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Monday, June 30, 2014

What is the Meaning of Abduct?



Abduct

There are two ways one can abduct
A chicken or maybe a duck
Depending on the goal you have in mind

You could kidnap it from its home
Or remove the meat from off its bones
To serve it with ginger and lemon rind.


What is the meaning of abduct?
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What is the Meaning of Verily?

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Verily

I can say definitely
What I’m saying is certainly
Absolutely confidently true

That is the adverb verily’s
True meaning is “truthfully”
As sure as one plus one does equal two!


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Saturday, June 28, 2014

What is the Meaning of Proclivity?

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Proclivity

There is a situation
When one has an inclination
Toward something perhaps they shouldn't do
A bad predisposition
For habitual perdition
I’m sure deep down most of us have a few!

Perhaps you find you pick your nose
Or frequently play with your toes
Not once not twice but quite consistently?
Whatever the propensity,
One’s not so wholesome tendency,
Is what we know as a proclivity!


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What are the Meanings of Ecclesiastic and Ecclesiastical?

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Ecclesiastic / Ecclesiastical

I think it is a thing fantastic
That the word ecclesiastic
Refers to a clergyman or priest
One who is especially
Involved in Christianity
A leader in the church to say the least

And should you have the sudden urge
To find out about how to purge
Your sins then maybe you could start your search
Somewhere ecclesiastical
A word that's nice and practical
That's said of things relating to a church.


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Friday, June 27, 2014

What is a Dabber?


Dabber

A dabber is a rounded pad
Something that's useful to have
When you have a sentence to impress,

Dip a dabber in some ink
Whether it is blue or pink
Then splodge the dabber on your print to press.


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What is the Meaning of Cachet?



Cachet

My door bell rang one day and I
Opened my door to see outside
A post person who was in fact a mouse
Standing there looking at me
Holding what was plain to see
An envelope addressed to my own house.

He handed the strange mail to me
Upon which I could clearly see
It had on it a rather flash cachet,
By that I mean it had a stamp
An emblem that portrayed an ant
Standing on a fish doing ballet!

The cachet did commemorate
That today was the very date
That I would meet the king of tiny things,
For in the envelope I read
The letter there that simply said
"Your presence is requested by the King"

I asked the post mouse, "Do you know
Why on earth I have to go?"
He said it was because of my cachet,
I could not quite believe this
He meant I was prestigious
The other meaning of the word cachet!

"But this is some kind of mistake!"
I said, "I'm not really that great!"
To which the mouse just sighed and said to me,
"If you were just two inches tall
And met a human in the hall
You'd think him great as great as great could be!"

And then I found a capsule
Inside the envelope so small
Medicine encased in a cachet,
The kind of cachet that contains
Powder that tastes grossly strange
To help one take it easily they say...

So I swallowed it quickly
And shrunk as small as small could be
And went to see the king of tiny things,
I knelt before his tiny throne
Inside his tiny kingly home
Hoping this was how to greet a king!

Although I really have to say
This tiny king lacked the cachet
That I would expect from royalty,
For looking closely all I saw
Upon the throne was nothing more
Than a rather ugly looking flea!

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

What is the Meaning of Bora?

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Bora

If you happen to be a
Native of Australia
By that I mean an aborigine

Chances are you understand
That a boy becomes a man
As part of the bora ceremony.



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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

What is an Aardvark?

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Aardvark

One night walking through a park
I stumbled upon an aardvark
Who said, "Hello my name is Erica"
She told me how for quite a while
She had been burrowing for miles
And had just then arrived from Africa!

She had long ears where ears are
Her snout was long and tubular
And a long tongue that flicked from left to right
She said, "I'm feeling quite hungry"
I asked her, "Would you like some tea?"
"Yes please!" She said, "I'd love a fresh termite!"

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Monday, June 23, 2014

The Meaning of Windlass


Windlass

Thomas was so large and round
That when he fell down on the ground
There was no one around who could lift his mass

So rope we threw around a joist
To help us as we tried to hoist
Him up using this helpful homemade windlass 


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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

What is the Meaning of Vaunt?

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Vaunt

So fond of all my muscly bits
And proud of being so strong and fit
I feel it fit and fair that I should vaunt

That is to say to boast and brag
About the things I’m proud to have
And in your face my greatness I will flaunt!

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

What is the Meaning of Prenominate?

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Prenominate

Here’s a word not often heard
An out of date transitive verb
Meaning to mention something beforehand.
That word being prenominate
Which as I said is out of date
And from English seems to have been canned.

You might be tempted then to ask
Why be burdened with the task
Of learning such a useless word is that?
I guess because one day you might
Read a play by the playwright
Who put it into Hamlet’s second act!

And so seeing as I have your ear
Allow me to insert in there
That as an adjective it should be said
That though we don’t now use this word
Another word these days is heard
And so we use “aforementioned” instead!

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Friday, June 13, 2014

What is the Meaning of Hither?

