How do you define a word with a limerick? Some examples
The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form (or OEDILF) has published more than 97,000 definitions written in the singsong poetry of a five-line limerick. Here are some examples selected from the website.
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ABSTRACT
When my paint bottles spilled, how I swore!
They spread red, blue and yellow; what's more,
Purple, orange and green
Then appeared in the scene
As an abstract was formed on the floor.
-by art bates
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AEQUEOSALINOCALCALINOCERACEOALUMINOSOCUPREOVITRIOLIC
The waters where babies should frolic
Whenever they're subject to cholic
Are aequeosalino-
calcalinoceraceo-
aluminosocupreovitriolic.
-by Graham Lester
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BOILERPLATE
Here's a boilerplate limerick style:
The rhythm and meter beguile.
The lines at the core
Are too droll to ignore,
And a joke at the end makes you smile.
-by David Schildkret
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CCTV (closed-circuit television)
What's to fear from a camera or three
And appearing on CCTV?
Having every move tracked
Is a comfort, in fact.
Why, the state's like a brother to me.
-by speedysnail
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CONTROL-W
Many websites you may have been cruising.
Time to close some you're no longer using:
Hold Control plus one key:
Don't think "close" and press "C'' -
No, it's W. Ain't that confusing?
-by zqms
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DESCARTES, RENE
Trigger knows about physics, of course,
When it deals just with speed, mass or force.
But his mind tends to jam
On "I think, so I am."
So please don't put Descartes 'fore this horse.
-by zqms
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EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL
Emotional blackmail's the way
I control him. I just have to say,
"If you leave me, I'll cry,
Or possibly die."
And his guilt makes me sure he will stay.
-by AndrewB
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FIXED
When I spotted the typo, I cursed,
"Damn, this limerick is one of my worst!"
Had I fixed it, it could
Have been passably good.
I regret now not checking it first.
-by Chris J. Strolin and Bob Egg
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FULL MOON
Please, you must go! Goodnight, and adieu.
I'm just ... busy. Yes. That. Things to do ...
(It's a full moon tonight-
When that orb's round and bright,
I'll be busy, all right.) Ah_AROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
-by Reia Light
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GIZZARD
The gizzard, as most here will know,
Is the route bird's digestion must go.
This stomach, the second,
Grinds food (so it's reckoned);
The first lets digestive juice flow.
-by psheil