Sometimes you do need those hyphens, even from an old #hyphenwar guy
Convicted Killer Crabs! Heaven forbid.
Convicted Killer Crabs! Heaven forbid.
September 7, 2023 at 2:02 PM
Sometimes you do need those hyphens, even from an old #hyphenwar guy
Convicted Killer Crabs! Heaven forbid.
Convicted Killer Crabs! Heaven forbid.
Jack O'Lantern regrets to inform us that Jack-o'-lantern is the correct spelling according to Merriam Webster. However, Wikipedia says Jack o'lantern is also correct.
Marvel and Wikipedia 1
Merriam Webster 0
#hyphenwar
Marvel and Wikipedia 1
Merriam Webster 0
#hyphenwar
October 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Jack O'Lantern regrets to inform us that Jack-o'-lantern is the correct spelling according to Merriam Webster. However, Wikipedia says Jack o'lantern is also correct.
Marvel and Wikipedia 1
Merriam Webster 0
#hyphenwar
Marvel and Wikipedia 1
Merriam Webster 0
#hyphenwar
Hello, I'm Lloyd Bridges
If you see your reflection in 'snow-covered' hills, remember 'snow-covered' gets a hyphen. If 'the hills are snow covered', then no hyphen is used. No hyphen for 'mirror in the sky' or 'child within my heart' as those are noun phrases.
#hyphenwar
If you see your reflection in 'snow-covered' hills, remember 'snow-covered' gets a hyphen. If 'the hills are snow covered', then no hyphen is used. No hyphen for 'mirror in the sky' or 'child within my heart' as those are noun phrases.
#hyphenwar
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Hello, I'm Lloyd Bridges
If you see your reflection in 'snow-covered' hills, remember 'snow-covered' gets a hyphen. If 'the hills are snow covered', then no hyphen is used. No hyphen for 'mirror in the sky' or 'child within my heart' as those are noun phrases.
#hyphenwar
If you see your reflection in 'snow-covered' hills, remember 'snow-covered' gets a hyphen. If 'the hills are snow covered', then no hyphen is used. No hyphen for 'mirror in the sky' or 'child within my heart' as those are noun phrases.
#hyphenwar
Come in Planet Earth
This is Major Matt Mason from the Moon with today's #hyphenwar lesson.
There are no hyphens in words like: airlock, earthbound, launch pad, retrorocket, moonwalk, payload, spacesuit, ground control, extraterrestrial, or cosmic rays.
This is Major Mason, signing off
This is Major Matt Mason from the Moon with today's #hyphenwar lesson.
There are no hyphens in words like: airlock, earthbound, launch pad, retrorocket, moonwalk, payload, spacesuit, ground control, extraterrestrial, or cosmic rays.
This is Major Mason, signing off
June 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Come in Planet Earth
This is Major Matt Mason from the Moon with today's #hyphenwar lesson.
There are no hyphens in words like: airlock, earthbound, launch pad, retrorocket, moonwalk, payload, spacesuit, ground control, extraterrestrial, or cosmic rays.
This is Major Mason, signing off
This is Major Matt Mason from the Moon with today's #hyphenwar lesson.
There are no hyphens in words like: airlock, earthbound, launch pad, retrorocket, moonwalk, payload, spacesuit, ground control, extraterrestrial, or cosmic rays.
This is Major Mason, signing off
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
Just swam over to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, oil fields, warfare, Middle East, bloodshed, gas pump, crude oil, oil tanker, or stalemate.
#hyphenwar per gallon
Just swam over to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, oil fields, warfare, Middle East, bloodshed, gas pump, crude oil, oil tanker, or stalemate.
#hyphenwar per gallon
May 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
Just swam over to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, oil fields, warfare, Middle East, bloodshed, gas pump, crude oil, oil tanker, or stalemate.
#hyphenwar per gallon
Just swam over to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, oil fields, warfare, Middle East, bloodshed, gas pump, crude oil, oil tanker, or stalemate.
#hyphenwar per gallon
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
Just as a diver follows rules, so should an educated person with grammar.
There are no hyphens in: warfare, holy war, ill will, ineptitude, pipeline, showdown, military action, warzone, cargo ship, or unwinnable.
#hyphenwar
Just as a diver follows rules, so should an educated person with grammar.
There are no hyphens in: warfare, holy war, ill will, ineptitude, pipeline, showdown, military action, warzone, cargo ship, or unwinnable.
#hyphenwar
March 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
Just as a diver follows rules, so should an educated person with grammar.
There are no hyphens in: warfare, holy war, ill will, ineptitude, pipeline, showdown, military action, warzone, cargo ship, or unwinnable.
#hyphenwar
Just as a diver follows rules, so should an educated person with grammar.
