bringing home $200. x Jump up and down and scream bloody American aggression. Kelly Drake I didn't read it.  I just wrote it. x You don't miss these people until they're absent. x An ounce of praise is worth a pound of criticism. x x JOKES AND JIBES Who Said It Kelly, you're getting carried away.  Right out to the incinerator. x Sailor:  "Have a weak stomach?"  Seasick man:  "No, I seem to be getting as much distance as any of them." Bruce Cahill You can't hear yourself think?  You aren't missing anything. Criss Somerlot