Videlicet
I like to find words that are dead
I like to keep them in my head
For even though they've died they do elicit
That I have an intellect,
And therefore earn me some respect,
Take for instance the word "videlicet"
I'd bet my belly button lint
That the bulk of you haven’t
Heard the word until you heard it then?
It simply means “that is to say”
Or “namely”, though not used to day,
It was used way back when Hamlet was penned.
I like to find words that are dead
I like to keep them in my head
For even though they've died they do elicit
That I have an intellect,
And therefore earn me some respect,
Take for instance the word "videlicet"
I'd bet my belly button lint
That the bulk of you haven’t
Heard the word until you heard it then?
It simply means “that is to say”
Or “namely”, though not used to day,
It was used way back when Hamlet was penned.
(Click here for the definition of videlicet!)
By Kerin Gedge
Copyright 2014
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