There are no hyphens in: warfare, holy war, ill will, ineptitude, pipeline, showdown, military action, warzone, cargo ship, or unwinnable.
#hyphenwar
@jeffscomics.bsky.social Hyphenwar '80
December 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
@jeffscomics.bsky.social Hyphenwar '80
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hello Chums
Summer is a grest time for baseball, but not for misusing hyphens.
There are no hyphens in: curveball, dugout, baserunning, bullpen, fly ball, strikeout, teammate, home team, home run, outfield, triple play, shortstop or sportsmanship.
#hyphenwar with Batman
Summer is a grest time for baseball, but not for misusing hyphens.
There are no hyphens in: curveball, dugout, baserunning, bullpen, fly ball, strikeout, teammate, home team, home run, outfield, triple play, shortstop or sportsmanship.
#hyphenwar with Batman
June 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hello Chums
Summer is a grest time for baseball, but not for misusing hyphens.
There are no hyphens in: curveball, dugout, baserunning, bullpen, fly ball, strikeout, teammate, home team, home run, outfield, triple play, shortstop or sportsmanship.
#hyphenwar with Batman
Summer is a grest time for baseball, but not for misusing hyphens.
There are no hyphens in: curveball, dugout, baserunning, bullpen, fly ball, strikeout, teammate, home team, home run, outfield, triple play, shortstop or sportsmanship.
#hyphenwar with Batman
Hi, I'm a 1975 7-11 Slurpee cup here with a big gulp of compound words about gulfs.
Put an X in your ideas to hyphenate: Persian Gulf, Gulf War, Gulf Coast, Gilf crisis, Gulf States, widening gulf, bridge the gulf, or the Gulf of Suez
#hyphenwar in cherry flavor
Put an X in your ideas to hyphenate: Persian Gulf, Gulf War, Gulf Coast, Gilf crisis, Gulf States, widening gulf, bridge the gulf, or the Gulf of Suez
#hyphenwar in cherry flavor
March 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Hi, I'm a 1975 7-11 Slurpee cup here with a big gulp of compound words about gulfs.
Put an X in your ideas to hyphenate: Persian Gulf, Gulf War, Gulf Coast, Gilf crisis, Gulf States, widening gulf, bridge the gulf, or the Gulf of Suez
#hyphenwar in cherry flavor
Put an X in your ideas to hyphenate: Persian Gulf, Gulf War, Gulf Coast, Gilf crisis, Gulf States, widening gulf, bridge the gulf, or the Gulf of Suez
#hyphenwar in cherry flavor
Hello 'dar, I'm Joe Rockhead
I'd like to reminds ya 'dar are no hyphens in: Flintstones, brontosaurus, prehistoric, stone age, neolithic, recorded history, water buffalo, yabba dabba doo, lawnmower or even Gazoo's insulting 'Hello Dumb Dumb' greeting.
#hyphenwar from Bedrock
I'd like to reminds ya 'dar are no hyphens in: Flintstones, brontosaurus, prehistoric, stone age, neolithic, recorded history, water buffalo, yabba dabba doo, lawnmower or even Gazoo's insulting 'Hello Dumb Dumb' greeting.
#hyphenwar from Bedrock
January 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hello 'dar, I'm Joe Rockhead
I'd like to reminds ya 'dar are no hyphens in: Flintstones, brontosaurus, prehistoric, stone age, neolithic, recorded history, water buffalo, yabba dabba doo, lawnmower or even Gazoo's insulting 'Hello Dumb Dumb' greeting.
#hyphenwar from Bedrock
I'd like to reminds ya 'dar are no hyphens in: Flintstones, brontosaurus, prehistoric, stone age, neolithic, recorded history, water buffalo, yabba dabba doo, lawnmower or even Gazoo's insulting 'Hello Dumb Dumb' greeting.
#hyphenwar from Bedrock
Bonjour. I am Hollywood Jean Lafitte.
I remind you civilized people do not hyphenate words such as: Mardi Gras, King Cake, hedonistic, Ash Wednesday, dance krewe, greasing of the poles, or parade route
#hyphenwar
Laissez les bons temps rouler
I remind you civilized people do not hyphenate words such as: Mardi Gras, King Cake, hedonistic, Ash Wednesday, dance krewe, greasing of the poles, or parade route
#hyphenwar
Laissez les bons temps rouler
February 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Bonjour. I am Hollywood Jean Lafitte.
