Stop in the Name of Halloween

Have a /fæntæstɪk/ holiday.

Thanks for carving and sharing the this awesome pumpkin, lesserjoke.

Happy Thanksgiving Homonym Humor

Tom's costume was quite the hit this past Halloween.

And then he had the bright idea that it would serve him well on Thanksgiving too.

Happy Turkey Day.

Image from here.

Halloween Pragmatics and Etymology

Pragmatics

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ETYMOLOGY

Just in case any readers are not familiar with the etymology of Halloween, here it is compliments of the Online Etymology Dictionary -

Halloween: c.1745, Scottish shortening of Allhallow-even "Eve of All Saints, last night of October" (1556), the last night of the year in the old Celtic calendar, where it was Old Year's Night, a night for witches. Another pagan holiday given a cursory baptism and sent on its way. Hallowmas "All-saints" is first attested 1389.

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By the bye, Happy Halloween to all linguists and to all linguists a good night. Hope you have fun with language tricks and enjoy some treats.