NOV 15, 2026: Adventures of Leslie Moore: SUFFIXES (addendum #2) [4]

 

This post is a continuation of a collection of verses about 'SUFFIXES' as initially displayed on this blog on November 15, 2024 (addendum #1).

previous poetic posts

(addendum #1):atonelessness, categorically, fecklessness, gallingly, helpfully, loneliness.

CURRENT CONTENTS: (addendum #2 -- November 15, 2026)

Loveliness

Meaningfully

Youthfulness

(linguistically -- 4 stanzas, a 'brief saga').

Authors' Note: The dove is often used a symbol of peace or pacifism; contrarily, the hawk is used as a symbol of those with a propensity for war or violence.

"An iron fist (hand) in a velvet glove" is a well-known idiom portraying hawks who hide behind a more dove-like appearance or demeanour.

Authors' Note: The Yiddish loanword bupkes literally means "beans", but is figuratively applied to items or concepts that are worthless.

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NOV 10, 2026: HIGHER CONNECTIONS [5]

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Monarchs

Great chain of being

Haredim

Gnosticism

Wannabe autocrat

Authors' Note: Originally conceived by Plato and Aristotle as a construct to explain the universe, the Great Chain of Being, known in Latin as scala naturae, organized all beings and matter in a hierarchy, descending from heavenly powers through humans, animals, plants and minerals. 

   In medieval times, the concept was expanded as a rationale for the Divine Right of Kings, and to deny unapproved social mobility.

                                                                   final approval at OEDILF #122314, November 2023

Authors' Note:        (khah-ray-DEEM)
Various groups of strictly Orthodox or haredi Jews represent an expanding demographic in Israel, assembling in particular neighborhoods (such as the suburbs of Jerusalem) where they carry out their lifestyle, rejecting and disdaining the secular environment, preferring a world characterized by observance of laws derived from the Torah (Bible). Their traditional dress reflects the groups' roots in 19th century Ashkenazi religious communities in eastern Europe. The name (the plural noun form) originates from a biblical reference to those who tremble at the word of God.

With large families (averaging 7 children per female), these groups made up 4% of Israeli citizens in 1980, and 13% in 2021.

Authors' note: 

gnostic: adjective derived from the Greek noun gnosis; pertaining to or possessing spiritual knowledge or insight

Authors' Note:  Peer has two meanings that are in conflict with each other at times. (1) "equal in rank", the basis of the adjective peerless, meaning unparalleled in quality. (2) particularly in Britain, a member of the nobility, as in "peers and peeresses are members of the peerage". In this case, the wannabe imagines that all flatterers would be rewarded with aristocratic titles.

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NOV 5, 2026: CURTAINED VERSE, screens #3 [5]

 

   This blogpost is part of a continuing collection of illustrated poems dealing with 'CURTAINED Verse', as displayed on this blog on July 5, 2020, (screens #1) and November 5, 2025 (screens #2).

previously posted poems

screens #1: adultery, braless, business agenda, buoy and gull, the clench, come and go

screens #2: complimentarily, florid, foul-mouthed Phil, Ho- (give it a go), horny rhino.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#3 -- November 5, 2026)

Medieval challenge

Octogenarian love-life 

Orchestral pecking order

Robin red-breast

Strobilus

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OCT 25 (2026) singable satire: "OFF-PATENT DRUG NINETEEN"

 

 Today's Offering (Oct 25, 2026): SINGABLE SATIRE 

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Love Potion Number Nine" , The Clovers, 1959.  

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2012. The song was performed at an open mike at the Corktown Ukulele Jam's weekly session, meeting in a pub located a stone' throw from where two principal downtown streets, King St., and Queen St., deviate slightly from their parallel course and intersect at the Don River. 

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" with chord-charts for both the parody and original song, as well as helpful performing suggestions. 

 To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "OFF-PATENT DRUG NINETEEN" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

From Wikipedia...... In November 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the patent on Viagra was invalid from the beginning as the company had not provided full disclosure.
This song imagines that Madame Ruth had relocated to Toronto towards the end of her career, pursuing her profession in the section known as Corktown - also known for massive ukulele-jam meetings at a local pub.


OFF-PATENT DRUG #NINETEEN
or Madame Ruth's Lament

(to the tune of "Love Potion Number Nine")

I had some troubles making magic pills,

You’ll know the new ones, like sildenafil;

In ‘62 I palmed some off and then I did some time:

Cop-assault seemed part of ... Love Potion Number Nine.

My new blue Love-Drug could be guys’ delight,
They'd stand to attention for part of the night.

How hard could it be to direct their urge at chicks?

The patent gave the details since ...  Nineteen Ninety-Six.

If they’d buy my knock-offs they would never flop,

I could scope out more ingredients and set up shop.

A good place to test it might be “where King meets Queen” -

I needed a success with ... Generic Drug Nineteen.

