Bibelot
(BIB loh)
by Rachel Hoyt
image by sippakorn via freedigitalphotos.com
You buy a bibelot
not for show,
but because you know,
inside it can stow
memories to make you glow.
Beloved knick-knacks from abroad are bibelots.
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2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.
Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.
Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.
Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard.
that is pretty cool...another word that sounds very different but after you know makes sense as well..
ReplyDeleteI certainly didn't know what it was the first time I saw it, but I really liked the sound of the word.
DeleteI like this word. Bibelot, bibelot, bibelot.
ReplyDeleteSo when I have people tour my house I can now call my one special shelf a bibelot shelf. It currently contains a Cricket Ball from London, Champagne Glass from the Eiffel Tower and foreign currency from Ireland and Mexico.
I like my bibelot shelf.
That sounds like an awesome bibelot shelf to me! :)
DeleteI have lots of bibelots too many in fact! Maybe I need to have bibelottery to auction them off? :-) Thank you Rachel for another great word. Love gewgaw too...
ReplyDeleteI had to look it up, but gewgaw is a great word! It seems there are at least three words for knick knack. :)
DeleteI love the word knick-knack, it's cool to know there's another weird word that means the same. Maybe it didn't stick because "bibelot paddywack give the dog a bone" isn't as catchy :)
ReplyDeleteHehe. :P Good one. Of course we probably could make a few new catchy rhymes with bibelot and gewgaw. :)
DeleteGewgaw, thing you saw, bought and took it home... :)