I remind you civilized people do not hyphenate words such as: Mardi Gras, King Cake, hedonistic, Ash Wednesday, dance krewe, greasing of the poles, or parade route
#hyphenwar
Laissez les bons temps rouler
I remind you civilized people do not hyphenate words such as: Mardi Gras, King Cake, hedonistic, Ash Wednesday, dance krewe, greasing of the poles, or parade route
#hyphenwar
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Ok @jeffscomics.bsky.social got a good one for #hyphenwar
September 7, 2023 at 1:29 PM
Ok @jeffscomics.bsky.social got a good one for #hyphenwar
Bon Jour, I am Dr Andre Delambre
I would like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: housefly, compound eye, teleportation, flashback, schoolboy, industrial accident, spider web, flytrap, garden spider, or hydraulic press,
#hyphenwar from Montreal
I would like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: housefly, compound eye, teleportation, flashback, schoolboy, industrial accident, spider web, flytrap, garden spider, or hydraulic press,
#hyphenwar from Montreal
June 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Bon Jour, I am Dr Andre Delambre
I would like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: housefly, compound eye, teleportation, flashback, schoolboy, industrial accident, spider web, flytrap, garden spider, or hydraulic press,
#hyphenwar from Montreal
I would like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: housefly, compound eye, teleportation, flashback, schoolboy, industrial accident, spider web, flytrap, garden spider, or hydraulic press,
#hyphenwar from Montreal
To celebrate hashtags in bios in Bluesky, a reminder there are no hyphens in: scientific research, deepwater, ocean currents, oceanography, hydrosphere, gulf stream, seawater, offshore, transoceanic, seacoast, or underwater.
#hyphenwar
in the deep blue sea
#hyphenwar
in the deep blue sea
April 10, 2024 at 4:25 PM
To celebrate hashtags in bios in Bluesky, a reminder there are no hyphens in: scientific research, deepwater, ocean currents, oceanography, hydrosphere, gulf stream, seawater, offshore, transoceanic, seacoast, or underwater.
#hyphenwar
in the deep blue sea
#hyphenwar
in the deep blue sea
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
Just like my character Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt doesn't need a shirt, the phrase 'and the sky is a hazy shade of winter' needs no hyphens. This is because the adjective phrase follows the noun. The song title, A Hazy Shade of Winter, also needs no hyphens.
#hyphenwar
Just like my character Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt doesn't need a shirt, the phrase 'and the sky is a hazy shade of winter' needs no hyphens. This is because the adjective phrase follows the noun. The song title, A Hazy Shade of Winter, also needs no hyphens.
#hyphenwar
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
Just like my character Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt doesn't need a shirt, the phrase 'and the sky is a hazy shade of winter' needs no hyphens. This is because the adjective phrase follows the noun. The song title, A Hazy Shade of Winter, also needs no hyphens.
#hyphenwar
Just like my character Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt doesn't need a shirt, the phrase 'and the sky is a hazy shade of winter' needs no hyphens. This is because the adjective phrase follows the noun. The song title, A Hazy Shade of Winter, also needs no hyphens.
#hyphenwar
This is where #hyphenwar and @jeffscomics.bsky.social comes into play to determine if context is enough to tell the difference between a "fine-ass spotter" and a "fine ass-spotter"
October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is where #hyphenwar and @jeffscomics.bsky.social comes into play to determine if context is enough to tell the difference between a "fine-ass spotter" and a "fine ass-spotter"
A mystery may have been solved because of the suspect's errors in using hyphens.
Other things too, but hyphenation mistakes are the strongest evidence.
#hyphenwar
www.thedailybeast.com/bitcoins-mys...
Other things too, but hyphenation mistakes are the strongest evidence.
#hyphenwar
www.thedailybeast.com/bitcoins-mys...
Bitcoin’s Mystery Creator May Have Been Busted by a Hyphen
A British cryptographer has been identified as the likely figure behind the pseudonymous Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A mystery may have been solved because of the suspect's errors in using hyphens.
Other things too, but hyphenation mistakes are the strongest evidence.
#hyphenwar
www.thedailybeast.com/bitcoins-mys...
Other things too, but hyphenation mistakes are the strongest evidence.
#hyphenwar
www.thedailybeast.com/bitcoins-mys...
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
As we welcome in Spring, I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: May Day, April showers, Daylight Saving, Spring cleaning, baseball, butterfly, Earth Day, lawn mower, hay fever or garden party.
#hyphenwar on Spring Break
As we welcome in Spring, I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: May Day, April showers, Daylight Saving, Spring cleaning, baseball, butterfly, Earth Day, lawn mower, hay fever or garden party.
#hyphenwar on Spring Break
March 19, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Hi, I'm Lloyd Bridges
As we welcome in Spring, I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: May Day, April showers, Daylight Saving, Spring cleaning, baseball, butterfly, Earth Day, lawn mower, hay fever or garden party.
#hyphenwar on Spring Break
As we welcome in Spring, I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in words like: May Day, April showers, Daylight Saving, Spring cleaning, baseball, butterfly, Earth Day, lawn mower, hay fever or garden party.