Got turned around and flustered when I checked out the lists;

The patent called for extracts in a strange solvent mix.

I swirled it in the bathtub with some weird catalysts;  

It stank like Potion Nine but I breathed in a few whiffs.

I packed it up though it was smoking green,

And grabbed and cabbed it to the Corktown scene,

But when I kissed the cop down at River Street and Queen,

She broke my 30 vials of  ...   Off-Patent Drug Nineteen.

Those vials were smoking  green,

That lady cop was mean,
Off-Patent Drug Nine-teen !

Psst!  Psst!

If you have troubles when you’re in a hug,

There’s knock-off drug enough to fill a jug;

But please ignore the fact that the pills are shocking green,

And please avoid the corner of  ...   River St and Queen.

Off-Patent Drug Nineteen x2

Off-Patent Drug Nineteen!

OCT 20 (2026) singable satire: 'RE-DUPLICATIONS" (part #2, L to Z)

 

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the eighth of nine in the series on Word Pairs. You can find the links to the lyrics of the previous songs at the bottom of the post. 

EXPLANATION:

 For a discussion of reduplications on an earlier post on this blogsite, click HERE. The current post also honours our previous venture of Feb 15, 2017 entitled 'Abracadabra' to 'Zoom-zoom': possibly the world's largest compendium of reduplications'.  

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog  "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". Click HERE to proceed to this site. 

Many of these words and phrases have fascinating stories of their origin and subsequent use; the hotlinks highlight those with instructive or amusing information available on the web.

There’s lazy Daisy, loosey-goosey, Ling Ling, and lickety-split
And lovey-dovey, legal eagle, mellow yellow, and nitwit,
And mumbo-jumbo, muck-a-muck, Mau Mau, Bony Moronie
And Mai Tai, mole hole, nitty-gritty, phony (fake)--baloney.

There’s namby-pamby, no-no, ooey-gooey, okey-doke, ping pong,
And pom-pom, palsy-walsy, pasty faced, slap-happy, singalong
And pow-wow, pitter-patter, pooper-scooper, plain Jane, and pell-mell
And poo-poo (scat), pooh-pooh (reject), and pupu (snack); how can you tell?

There’s quick fix, quack-quack, razzle-dazzle, rail trail, ragtag, ring-aling
And razzmattaz, and rumble-tumble, Roger dodger, and Sing Sing.
And ready Freddy, rollick-frolic, “fuddle-duddle” (P. Trudeau)
And roly-poly, rinky-dink and super-duper, or so-so.

There’s shock jock, sure cure, snip-snap, sci-fi, smartcart, shipshape, stunning gun,
And silly billy, speed read, shilly-shally, squish-squash, stumblebum,
And shady lady, seesaw, space race, Star Wars, snail mail, PigglyWig’
And tutti-frutti, tittle-tattle, tiki, tip-top, thing’majig.

There’s teeter-totter, tootsie-wootsie, teentsie-weentsie, and tee-tee
And tom-toms drumming, tartar, tum-tum, tattle-tale, uh-huh, TV
And tubby-wubby, wishy-washy, willy-nilly, woman’s womb
And walkie-talkie, wingding, yo-yo, yoo-hoo! zig-zag and zoom-zoom.

Ta-Dah !!!

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Many of these words and phrases have fascinating stories of their origin and subsequent use; the hotlinks highlight those with instructive or amusing information available on the web, as follows:

Ling Ling, lickety-split, mellow yellow, nitwit, muck-a-muck, Mau Mau, mumbo-jumbo, Bony Moronie, Mai Tai, nitty-gritty, phony-balo-oney, namby-pamby, okey-doke, pom-pom, pow-wow, pell-mell, Roger dodger, Sing Sing, “fuddle-duddle”, roly-poly, rinky-dink,shock jock, sci-fi, stun gun, shady lady, seesaw, space race, tutti-frutti, , tiki, teeter-totter, tom-toms tartar, ,willy-nilly, walkie-talkie, yo-yo, zig-zag and zoom-zoom.

And, for those interested, here's how you find the lyrics-only-version

of the nine songs that make up this cycle. If you would like to  accompany yourself on ukulele or guitar, find relevant chord charts by following the links that will take you to the versions in our blog "Silly Songs and Satire". 

1. PAIRS, to the tune of "Words" in the style of the Beegees

...  the following songs in the style of "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer

2. ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS, part#1

3. ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS, part#2

4. RHYMING BINOMIALS, part#1

5. RHYMING BINOMIALS, part#2

6. A LESSON ABOUT REDUPLICATIONS

7. REDUPLICATIONS, part#1

8. REDUPLICATIONS, part#2

9. LEGALISTIC DOUBLETS, in the style of "Supercalifragilistic..." from  the musical "Mary Poppins"