How do you define a word with a limerick? Some examples
December 29, 2017
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-
aluminosocup...
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