#hyphenwar on Spring Break
As we get ready for #Thanksgiving, I'd like to remind you that words like: apple pie, Mayflower, Horn of plenty, allspice, baked potato, butternut squash, hayride, cranberry sauce, drumstick, bread pudding, cornbread, & caramel apple do not have hyphens.
#Hyphenwar at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade
#Hyphenwar at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade
November 13, 2023 at 3:11 PM
As we get ready for #Thanksgiving, I'd like to remind you that words like: apple pie, Mayflower, Horn of plenty, allspice, baked potato, butternut squash, hayride, cranberry sauce, drumstick, bread pudding, cornbread, & caramel apple do not have hyphens.
#Hyphenwar at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade
#Hyphenwar at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade
What's the scene?
Meet the cat Snapper Carr, who is me. Lemme put you hip to hyphenate notwise: cool it, wigged out, dig that crazy beat, cop a breeze, noodle it out, eyeballing a doll, my used to be, or beat the gravel.
Time to cut out. Now you're solid to the #hyphenwar
Meet the cat Snapper Carr, who is me. Lemme put you hip to hyphenate notwise: cool it, wigged out, dig that crazy beat, cop a breeze, noodle it out, eyeballing a doll, my used to be, or beat the gravel.
Time to cut out. Now you're solid to the #hyphenwar
February 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM
What's the scene?
Meet the cat Snapper Carr, who is me. Lemme put you hip to hyphenate notwise: cool it, wigged out, dig that crazy beat, cop a breeze, noodle it out, eyeballing a doll, my used to be, or beat the gravel.
Time to cut out. Now you're solid to the #hyphenwar
Meet the cat Snapper Carr, who is me. Lemme put you hip to hyphenate notwise: cool it, wigged out, dig that crazy beat, cop a breeze, noodle it out, eyeballing a doll, my used to be, or beat the gravel.
Time to cut out. Now you're solid to the #hyphenwar
Howdy, I'm just a Bill
Considering the recent election
ponder how you are expressin'
compound nouns of long standing
don't need a hyphen to stick the landing
you can talk all day about inflation
just don't put a hyphen in 'polling station'
#hyphenwar rockin' the schoolhouse from Capitol Hill
Considering the recent election
ponder how you are expressin'
compound nouns of long standing
don't need a hyphen to stick the landing
you can talk all day about inflation
just don't put a hyphen in 'polling station'
#hyphenwar rockin' the schoolhouse from Capitol Hill
November 8, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Howdy, I'm just a Bill
Considering the recent election
ponder how you are expressin'
compound nouns of long standing
don't need a hyphen to stick the landing
you can talk all day about inflation
just don't put a hyphen in 'polling station'
#hyphenwar rockin' the schoolhouse from Capitol Hill
Considering the recent election
ponder how you are expressin'
compound nouns of long standing
don't need a hyphen to stick the landing
you can talk all day about inflation
just don't put a hyphen in 'polling station'
#hyphenwar rockin' the schoolhouse from Capitol Hill
Happy Day, Citizen
I'm here to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Nazism, Big Brother, inroad, counterattack, uprising, overthrow, coup d'etat, nonnative, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, carnivorous and Hitler Youth.
#hyphenwar is your friend
I'm here to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Nazism, Big Brother, inroad, counterattack, uprising, overthrow, coup d'etat, nonnative, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, carnivorous and Hitler Youth.
#hyphenwar is your friend
July 30, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Happy Day, Citizen
I'm here to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Nazism, Big Brother, inroad, counterattack, uprising, overthrow, coup d'etat, nonnative, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, carnivorous and Hitler Youth.
#hyphenwar is your friend
I'm here to remind you that there are no hyphens in: Nazism, Big Brother, inroad, counterattack, uprising, overthrow, coup d'etat, nonnative, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, carnivorous and Hitler Youth.
#hyphenwar is your friend
June 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Hi, I'm Roy Neary
I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in: pickup truck, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, project blue book, eyewitness, outer space, conspiracy theory, pseudoscience, sunburn, or Devils Tower.
#hyphenwar of the third kind
I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in: pickup truck, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, project blue book, eyewitness, outer space, conspiracy theory, pseudoscience, sunburn, or Devils Tower.
#hyphenwar of the third kind
June 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Hi, I'm Roy Neary
I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in: pickup truck, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, project blue book, eyewitness, outer space, conspiracy theory, pseudoscience, sunburn, or Devils Tower.
#hyphenwar of the third kind
I'd like to remind you that there are no hyphens in: pickup truck, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, project blue book, eyewitness, outer space, conspiracy theory, pseudoscience, sunburn, or Devils Tower.
#hyphenwar of the third kind