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Thursday, July 31, 2014

What is the Meaning of Bacchanalia?


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Bacchanalia

The Romans were a naughty lot
And liked to party quite a lot
In orgiastic drunken revelry,

Celebrating Bacchus the
God of wine and revelry
In bacchanalian festivity.

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What is the Meaning of Adjourn?


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Adjourn

I was on trial in the Court
For being a rather naughty sort
Of chap who had acted illegally,
The Jury though could not decide
If the last witness had not lied
Whilst testifying against the likes of me...

And so the day nearing its end
The Judge decided to suspend
Proceedings saying, "This Court is now adjourned"
Meaning my trial took a break
And was moved to another date
Before my fate and verdict could be learned.

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What is the Meaning of Adjacent?


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Adjacent

Once to my amazement
I found myself adjacent
To a man who was made of ice cream,
By that I mean I found that I
Was sitting right next to this guy
The likes of whom till then I'd never seen!

And Oh this creamy man who sat
Adjacent to me wore a hat
That was made of crumbly honey comb,
He wore a suit of brown toffee
That smelt faintly of sweet coffee
I looked both ways to check we were alone...

So by the time the bus arrived
Only one of us survived
I got on board whilst patting my tummy,
Thinking what a foolish thing
That anything made of ice cream
Would ever think of sitting next to me!

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What is an Adit?


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Adit

I heard it said there might be gold
Beneath a hill that I was sold
So I got to work with pick and spade,
And dug an adit through the hill
That is a shaft horizontal
To mine the gold for near on a decade.

But underneath this hilly ground
Inside my adit all I found
After all my work were angry worms,
Who berated me a bit
Because it seems that my adit
Had demolished what was their law firm!

They asked of me, "Where's your permit?"
I lied and said, "I'll go get it."
And exited my adit with some haste,
I quickly found a match to light
And chucked a stick of dynamite
Into the adit laying it to waste.

Many months went rolling by
And just when I was sure that I
Had blown up the worms and got away with it,
I went into my lounge one day
To discover in dismay
In my living room a gaping adit!

Inside which a hoard of worms
Made me gulp and want to squirm
Each one wearing wigs and court attire!
Declaring rather succinctly
That I was indeed guilty
And taking aim they loudly cried out "Fire!"

Thankfully my prosecution
Did not end in execution
Because they had such tiny little guns
Shooting sand for their bullets
It only stung a little bit
That I stood waiting till they were done...

So now I have inside my home
An adit of my very own
Not to mention a thriving law firm,
So you see it did unfold
That in the end I got my gold
Except it is the currency of worms!

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Story of Pygmalion


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Pygmalion

In the stories of the Greeks,
The ancient ones now quite antique,
Is found the fiction of a Cyprian
A sculptor who was not impressed
With the women of Cypress
Known by the name Pygmalion.

So fed up was he that he
Carved a girl from Ivory
Who was so fair to look at that the man
Found himself falling into
The place where love turns you into
A stew of boiling hormones in a pan.

So in love with her was he
The one they called Aphrodite
Took pity on this lonely human being
And granted his romantic wish
By turning his ivory dish
Into a real lass alive and breathing!

As far as I can tell the man
Soon gave her a wedding band
And happily thereafter they so bred
How lucky for Pygmalion
It never did occur to him
To carve himself an ugly girl instead!

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What is a Prefix and a Suffix?


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Prefixes and Suffixes

prefix is a little word
Or "affix" it is said
Added to a bigger word
To make another word instead.

But if you like you can affix
A small word at the end
This is called a suffix which
Does new meaning lend.

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The Meaning of Adieu


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Adieu

At the end of a fine day
Together should you hear me say,
"Well my friend I must bid you adieu!"

Don't assume that I'm being odd
Committing you to Holy God
In French that is, I'm saying farewell to you!

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What is a Kiwi?


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Kiwi

In the land that is way under
The other land they call Down Under
Is a certain flightless hen-sized bird.
They have long beaks, come out at night,
And have no wings to achieve flight
But from them a high shrill at night is heard.

Their feathers are like fur and brown
And on eight toes they walk the ground
In New Zealand's forests lush and green
Where they eat berries and worms,
Larvae and insects that squirm
Late at night and so are seldom seen.

The Kiwi is the name we give
To this little bird that lives
In the land that bears the Long White Cloud
Where it bears such treasured fame
The People there do share it's name
Proclaiming themselves Kiwi's bold and proud!

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The Meaning of Fell


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Fell

I caught a little rabbit so
I could try and have a go
At felling him so I could have his fur,
But he looked at me with wide
Eyes that seemed to pierce inside
And said to me, "Please don't skin me sir!"

