Fun With Vocabulary

Nancy’s arms dangled out of the yoke she was wearing across her neck. “Mistrial”, she cried, this was her favorite weasel word. She had been sentenced to five years in prison for the theft and consumption of Mrs. Abernathy’s delicious Yorkshire pudding.
Nancy was able to get a toehold during the trial, when she stated that she was a vegetarian, and would never eat something drenched in meat drippings. Mrs. Abernathy admitted that she had put extra meat sauce into the batter, but stated that this only made her pudding even more irresistible, even for a “heathen tree-hugger” such as Nancy. Adding, “My Yorkshire pudding is impalpable, it’s like eating God!”

Definitions:

Yoke: A wooden bar to join together two animals, such as oxen; or to help carry water pales from a well.

Weasel word: word used to evade of retreat from a direct statement or position.

Yorkshire pudding: batter consisting of eggs, flour and milk, baked in meat drippings.

Toehold: place of support for the toes; a means of progressing.

Impalpable: incapable of being felt by touch; not readily discerned by the mind.