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Hither

Rather a long time ago
More than a few centuries or so
If I wanted to convey "Come here!"
I would have spoke a different way
"Come hither, sir!" Is what I'd say
To make you come to me from over there

However this old English word
Wasn't only an adverb
But as an adjective it did denote
Something that was also near
As in "Goodness look at that deer
It's fallen hither this side of the mote!"

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

What is the Meaning of Eccentric?

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Eccentric

I once went walking through the wood
Thinking it would do some good
For me to spend some time in the fresh air
So enjoying it was I when
I met a rather frantic hen
Who stopped me short and shouted, "Who goes there?"

I think it's fair here to admit
This was a tad bit eccentric
A talking hen's a bit out of the norm
Eccentric and abnormal
And seemingly paranormal
It was the first one I had met since I was born!

"My name is Ned" to it I said
She asked me had I seen her egg
I asked her if perhaps she could describe it
She said, "It is elliptical,
An oval mind, not a circle,
In shape I guess you'd say it is eccentric…"

I wondered then how sane I was
That maybe all my mental cogs
Were spinning off their centres just a bit
Could it be inside my mind
My gears had become misaligned
And now turned on an axis eccentric?

"Well," I said, "That doesn't sound
Like anything today I've found,
But if I do how shall I let you know?"
And with that the little hen
Gave me her phone number then
Clucked to me, "Just ring and ask for Joe."

And although my tale is true
When I tell my story to
People they'll politely listen to it
But when I'm gone they secretly
Talk about and laugh at me
Saying I am the man who is eccentric

They all think me unusual
odd and slightly whimsical
Just because a chook once spoke to me
But ever since my forest walk
And that chicken who could talk
I'll never eat an egg again for tea!


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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

What is Dactylology?

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Dactylology

I tried to munch upon a bunch
Of sandwiches I had for lunch
When a stranger appeared suddenly
He did not speak but used his hands
Pointing so I’d understand
Making his intentions clear to me

I could tell quite quickly that
This chap thought I was much too fat
It wasn’t hard to work out his sign language
And so through dactylology
He told me that he would help me
To lose weight if I offered him a sandwich!

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Monday, June 9, 2014

What is a Cache?

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Cache

In case a law is ever made
Against the tasty candy trade
I have a very special secret place
Where I've stashed candy galore
And all the treats I like to gnaw
Within my own well hidden candy cache

My cache is so secure that
Neither mouse or hungry cat
Could ever think to find my hidden snacks
And even if they did they would
Meet an end that wasn't good
My cache is guarded well with booby traps

This cache of mine you'll never find
From now until the end of time
You'll never guess just where my stash is stashed
So when sugar has been outlawed
I'll fast become a Candy Lord
And sell it secretly for lots of cash!

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Friday, June 6, 2014

What is a Baedeker?

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Baedeker

Before going to Africa
America or India
Or anywhere a tourist might go to
Get yourself a Baedeker
A Guidebook for a traveller
To guide you when you haven't got a clue.

Named after a certain man
Karl who was surely German
With the surname Baedeker you see,
Who in the 19th Century
Published guide books frequently
And sold them to keen tourists for a fee.


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Thursday, June 5, 2014

What is the Meaning of Abdicate?

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Abdicate

If the burden of the throne
Seems too big for you alone
Or you dislike responsibility,

To abdicate's the thing to do,
Give up the power bestowed on you
And relinquish your authority.


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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

What is the Meaning of Wherefore?

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Wherefore

If you see the word "wherefore"
And wonder what it is there for
The answer to that question might surprise

Wherefore here comes nowhere near
The word we know today as “where”
But is a word that’s said instead of “why”.


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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

What is the Meaning of Vagary?

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Vagary

Erratic and peculiar
Most certainly irregular
Is what is meant when vagary is said

As in the whimsy vagary
Of someone having a monkey
Bouncing tennis balls upon their head.


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Monday, June 2, 2014

What is the Meaning of Ply?

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Ply

If I was to come at this
Poem with a relentless
Diligence as I tapped on the keys
Wielding wildly my words out
As if my finger tips could shout
You could say of me I’m plying these keys

And if I practised and performed
And worked my skill despite my yawns
Meticulously and with industry
By this type of keen trying
I show that I’m indeed plying
My trade and skill most assiduously

And if you had a deep set need
To feast upon sunflower seed
And I was the one who could provide
An endless flow of it to you
A great amount for you to chew
You could say the seed from me was plied

And if I had a little boat
Within which I liked to float
Often back and forth upon a river
You could say of my small craft
Whether it’s a yacht or raft
That my vessel plies upon the river

And if it could be said of you
That you often travelled through
Or if you often travelled on or over
Then I would be lying
If I said that you weren't plying
as you travelled through or on or over!

And If I got some yarn or twine
And made some of it to unwind
Just so I could point out to your eye
That this component of string
Is in actual fact a thing
That also is known by the word ply!

Also don’t you think it’s good
There is a manufactured wood
When thin sheets are pressed tightly together
This wood is to you and I
Known as, you guessed it, ply
And is I think rather useful and clever!

And if I have a certain bent
A bias that I won’t relent
If I have a stubborn inclination
You could say of me that I
Have indeed taken a ply!
Thus bringing this poem to its cessation.


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