Then he did describe to me
The ins and outs of what would be
If I stripped the fur from off his flesh,
It left me with a stomach ache
And so I for my own sake
Decided letting him go would be best.

He said to me, "Why anyway
Would you try fell me today?"
I said I needed some way to keep warm,
But admittedly I'd need much more
Than the fur this rabbit wore
To keep me warm in the coming snow storm.

Then the little rabbit said,
"Why not fell a tree instead?
Then we could chop it for fire wood!
If you ask me killing a tree
Would be nicer than killing me
Don't you think a fire would be good?"

Fell a tree? Cut it down?
"By Jove!" I said, "I've been a clown!
Now if only I could find a saw…
But what happened next took me
Quite by surprise because a tree
Punched me with a branch right in the jaw!

Naturally down I fell
Onto the ground with a shrill yell
Like a sack of human parts and spuds,
"Oi!" I said "Why hit me so?"
The tree declared, "Now don't you go
Felling me today or there'll be blood!"

This tree was fell in the cruel sense,
Very fierce he took offense
And told me I should stick with rabbit fur
That he'd help me catch the lot
Of critters that the woods had got
However the rabbit did not concur.

Finally I said to the
Fell and mean and deadly tree
"I think I've had a much better idea!"
Maybe the tree's fell cruelty
Had perhaps rubbed off on me
For my plan was quite nasty I fear...

To save the rabbit's furry skin
That he was quite comfy in
And to save the tree from burning down
I lead the trees and all the beasts
Into the nearest city's streets
And scared away the people of the town.

And there the trees live happily
With the rabbits and with me
Quite cozy now that everything there's mine,
And as for what was once our home
It's now a fell where nothing roams
A barren land without rabbits or pines!

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

What is a Euphemism?


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Euphemism

euphemisms’ what I’d use,
A careful statement I would choose,
In a moment where the truth is much too harsh,
Like if a lady came to me
With a kiss from her scary
Upper lip sporting a firm moustache,
I wouldn’t want to break her heart
But rather would use tactful art
In warding her away from me gently,
I’d say, “Madam you do appear
To have grown on your face so fair
A mark of manly virtue,” tenderly.

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What is an Adhesive?


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Adhesive

Should you ever find that you
Need to stick a thing or two
Together then the best thing you can do

Is find a strong adhesive that
Will help to stick this thing to that
A sticky substance also known as glue!

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What is the Meaning of Adherent?


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Adherent

A chap who follows or supports
A faith, a thing, person or sports
Or perhaps a certain policy

Like a fan who likes a band,
Or man who loves a certain brand,
Are adherents of those things you see.

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What is the Meaning of Adept?


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Adept

When something is done skillfully
Expertly with proficiency
We say the thing has been adeptly done;

The same is true of people who
Are highly skilled at what they do
Like a baker who's adept at making buns.

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What is the Meaning of Adenoidal?


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Adenoidal

Once I met a man who spoke
As if his nostrils were being poked
And when he snored the noises did annoy all;

Indeed the noises of his nose,
Whether awake or when he dozed,
Were nasally annoying and adenoidal!




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What is the Meaning of Adduce?


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Adduce

If I am adducing
Then it means I am producing
An argument or reason for a proof;

Like if I had for you to see
A dictionary quote from me
As evidence I'm telling you the truth!



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What is the Meaning of Addled?


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Addled

Once I tried to eat an egg
And to my great despair and dread
I wished that my taste buds could be disabled;
I quickly spat the remnants out
And proceeded then to shout
“Yuck that rotten egg was gross and addled!”

It must have done me in a bit
For after eating some of it
I became a bit baffled and muddled
I walked about as if bemused
Bewildered and a tad confused
And was myself addled and befuddled!

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What is an Additive?


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Additive

Say I got some food or drink
And so it wouldn’t rot and stink
I added to it a preservative,

Well that thing I put in there
To make it last more than a year
Is something that we call an additive.



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What is the Meaning of Addendum?


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Addendum

The next time that you read a book
Take the time to take a look
And see if something has been added to it;

A footnote or perhaps you’ve heard
Of something called an afterword,
Addendum or appendix or a postscript!



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What is the Meaning of Adamant?


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Adamant

A stone that was unbreakable
Completely indestructible
Was the adamant of legends old,

So if I say, “I’m adamant
That I am not an elephant!”
I won’t relent no matter what I’m told!



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What is the Meaning of Adage?


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Adage

At some point you’ve likely heard
Someone state a short proverb
Like the famous, “You reap what you sow.”

Being an adage or maxim
Intended to impart wisdom
Or teach you something everyone should know.



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