Thursday, 20 July 2023

Wordplay map with versification: I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T

 







(Note that the three verses of this "brief saga" can be found with more photos and in more readily legible format on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"; click HERE.) 


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Saturday, 15 July 2023

DEFINING OPINIONS, first octet


CURRENT CONTENTS:
Academically
Birdlife
Crepuscular
Cruddy
Diaphoretic 
Envision
Expertise
(for continuation, see the link below)








Authors' Note:  Birdlife is an occasionally used term, analogous to "wildlife", denoting aerial creatures that otherwise would have to be described by the term avifauna. Needless to say, all birdlife currently known is located on the planet Earth.










Authors' Note: Trudy's definition seems to be skewed towards the achievement of cruddiness, downplaying inherent or intrinsic cruddiness. We await further reports.






Authors' Note: "Self-assembly" affordable and transportable furniture is the basis of success for Ikea , a successful Swedish marketer. The stability of their sewing tables is remarkable, assuming you can get all the fasteners placed correctly.



Authors' Note: Norm's take on his employability would at some past point be thought to smack of self-aggrandizement or worse, but appears in our day to have been normalized.



For more "defining opinions", please proceed to the second octet by clicking HERE. 



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Monday, 10 July 2023

American Satire: PROLONGATION #2


previous posted poems (prolongation #1)
archival
classified (Espionage Act)
crasscracy
criminal lying
deceit, social
defunding the FBI
deserved (schadenfreude)
distortion

CURRENT CONTENTS: 
Electoral Count
FBIer
Felony
Gov by dopes
Grift
Hokum (election denial)
Home schooling
Honest truth
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"Pardon me. When is the next available tee-off time? And by the way, would you like to purchase online a mugshot enhanced souvenir?"  

Author's Note: Astute readers will have noticed that this extended verse, with seven lines, fulfils the criteria for being an "external limerrhoid". Click HERE to enjoy a post that explains and exemplifies this intriguing poetic variant. 



Author's Note:
oakum: naval term for a caulking material prepared by impregnating old unravelled ropes with tar
locum (tenens): Latin loanword for a replacement or substitute for a vacationing professional (doctor, dentist or lawyer)

hokum: a term of disparagement for misguided proposals or ideas, akin to gobbledegook and its lexicographic collaborators

Almost three years after the event, in August 2023, it was promised that there would be released "irrefutable" and "overwhelming" evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 American presidential election. The promise, made amidst a welter of criminal indictments, was quickly withdrawn.





Author's Note: In 2023, the US is looking forward to televized trials of certain national figures. Television cameras are not allowed in trials in the federal system, and one has to rely on the renderings by artists; certain states, e.g. Georgia, do allow the transmission from the courtroom; currently, an important process related to the overturning of state election laws is pending. One hopes that, in that circumstance, each member of the public can easily cut through the veneer of righteousness conveyed by persons whose careers have been built on longstanding deception.


MORE VERSES ON THIS TOPIC
We suspect that many readers have come to enjoy these newsworthy comments on the US political scene. So, at great effort and expense, we have prepared another collection of politically-tinged verses for you to enjoy. Click HERE!




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Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Exemplary EXEMPLIFICATION

   Some poets at OEDILF (the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form) sustain the idealistic belief that most English words could be defined by a standard 5-line limerick verse. The authors of this blog, although they are active contributors at OEDILF, hold the more limited view that such verses, with room for only 30 words, can be primarily used for exemplification, bypassing the complexities of inclusive and exclusive definition. 
  (Despite the above contention, some of our protagonists fall in with the march of this 'urban myth' and make claims that they have conclusively defined some words or phrases with a few lines of a limerick. We have recorded dozens of such attempts, and you can review them on the blogpost "Defining Opinions".)   


CURRENT CONTENTS: (exemplification)
Fauna
Hillbilly
Hooligan
House
Malarkey (Donald Duck) 
Synonymous
Possessives (3 verses, a 'brief saga')
Ablaut and Past Tenses (3 verses, a 'brief saga')






Authors' Note: It sure warn't easy to pack the whole bunch of neighbors and pals into a single verse. Sad to say, I had to leave out the following: bumpkins, crackerschawbaconsclodhoppersgood ol' boys, hayseeds, and yokels. I'll include 'em next time! 








 
   


Authors' Note: The term malarkey for "nonsense"  is likely of Greek origin, but does not appear to related to mallard ducks.





(Note that the three verses of this "brief saga" can be found with more photos and in more readily legible format on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"; click HERE.)

(Note that the three verses of this "brief saga" can be found in more readily legible format on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"; click HERE.)

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