| Text | Length |
| Drink in | 8 |
| Learn | 5 |
| Imbibe | 6 |
| Sponge up | 9 |
| Sop up | 6 |
| Act like a sponge | 17 |
| Occupy completely | 17 |
| What paper towels do | 20 |
| Suck up | 7 |
| Learn well | 10 |
| Hold with rapt attention | 24 |
| Work well, as kitchen towels | 28 |
| Work like paper towels | 22 |
| Work like a sponge | 18 |
| Totally involve | 15 |
| Take up, in a way | 17 |
| Take up, as liquid | 18 |
| Take in, as knowledge | 21 |
| Take in fully | 13 |
| Swallow, as costs | 17 |
| Suck up, like a sponge | 22 |
| Suck up, as a sponge | 20 |
| Sponges do it | 13 |
| Soak up like a sponge | 21 |
| Takes in | 8 |
| Picks up | 8 |
| Sponges | 7 |
| Soaks up | 8 |
| Takes up | 8 |
| Learns | 6 |
| Assimilates | 11 |
| Occludes | 8 |
| Works like a sponge | 19 |
| What a sponge does | 18 |
| Assumes, as costs | 17 |
| What a paper towel does | 23 |
| Sucks up | 8 |
| Sops up | 7 |
| Rivets | 6 |
| Functions like a towel | 22 |
| Engages fully | 13 |
| Soaking up | 10 |
| Fast | 4 |
| Forgo | 5 |
| Forbear | 7 |
| Lay off | 7 |
| Refrain from | 12 |
| Choose not to participate | 25 |
| Refrain | 7 |
| Choose not to vote | 18 |
| Stay on the wagon | 17 |
| Decline to vote | 15 |
| Skip the vote | 13 |
| Refrain (from) | 14 |
| Purposely have no sex life | 26 |
| Decline to decide | 17 |
| What the celibate do | 20 |
| What a celibate will do | 23 |
| Teetotal, e.g. | 14 |
| Teetotal | 8 |
| Skip voting | 11 |
| Sit out the vote | 16 |
| Save it for marriage | 20 |
| Refrain from voting | 19 |
| Not raise a hand, say | 21 |
| Not partake | 11 |
| Keep one's pants on? | 24 |
| Keep it in one's pants | 26 |
| Just say no? | 12 |
| Just not do it? | 15 |
| Don't indulge | 17 |
| Held back | 9 |
| See title | 9 |
| Refrained from voting | 21 |
| Kept it in one's pants, in a way | 36 |
| On the wagon | 12 |
| Showing self-restraint | 22 |
| Esoteric | 8 |
| Hard to grasp | 13 |
| Recondite | 9 |
| Deep | 4 |
| Hard to understand | 18 |
| Clear as mud | 12 |
| Silly | 5 |
| Crazy | 5 |
| Nuts | 4 |
| Ridiculous | 10 |
| Cockeyed | 8 |
| Cockamamie | 10 |
| Nonsensical | 11 |
| Laughable | 9 |
| Senseless | 9 |
| Ludicrous | 9 |
| Preposterous | 12 |
| Harebrained | 11 |
| Screwy | 6 |
| Out of the question | 19 |
| Utterly ridiculous | 18 |
| Risible | 7 |
| Utterly senseless | 17 |
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