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Our goal is to write at least one limerick for each meaning of each and every word in the English language. Our best limericks will clearly define their words in a humorous or interesting way, although some may provide more entertainment than definition, or vice versa.
As an international writing project, our limericks often use local spellings, grammar, punctuation, and rhymes that may not be familiar to all. Please keep in mind that what may at first look like an error is more likely to be an appropriate regionalism, correct according to the standards of the writer's homeland. |
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| didactically by Bluebelle (Limerick #63646) | Didactically speaking in verse:
Is it teaching gone crazy, or worse?
Using limerick form
To instruct, as the norm,
Could be termed the OEDILFian curse. | |
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| concern by Jeff Foster (Limerick #63645) | The haranguing old hanging judge, Sterne,
Shows little if any concern,
And zero compassion
For faces gone ashen
On abject necks waiting their turn. |
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| ballyhoo by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63644) | That new business attracted a crowd
With publicity, blatant and loud.
But despite all the hype
Of the ballyhoo type,
Wares were shoddy and patrons weren't wowed. |
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| bone up on by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63643) | Any guy can get hard, but you're weak
In the lovemaking realm. You must seek
Out a book on "how-to,"
So you learn what to do
To please women; bone up on technique. |
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| catch someone on the flip side by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63642) | "Please, an interview, ma'am?" "Yes, I'll letcha.
I'm busy right now, but I'll catch ya
On the flip side." "Okay.
I can wait one more day.
See you later, Ms. Palin." "You betcha!" |
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| cockalorum by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63641) | He's a menial man, yet he'll brag
Of his own self-importance — a drag
When we dated; so much
Cockalorum and such
A big head on this guy made me gag. |
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| body is still warm, the by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63640) | The body's still warm; can't you wait
Maybe two or three days to berate?
It's bad form — your assaults
And your listing of faults —
On the day the poor guy meets his fate. |
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| click by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63639) | Certain hobbies make everyone tick.
Many groups are online; take your pick.
My mouse leads the way
To this site every day.
With shared passion, I'm part of a click. |
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| caper, caper-witted, cut a caper on nothing by Janet McConnaughey (Limerick #63637) | A caper who's all caper-witted
Is not a corsair who's well fitted
For fightin' and luffin'.
He'll cut capers on nuffin'
When brainier pirates have flitted. | "Corsair" is one obsolete meaning of caper.
Caper-witted was the Regency equivalent of "bird-brained" or "harebrained."
Cut a caper on nothing meant "to be hanged." |
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| cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry by Kevin Lucas (Limerick #63636) | Our cut-and-dried sex life's not needing
Much thought; it's routine, though I'm pleading,
"Try going off script.
I feel totally gypped
When we only have sex for the breeding!" |
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