How do you define word with limerick?
The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form has published more than 97,000 definitions written in the singsong poetry of a fiveline limerick. Here are some examples selected from the website (oedilf.com), with the authors identified by their screen names.
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.
— Art Bates
BOGGART
Don’t thee stray nigh those
holes in the moor, For each is a boggart’s
front door,
And sooner than winking, Your bones will be clinking On teeth. How those bogeys do roar.
— Janet McConnaughey
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.
— David Schildkret
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.
— Speedysnail
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? — Zqms
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. — Zqms
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.
— AndrewB
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!
— Reia Light